Ashleylister

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• Writing and Reading

  

  by Ashley Lister My plans for 2013 are as follows: · I’m going to write more. · I’m going to read more. The plan to write more will be fun. Read more

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

• Reboot 28.0

  by Lisa, Don't forget to join us tonight for the first Dead Good Poets event of the New Year at the No. 5 Cafe, Cedar Square, Blackpool from 6:00pm. Tonight's... Read more

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

• Lost in Time, Like Tears in Rain

  

  It's 2013. Or, as it used to be known, the future baby! We might not have flying skateboards but by gosh we have some fabulous technology don't we? Read more

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

• Missing Deadlines

  

  When I finished my MA, last year, I was looking forward to the freedom. I’d spent a total of five years studying (three years undergrad and two years... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2013

  New years resolutions annoy me. Not just due to the re-occurring resolutions the general public tend to follow, but because i never stick to mine. Losing... Read more

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

• My Plans for 2013

  Any ideas what to give yourself as a resolution this year? You could be highly original, independent of thought and genuinely impress yourself by thinking of... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Note from Administration

  by Ashley ListerThis is just a short note to say that I've tightened some of the security settings on the blog to try and restrict spam responses to postings. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas

  By Ashley Lister Call me a grumpy old sod if you like but I’m relieved that Christmas is over for another six months.Please don’t misunderstand. I love the... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Too Much Spirit...

  I sat down to try and come up with a few thoughts on Christmas spirit and drew a blank. This could be attributed to writer's block but I think it would be more... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bitch Hit Me with a Toaster!

  

  Upon inspection of my kitchen, I found an abundance of spirits of the past (3 year old Advocaat and empty bottles) and spirits of the future (desire for spirits... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

  

  Yesterday, Shaun turned himself into Santa Claus for the benefit of our nephews - and to his relief he wasn't rumbled. Little J took photographs on his new Vtec... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Holiday Spirit.

  In the words of a friend of mine “we get up, stuff our faces with copious amounts of food, get pissed and go back to bed” I may not be completely merry, but it’... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Think Therefore I Am

  

  As always, readers of this blog are cordially invited to the Dead Good Poets' open mic event. This time we're looking at a theme of "I Think, Therefore I Am. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tasting the Glass

  

  by Ashley Lister As part of my job I sometimes teach poetry to people with learning difficulties. Maybe that’s the wrong way of phrasing it. Teaching sounds lik... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Loss of Taste

  

  Satisfying poetry can be soothing like chicken soup. It can burn with passion like a diavlo or with anger like a vindaloo. Sometimes it can be delicious and... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Give Me Excess Of It

  

  The taste of a satisfying poem? I've changed my mind, I want the blue pill please. Taste, unless we are suffering from pica, must be a metaphor for the way we... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gratitude

  

  Last week I dropped my netbook on the floor. Afterwards it made an annoying beeping sound as if it were on a countdown to its own self-destruction. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Satisfying Taste of Poetry.

  A truely brilliant piece of poetry satisfies all senses. Here's a villanelle; Words that carve abysmal to page and mindRarely written in formulations that feel... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Deck the Halls

  by Ashley ListerIt's always been a Christmas tradition in our household to put up the decorations on December 1st.December 1st is our wedding anniversary. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Religion... Not on a Friday!

  

  If you want a successful party, never talk religion or politics...It’s that time of year... I think my friend Viv summed it up perfectly in her recent... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION