emer gillespie – Robin Houghton

02/12/2013

A reading, not much writing & feeling a bit humble

By Robin Houghton02/12/2013Categories: Angst, Mags & Blogs, Readings, Submissions, WorkshoppingTags: abegail morley, acceptances, ambit, emer gillespie, frogmore papers, jo hemmant, margaret beston, morphrog, Poetry Review, rejections, sarah salway, tonbridge roundelLeave a comment

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of taking part in a reading at Tunbridge Wells library, organised by the wonderful Abegail Morley and featuring also Jo Hemmant, Emer Gillespie and Margaret Beston. A lovely variety of poetry and styles, and a good size audience – there must have been more than thirty people there. Margaret runsRead more ⟶

05/07/2013

I mislaid my poetic mojo in a Ghent hostel

By Robin Houghton05/07/2013Categories: Angst, Books, Inspiration, Mags & Blogs, Readings, WritingTags: abegail morley, ben parker, blue gate poets, creativity, emer gillespie, hilda sheehan, magma, Poetry Review, readings, shoreham wordfest, teachingLeave a comment

Having been away for four days ‘helping’ with a college trip to Belgium (my husband was the tour leader – his A level students) I’m finding it hard to get back to poetry. I suppose it’s partly because I’m having to catch up with work as well, and not having a proper night’s sleep theRead more ⟶