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• The Emperor and Boris Johnson

  

  Isn't it frustrating, the way you tend to forget your dreams the moment you wake up? (If you're one of the lucky few who don't, rest assured most of us do). Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Second-Best Bed

  

  So you’ve invited a new friend or the boss or perhaps a new girl or boyfriend round to your place for the first time. There’s a knock on the front door, you ope... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bed

  

  The days are getting longer – and the nights are getting lighter. And warmer. I trust that I am the only person to know how, generally, my husband is fast aslee... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wyrd

  

  We derive our word weird from the Anglo-Saxon wyrd whose original meaning was fate or destiny. But because fate very often throws us unexpected and often... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Weird Night: A Short Story

  

  Janine is a heavy sleeper. I read somewhere years ago of a house getting blown up in a gas explosion. The only occupant was asleep in bed at the time. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weird Physics

  

  I’m writing this in the week that we lost Professor Peter Higgs who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2013 for discovering the Higgs Boson (The God Particle). I... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weird - In My Crazy Dreams

  

  ‘Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise.’ Is that weird? As long as it doesn’t knock me over, I don’t care. I don’t take much notice of planets, apart... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weird: The Strange, Unusual and Surreal

  

  There’s a lot of weirdness that has shaped my life, ultimately influencing the creative work I produce: Dad constructing non-conventional furniture, Psychology... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stars

  

  When you look up at the stars they sometimes seem to be within touching distance. This may be due to their familiarity and reliability of always “turning up”... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Photographing The Stars

  

  "Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood ". Ah yes, that was when I taught English and Drama at a comprehensive school in north London in the late 1970s. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stars

  

  Back in my twenties I used to work nights and sometimes during my break used to go outside at about 3 am and look at the stars and wonder. One night I brought i... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Furthest, Fairest Things

  

  , stars, free of our humbug, each his own, the longer known the more alone, wrapt in emphatic fire roaring out to a black flue. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' May Open Mic Night

  

  Here's the poster for our May virtual open mic night...Hoping you'll be able to join us.Steve ;-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stars

  

  It is true to say that I read a fair bit of poetry. And it seems to me that a recurring theme that many poets have in common, is a fear of dying. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Double Dactyl...

  

  ... a poetic form not attempted on the Dead Good Blog before. I thought it would be fun. I also worried that I might be the only one to run with the theme, but... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Double Dactyl

  

  Hands up anyone who has heard of Double Dactyls. Mine isn’t. I was hoping it was something to do with prehistoric flying reptiles. But no, apparently it is a... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Double Dactyl - Higgledy Piggledy Acceptability

  

  Double Dactyl poetry. I hope whoever dreamt this discipline up had lots of fun. According to Wikipedia, the inventors were Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal in 1951. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Luggage

  

  What do you pack in your luggage when you go on your travels? For me it's always been very simple - clothes, books and toiletries - regardless of whether it's... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Luggage, Memories and Art

  

  Suitcases have been an integral part of my life story. They transport all sorts of things from one place to another and they can be powerful metaphors for... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' April Open Mic Night

  

  "Ask not for whom the bananaphone rings - it rings for thee"... with an invitation to our upcoming April open mic night via Zoom. There is no set theme. All... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION