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Robin Houghton

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Angst/ 21/07/2013

Anatomy of a rejection

Rejection

It was a long time coming (4 months) but Under the Radar finally emailed me a standard ‘not this time’ (or possibly ever?) […]

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Inspiration/ 07/07/2013

Three more great poetry blogs

Thought I’d share with you three more notable blogs that I’ve come across recently. 1. Tweetspeak Poetry Not, as it sounds, a site devoted […]

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Angst/ 05/07/2013

I mislaid my poetic mojo in a Ghent hostel

Having been away for four days ‘helping’ with a college trip to Belgium (my husband was the tour leader – his A level […]

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Inspiration/ 27/06/2013

Magazine focus: Rattle

I (oh no, starting a blog post again with ‘I’) was just thinking it would be fun to occasionally feature a specific poetry […]

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Angst/ 23/06/2013

Unaccustomed as I am

Britmums presenters Alison & Robin

(So sorry about the weird asterisks etc in the following – just that last time I mentioned the B word I got immediately […]

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Angst/ 19/06/2013

Getting poetry out there

Charles n Di mug

As I sit down with a cup of tea in my favourite mug (pictured above – just an excuse to feature it, really! […]

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Pamphlets/ 13/06/2013

Margaret Wilmot pamphlet launch

margaret wilmot

What a lovely relaxed evening we had yesterday at the Lewes Arms for the launch of Margaret Wilmot’s Smiths Knoll pamphlet Sweet Coffee. […]

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Readings/ 11/06/2013

Upcoming events

Britmums live

Just a quick one … typing is a tad painful having just seen the physio about my shoulder (impingement of the supraspinatus and […]

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Mags & Blogs/ 05/06/2013

First ‘Poetry Unplugged’ experience

So much for my resolve to get out and do more readings/open mics this year. I haven’t yet plucked up the courage to […]

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Angst/ 04/06/2013

Poetry writers and poetry readers – a tricky issue

It was a small turnout last night at our Stanza reading group in Brighton – just Miriam, Gary and myself! Of course there […]

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