I'm delighted that Sharon Black at Pindrop Press nominated 'The Mayday Diaries' for the Forward Prize Best First Collection. Up against a zillion others of course, but one can live in hope! robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/the-mayday-d...

Seasonal one from The Fish Inside from the fabulous Flight of the Dragonfly press.

Poetry classes on Zoom with poet and teacher, Donny O’Rourke recommence on the 9th of April. Prompts, feedback from a hugely knowledgeable and supportive tutor and group.

Contact Donny on this email if you want more info:
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Poem a day late for St Patrick’s Day with apologies to Wim Wenders for the title.

Crocuses yawn, sparrows nest, daffodils trumpet the sun. Spring has returned. With her, she brings a basket of 45 poems – some delicate, some fierce, all of them rich in colour. Sit where you're comfortable, and reach in, to wave twenty-one of @iambapoet.com. #newpoetry

iambapoet.com/wave/21

My pamphlet Greenfinch is available from Flight of the Dragonfly: flight-of-the-dragonfly.sumupstore.com/product/gree...

“assured and poignant…fizzes with energy” John McCullough
“deadpan, surreal, wryly comic, tender and mournful - often in the same poem” Andy Breckenridge

Happy Valentine’s Day evribdy. Poem from a while back…