Ashleylister
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A Dead Good Blog
http://deadgoodpoets.blogspot.co.uk/
A group of poets from Blackpool, Lancashire, discussing poetry, inspiration and writing in general.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2049 )
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Shipwrecked
Already this week my fellow bloggers have given the theme of shipwreck an appropriately nautical treatment, which leaves me feeling that I should strive for... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Golden Wreck
This week I'm able to participate again as I have internet access...being at home. It seems that I am often away..so I'm going to tell you about a little trip... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Shipwreck - Rock on and Roll Off.
Most of the time, I am cautious. I believe that once my children were born, I changed from someone who acted spontaneously and quite often had to extricate... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Shipwreck - Desert Islands
Sometimes, when life throws too many challenges all at once, and this has been one such week, I think how perfect and peaceful it would be if I lived on an... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Roses
are the topic this week! They come high on the list of flowers that I like, along with iris and gerbera. What gives the rose the edge over others in the boquet... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Roses - Memories
An afternoon in August. I wanted to sit outside in the shaded side of the garden with something good on my Kindle, a nice cup of tea and complain... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
On Your Bike!
Ah, the mighty bicycle. What a topic for a Saturday Blog. Still, I shouldn't complain - it was one of my suggestions when we set this summer season up. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bicycle - Its a Foreign Word.
For most of you it will come as no surprise if I say that this week's theme is didn't go down well with me. I don't ride a bike. Read more
Posted on 03 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bicycle - Riding Out With Dad
Christmas, 1967, I was given a bicycle. Shiny and new with white tyres and the ‘Triumph 20’ logo on the pale blue metallic frame. It was a wonderful surprise an... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Childhood Secrets
The going wasn't always easy for we junior citizens of the Undemocratic Republic of Mother Fatherland back in the day, (Peterborough, late 1950s into early... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Childhood Secrets - Dreadful Child
It took ages to pluck up the courage to tell my mother that I was being picked on and bullied by my supposed ‘best friend’. The tears came before I got any word... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To Magnify A Candle's Brightness...
It's another lovely sunny Saturday evening on the Fylde coast and daylight will probably prevail until after ten tonight. Once darkness arrives, the electric... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Candlelight - Be Careful
I have nothing against candlelight. I find it very pleasant, especially in a restaurant, with a hearty Italian meal, a red checked table cloth, a brilliant... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Candlelight - Power Cuts
That’s Wimbledon over and a hope for two British champions in the same tournament is on hold. There’s something romantic about candlelight. Read more
Posted on 18 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Image
I would have expected Image to be a popular theme among Dead Good bloggers, wide open to interpretation. Not so, it seems - and I fly the blogging flag alone... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Upheaval
It's shaping up to be a peerless beauty of a July day in the jewel of the north, sky of blue and sea of green (etc). Coffee is brewing, I've watered the tomato... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Upheaval..
I've just returned from a pretty hectic day of poetry reading and listening. It seems lately that my life is in constant upheaval. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Upheaval - New Beginnings.
We moved as a family, for the first time when I was four years old, from a small family house in Blackpool to a great rambling public house in St Helens. At tha... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Upheaval - Moving House
My father’s job meant that we moved house a lot in my younger days. Sometimes, to me, it seemed like we had just got settled and we were off again. Read more
Posted on 04 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Sir Owain and The Tangerine Knight
The blog theme this week? Balladry. My initial reaction? "Oh b*ll*cks!" I've only ever composed one ballad in my time and that was way back in school days,... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION