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On poetry magazines: Butcher’s Dog, Prole, Frogmore Papers

by Robin Houghton on February 6, 2021

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This is the first of a mini-series about print poetry magazines. Although I do my quarterly spreadsheet, there’s no room for any description of the mags, so I thought it…

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So no fireworks this week then? Hmmm

by Robin Houghton on November 3, 2020

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What a week. That election (can’t bring myself to watch). Another lockdown starts. Planet Poetry Episode 2 coming up. And I’ve just turned 60. Planet Poetry Peter Kenny and I…

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A birthday post and on magazines

by Robin Houghton on October 29, 2019

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Ooh. Lots of interesting discussion & comment around my last post. Thank you to everyone who engaged! (Feels a bit of a sham/shame to use that 21st century term but…

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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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Poetry competitions now open – to enter, or not?

by Robin Houghton on January 27, 2018

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I’ve noticed there are a number of poetry competitions about to close – January seems to be a competition battleground. I’ve talked about the issue of poetry competitions before – and…

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Quick update – submissions, good news, real life stuff

by Robin Houghton on February 21, 2016

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The big news this week is that we finally completed our purchase of the new flat, and we’re now wondering what we can afford to do to it in the…

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Three small press poetry competition deadlines coming up

by Robin Houghton on January 13, 2016

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Ah! Poetry competitions. Love ’em, hate ’em? It helps when you win something occasionally, admit it. Sadly, the stats are against us, but would we have it any other way?…

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