Tag: reading from memory

Robin Houghton reading at Mayfield Poetry Festival

Should poems be read from memory?

Published by Robin Houghton on December 3, 2015

I’ve only really started reading poems from memory this year, but rarely an entire set. I admire those poets who not only memorise long, often VERY long poems,…

Reading from memory – the sequel

Published by Robin Houghton on April 23, 2015

Well I did it. Yesterday evening at Lauderdale House in Highgate I recited two of my poems from memory. It was actually the perfect set-up…