Ashleylister

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• Your Face is a Mess

  

  This week we're enjoying Christmas poems? Really? Here's a list of what I've actually been enjoying this week. I say enjoying, what I mean is these are the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Apology for Absence

  By Ashley Lister For those of you who tune into this blog for Lara’s wise Wednesday words – you’re going to be severely disappointed today. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Poem

  I wrote a Christmas Rondeau last week, but i have written another poem which doesnt really follow any particular structure. It's more of a rhymed rant really. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 CREATIVITY

• I Would Miss...

  At the moment, with winter’s cold temperatures nipping, the idea of being stranded on a desert island is quite appealing. Those who know me will be aware of my... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Desert Island Books

  What would I take if I were stranded on a desert island?This is actually a very difficult theme to write. I’d take a whole library with me if I could. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 BOOKS

• Desert Island Books

  Marooned on a desert island, what would you do with your time? This week on the blog we’re discussing Desert Island Books, our own little take on the longest... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• First Touch

  Just call me Ms Romance…Most proud of? There are so many people in my life that I am proud of, friends, family, my college class who took the first exam in our... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 BOOKS

• Emily Davison and the King's Horse

  Picture a girl. She's in her teens. Every day brings a fresh horror of chemical storms. Five days each week she travels to her battleground. The law enforces... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Armitage, Dyson and French Lesbian Poetry

  Earlier this month, as I’m sure some of you will have read, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, Sir James Dyson, claimed that the UK had become... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 BOOKS

• Proud

  by Cerridwen Lee What am I proud of? Well, I suppose over my few but tempestuous 18 years it would be a matter of what I’m grateful for and have become proud of... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Legacy.

  

  Earlier on this year, you’d have found me proud as anything of our Olympic games. I was positively gushing on here about how the feel good factor had swept us... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ambition Achieved

  

  by Ashley Lister I’ve always been a fan of Stephen King’s writing. Ever since I first read The Dead Zone, back in the very early eighties, I admired his... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Davie's Legacy

  Before I get going, I must remind you all that tonight is the Dead Good Poet's Open Mic event which will be kicking off at 6pm. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Listing and Other Nautical Fripperies

  

  Ambition you say? How long do you have? I have ambitions coming out of my ears...See South AmericaWrite the soundtrack to somethingWatch Raven graduate from... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Finding Ambition

  

  At some point during 1996, I saw a news article about the Newbury bypass protests: pictures of houses built in the trees, home-made tents on the ground and... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Ambition

  by Cerridwen Lee Life is too short to ponder on things that may or may not have happened in different circumstances. It's certainly too short to analyse and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Lives.

  Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday. As anyone who has ever worked in a shop will know, it can be awkward. A customer never fails to arrive at the counter bang on... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Inspiration

  

  By Ashley Lister Inspiration is a lot like oxygen, love and internet connectivity: it’s only a problem when it’s not there. Inspire a writer with an idea and... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Listening Inwards

  

  Inspirational?I can look into my heartAnd see what will stir.The idea of inspiration seems so aloof from everyday life. It seems to be reserved for any manner o... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 CREATIVITY

• Crack

  

  This month, I have mostly been inspired by the poetry of Carolyn Kizer. Semele Recycled inspired this piece. I kept the river but chose a different goddess. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 CREATIVITY