Ashleylister
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A Dead Good Blog
http://deadgoodpoets.blogspot.co.uk/
A group of poets from Blackpool, Lancashire, discussing poetry, inspiration and writing in general.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2049 )
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Blackout!
Blackout Poetry it is then! I'd not tried this technique before, though my fellow Dead Good blogger Kate has made a strong case for it. Read more
Posted on 25 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blackout Poetry: Creative Development
I enjoy writing poetry and making visual art with found things and thus it is a bit surprising that I only discovered blackout poetry in 2023. Read more
Posted on 23 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blackout Poetry
Dr. Johnson found them 'ingenious and diverting'; Horace Walpole wrote to a friend that he had 'laughed over them till he cried'; Oliver Goldsmith is reported t... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Omg!
From a Radio Four religious affairs programme about women in the priesthood* -Interviewer: Have you always had the ambition to join the church and become a... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
God
There is zero chance of me getting into an argument about which God is the true one nowadays. So, I’m going to have a look at two references to God. One new... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
God - Keeping My Faith
I believe in God. I don’t know what God looks like and I wouldn’t know where to start to guess. God’s appearance is not important, it’s the sense of being I... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Eviiielope
You're wondering perhaps why I've given my pushing the envelope blog such a curious title. Let me explain the thinking behind EVIIIELOPE. Read more
Posted on 11 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pushing The Envelope
When I first heard the phrase “pushing the envelope” I thought it must have had something to with stationery or the Royal Mail and postal delivery services, suc... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pushing the Envelope
I can still remember a moment back in the 70s when I was a postie in Bournemouth. I’d strolled up the path to a front door in a quiet suburb, mid morning and no... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing
I have blogged previously about my Uncle Norman and his long descent into dementia. He's been in a residential care home in Blackpool ever since 2015, missing i... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing
To be or not to be is the question for Southport pier. It is there as a phantom stretching its considerable length over reaching sands, but shut, locked to thos... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing
The English language invents a new word every 98 seconds. That has absolutely nothing to do with Missing but I had to mention it as it is such an amazing fact. Read more
Posted on 31 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing - Is It The Borrowers?
One of the highlights of my week is the afternoon I spend as a volunteer in the Key Stage 1 library at my local primary school. Read more
Posted on 30 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing: Pets Lost And Found
Much loved pets go missing every day. Some are lost forever, whilst others are incredibly found days, weeks, months or even years later. Here is a mixed bag of... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Masked Singer
It's been a tough few weeks for brother and sister bird. Days of snow and freezing temperatures followed by storm after wet and windy storm are not conducive... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Birdsong
always stops me in my tracks. I will take time to listen, wonder and very often video , just the sound. For birdsong is a dwindling sound , I find these days. M... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Birdsong
Anyone who knows me well, will also know how much I love my visiting birds. I have a robin who has almost become a pet this winter. Read more
Posted on 25 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Birdsong
is a novel by Sebastian Faulks first published by Hutchinson in 1993. It begins in 1910 by introducing Stephen Wraysford. He is a young Englishman on... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Sing Something Simple
I love birdsong. For me it’s one of the most relaxing and evocative sounds, so many memories associated with it. I’m not sure that the screeching of seagulls... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Radio Four
It seemed an appropriate title for this Saturday's blog (given that there have been three other radio blogs earlier in the week). Actually I don't often listen... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION