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Those poetry ‘banned words’ again

by Robin Houghton on September 15, 2017

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Another perennial topic that poets always seem to enjoy debating – what are the ‘banned’ words? The word ‘shard’ came up the other evening at Hasting Stanza and I couldn’t…

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A new pamphlet & all the angst of getting there

by Robin Houghton on April 26, 2017

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It’s taken a while coming but I’ve found a home for my second pamphlet, ‘All the Relevant Gods’. Those lovely, hardworking folks at Cinnamon Press (Jan Fortune and team) have…

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What’s inspired me recently, and a writing/submissions update

by Robin Houghton on April 19, 2017

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I’m not spending a great deal of time at the computer at the moment – can only blame the marvellous good weather! I’m in admiration of those taking part in NaPoWriMo this month, such as Jayne…

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On staying motivated

by Robin Houghton on February 16, 2017

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It’s one of those tricky periods right now. The poetry honeymoon is well and truly over. I’m existing on a handful of acceptances (for which I am humbly grateful). I’m…

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TGI February

by Robin Houghton on February 6, 2017

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January is really my least favourite month – I think it’s the short days and dark evenings that are so depressing.  It doesn’t help that the it’s the month of…

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Poem a day writing exercise

by Robin Houghton on January 11, 2017

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This month I’m setting myself the ‘start a poem a day’ challenge. (Not ‘write’ a poem a day, as that presumes each one will be a finished first draft at…

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Marion Tracy spills the beans

by Robin Houghton on October 27, 2016

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On becoming a poet in Australia, putting images in the wrong order, and John Ashbery’s baskets: in conversation with Marion Tracy. When I asked poet friend Marion Tracy if she’d…

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Individual poems v collections – still on the learning curve

by Robin Houghton on August 29, 2016

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Putting together a collection of poems is proving to be harder than I ever expected. For a while now I’ve had a number of poems on a theme, which originally I…

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Notes from a workshop with Andrew McMillan

by Robin Houghton on July 26, 2016

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As promised in my last post, here are my notes from the workshop I did on Saturday at the South Downs Poetry Festival, with Andrew McMillan. I’m including links at the end…

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Thank you, Dr Upadhayay

by Robin Houghton on May 27, 2016

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I was one of those lucky people who enjoyed school, and whose English teachers (and I will name them, by way of a belated thank you – Dr Upadhayay and…

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