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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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Seven Questions for Poets #10 – Elly Nobbs

by Robin Houghton on October 3, 2016

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My final interviewee in this series is E.E. Nobbs. Elly is a Canadian poet whose book The Invisible Girl won the Doire Press International Chapbook Competition in 2013. I almost…

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Getting published/entering competitions – tips from the experts

by Robin Houghton on November 24, 2012

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The weather’s terrible, I am a ‘music widow’ today and I feel the urge to reconnect with what makes poetry good, and conversely what’s BAD about the stuff I’ve had…

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