Ashleylister

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1410 )

• Altered States

  

  Some of you know me from Dead Good Poets open mic nights. I've been working to develop my poetic style in recent months and at the same time I've been working o... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Altered States - "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out"

  

  The effects of an over-indulgence of Bacardi and coke in my youth shaped my almost tee-total lifestyle. I should have known better. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Small Birds: Great Tits

  

  If you were expecting something saucy for your troubles after a title like that, I'm sorry to disappoint but this is (nearly) all about our feathered friends. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Small Birds - Getting a Breast of Things.

  

  I love birds and used to spend happy hours watching birds in the old apple tree at my previous house feeding on suet balls. I am not going to talk about birds... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Small Birds

  

  Since we moved to Blackpool about two and a half years ago, we have been trying to encourage some small, attractive birds into our garden. We have everything... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tanka

  

  Cooler than haiku, the tanka is a classical Japanese verse-form that predates its more famous friend. Flouting the oriental artistic maxim that 'less is more',... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tankas

  

  Like haiku poems, tankas are small, form poems, originated in Japan. Each line follows a pattern dictated by its number of syllables. The tanka is a... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tanka - Just A Few

  

  I'm away at the moment, yes, again. I know I've only just returned home long enough to do the laundry and re-pack the case, but here I am, in the wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Solitude

  

  Welcome to Saturday Blog #250 on the subject of solitude, which most dictionaries (reasonably enough) define as a state of being alone, both mentally and... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Solitude

  

  Well, here I am at long last. Forgive my tardiness as I'm so involved with other things just now that I've not had time to put pen to paper, nor indeed to... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• This is Your Time

  

  When you are part of a large, loving, extended family, as I am, solitude can sometimes be a pretty hard state to achieve. Don’t get me wrong, I love the family... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Night Sky

  

  light pollution noun noun: light pollution brightening of the night sky caused by street lights and other man-made sources, which has a disruptive effect on... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Night Sky - Stars

  

  There are many things I enjoy about staying in Dumfries Galloway. One thing, free to all in abundance is the total darkness around the vast area of Galloway... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through A Window

  

  "Look through any window (yeah), what do you see?" sang The Hollies in 1965, for those with long memories and/or grey hairs; and it got me thinking - so here... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through the Window

  

  I lived for 18 years at the top end of a cul-de-sac and looking through my large lounge window became a happy pre-occupation. I soon developed into an avid... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stone Tape Theory

  

  The increasingly commercialised spooktastic Helagonfest (archaic name) has come and gone this week leaving vestigia in its wake: festoons of fake spider webs,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vestigia - Something to Get Your Teeth Into

  

  “Some pains are physical and some pains are mental, but the one that’s both is dental.” Ogden Nash (1902 – 1971) If you are an adult with four, perfectly... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Epigram Sam

  

  'Poetry For Dummies' (bless it) defines an epigram as: "a very unified, sharply pointed poem, often quite short". Apart from my taking exception to the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Worrying About Epigrams and Epigrams About Worrying

  

  I have to confess that when I opted to do a guest blog this week I got my epigrams and my epigraphs in a bit of a twist. There I was, all ready to write about... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On A Roll

  

  Given a topic like On A Roll and knowing your Saturday Blogger as you do, you might almost place bets on me writing a piece this week about music (rock, roll an... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION