Ashleylister

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• Get out of My Brain You Invasive W***ers

  

  Information overload. I'm naturally quite an introverted person, so I get this quite frequently. There is only so much outside stimuli I can cope with before I... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Information Overload!

  It is said knowledge is power. I’ll bet our ancestors, who searched the skies, seas and earth with the flimsiest of equipment but the biggest of dreams would... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Information Overload

  My personal blue screen of deathI'm suffering from knowledgitisAddicted to trivia as if it's crystal methMy hands are shaking dailyAs I'm trudging round the... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air!

  

  on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Annabel Lee Visits Blackpool

  

  a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and Ashley Lister It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the seaThat a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Music is My Religion

  

  This event is tonight, in support of Blackpool Music Festival and is to be hosted by our very own, very lovely Colin "Cuddlemonster" Davies. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Being Human

  

  It seems only right that I asked my daughter, Raven, to join me on the blog this week. She memorised the eponymous poem some time ago but most of it has now bee... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poe Selecta

  It's nearly time for scary stories and grim tales of gore....no put the gazette down I mean it's nearly halloween. I'm quite fussy about my ghost stories. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Swinging Time with Edgar Allan Poe.

  I can’t imagine he was particularly a party animal, but his poems are the reason I started writing. The disturbing images and beautiful rhyme are so perfectly... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Memories Not Forgotten - A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by Colin Davies

  In death you sleep with the dark onesShadows falling on you like silk“Peace now” she whispers in the rainAnd the Raven hangs his head, in silenceImages live in... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool Illuminations: A Visitor Appeal

  A Visitor AppealHave you been to the Illuminations?There's apparently some in WalsallThe Blackpool of the Midlands- houses falling apartIs it fair to compare?... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Alternative Route

  by Ashley Lister Whenever I see the illuminations, I often wonder how something so well-organised could have been managed by Blackpool Council. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Circumstantial Illumination

  

  Tonight at 6pm, Cafe Number 5 is our Open Mic Night. Be there or be a burnt out lightbulb! In the meantime here is a bit of free verse I wrote to accompany my... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Den of Thieves

  

  Illumination. Light bulb. Guiding light.Dazzling mind.The fire inside.Sparks. Arcs.Heat. Neat.It's National Poetry Day. The theme is water. Water and electricit... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Look at the Pretties!

  

  Free. Not often you get something for free is it? They might be a bit naff but Blackpool illuminations are one fo the few things left that people can... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nature's Illuminations.

  I have a love/hate relationship with Blackpool. I hate it by day. I’m not fond of the rough buildings that make it a concrete jungle, the high-street and... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pretty Lights

  This week's theme is Illuminations. I looked into my heart; gazed at the tower burning; watched a firefly die.I have stood on the verge of the abyss that is my... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mighty Shameful Harvest

  Good afternoon readers.Apologies for the slightly later post today- I've had a bit of an issue with my antivirus- namely it resetting my computer for an update... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air Now!

  

  on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.On tonight'... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Those Who Favour Fire

  

  by Ashley Lister The Game of Thronesbooks and TV series are part of an ongoing story written by George R R Martin and published under the title A Song of Ice an... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION