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Advice to a poet, and a curious birthday thing

by Robin Houghton on August 5, 2020
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Q: Who are these poets and what do they (almost) have in common? (Answers below…) Advice lines Recently I came across this delightful and very relevant piece on the Poetry…

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Those tips from Don Paterson again…

by Robin Houghton on July 12, 2020
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I was doing a bit of editing yesterday and looked back on some of the notes I’d made from various workshops, and then I remember this blog post from 2012.…

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SloPo

by Robin Houghton on April 27, 2020
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How are you doing? Apparently we’re now all feasting on The Repair Shop and reruns of The Vicar of Dibley. The skies are bluer and quieter than ever, all the…

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Making, moving, cleaning, reading, studying, growing … life while social distancing

by Robin Houghton on March 16, 2020
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Funny how quickly our vocabulary grows around novel situations. A few weeks ago I’m not sure I was familiar with the terms social distancing, self-isolation or elbow bump. Now –…

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A chilled start to the year

by Robin Houghton on January 15, 2020
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January 15th and I’m just getting round to my first post of the year, something that would have concerned me a bit in the past but for the new decade…

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Ah! The business of poetry blogging

by Robin Houghton on December 19, 2019
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Oh no! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, and yet Matthew Stewart has still generously kept me on his list of ‘Best UK Poetry Blogs of 2019’. Matthew…

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And from this cluttered desk

by Robin Houghton on September 23, 2019
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I admit it – I’m very nosy about other people’s workspaces. Writers and artists especially. So I loved Josephine Corcoran’s recent post about her ‘cluttered desk’ – although I thought…

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Back to school, current reading & looking forward

by Robin Houghton on September 18, 2019
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Back. After twelve days or so away I’m feeling positively autumnal and a bit ‘back to school’ (garden looking blousy, woollies coming out the wardrobe, wondering when Masterchef starts, etc).…

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Working from (a temporary) home

by Robin Houghton on August 23, 2019
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I’m currently working each morning from a little B&B room in a farmhouse in Pembrokeshire, while Nick is here playing the organ for St David’s Cathedral. Apart from occasionally getting…

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A few thoughts from Virginia Woolf on praise and fame

by Robin Houghton on August 20, 2019
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Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary is proving a rich source of inspiration. On the subject of a writer’s insecurity, it’s refreshing to find the same things bothered her that do…

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