reading group – Robin Houghton

05/02/2013

Poems we read and talked about last night

By Robin Houghton05/02/2013Categories: Close readings, Poems, Reading groupTags: brighton poetry stanza, deryn rees-jones, don paterson, john hewitt, michael donaghy, reading groupLeave a comment

There may only have been four of us at the Stanza reading group last night but we had plenty to talk about. The poems we looked at were ‘Reprimands’ by Michael Donaghy, ‘Calcium’ by Deryn Rees Jones, ‘Substance & Shadow by John Hewitt and ‘A gift’ by Don Paterson. So America, Wales, ireland and ScotlandRead more ⟶

04/12/2012

First poetry reading group – Ní Chuilleanáin, Feaver, Wilkinson

By Robin Houghton04/12/2012Categories: Books, PoemsTags: Ben Wilkinson, brighton stanza, Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin, Poetry Review, reading group, reading poetry, Vicki FeaverLeave a comment

There’s nothing quite like reading poetry to stimulate writing – something it took me many years to discover. So I was very pleased when Brighton Stanza member Miriam Patrick proposed a new monthly group devoted to reading poetry. Our first meeting was last night – we were a small but perfectly formed group! The formatRead more ⟶