Ashleylister

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• My Magic

  (a moment in my life) Colin DaivesI love magic, have done since my very earliest memory. I actually wanted to be a magician, even tried practising for our in... Read more

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

• Key Facts and the Passing of a Great.

  So the devil is in the detail, isn't it.We have been born as an age of analysts, critical thinkers, quantum philosophers and forensic detectives. A vast age of... Read more

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

• The Dead Good Poetry Show

  

  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 31 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Exeter Book

  

  by Ashley Lister According to Wikipedia: “The Exeter Book […] is a tenth-century book or codex which is an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Key

  I had a lot of problems the last couple of years. They were of the sort that sent me a little round the bend, off the beaten track, this sort of thing. Read more

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

• The Bible According to Rupert Murdoch

  

  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was GOTCHA! And the Lord Rupert said let there be a Royal Family, and let enormous quantities of trivia and drivel b... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Keys.

  Symbolism can make even the most mundane objects interesting. And the key is about as mundane as you can get. We use them every day without a second thought. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bunch of Keys

  Happy bank holiday Monday. I decided to write a poem today. “What where you thinking?” Radical thinking, I know.This scribble has been designed as a groan fest... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Internet is for Porn

  by Ashley Lister If I was going to make one modest proposal to large internet presences, such as Google and YouTube, it would be: accept that people have sex.I... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Modest Proposal of a Stalker

  

  I wanna hold youWanna please youWanna wrap you up and keep youI’ll stay right here from dusk till dawnSat upon your nice front lawnI’ll scare away those men... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Important Thing in the World

  

  is to be kind.This is the lesson my mother taught me. She taught me lots of things, obviously, but this one vital idea was repeated many times over the years. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Urban Fox

  My modest proposal, though not so modest and usually tainted with curses, is this… LEAVE IT ALONE. The first of my other proposals would be to shove a branch... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Modest Proposal

  For Preventing Government Policy, from Being a Burden on Families or the Country as a whole, and for Making them Beneficial to the PublicIt has come to my... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• To August.

  Good afternoon folks,This week on the blog we've been looking at familiar themes. If there is one thing I share in common with a lot of people it is a love of... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Interview Questions

  

  By Ashley Lister Tonight (Saturday August 17th, BST) I finally get round to hosting the first episode of the Dead Good Radio Show. You can find it by clicking o... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The One Way Street

  Sometimes you spend a lot of time doing thing for other people that never seems to be reciprocated. This happens a lot. I finally wrote a poem about it:-This... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tits Up

  

  There's a discrepancy between what I write about in my poetry and what I write about to friends and family, via social media, email etc. Read more

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

• My Family of Familiars

  So Mouse said it is fine,And Cat agreed the line.Yet Dog was not so keen,For Rabbit to make a scene.So Frog made for the road,While the others all blamed... Read more

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

• Greenery

  Good afternoon readers.There are times as writers when we get caught out by a theme throwing too much at us. This week on the blog, we've been looking at... Read more

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

• Untapped Resources

  by Ashley Lister As has been mentioned this week, the theme of green often addresses the subject of being environmentally responsible. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION