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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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Island - Escape to Tenerife
In 1988 I went on holiday for a week to Tenerife. On the Friday, instead of flying home, I ripped up my return ticket and decided to stay. The wonderful... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Island
Of course we live on an island and yet remain fascinated by islands off our shores. Our weather is dictated by influences of the surrounding seas and much of ou... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Dead Good Blog by Christo Heyworth on Monday 14th. March 2016 on ISLANDS
Here are some British Isles: The Scots writer, the late Hugh MacDiarmid states: I was better with the sound of the sea than with the voices of men And in... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
What the Vegan! A Guest Blog
Vegan. Like 'poet' the very word has become synonymous with the eco-warriors, pseudo liberals, activists and protestors of the world. Read more
Posted on 13 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
What's The Beef?
The thing about blogging on theme at the tail-end of the week is that most angles have already been covered in considerable detail and with a passion by my... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Circle of Life?
The theme this week is Meat is Murder? I have little to add to the subject except to say that I don't believe it is. It is a matter of survival of the fittest,... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Meat is Murder? Look at It Another Way.
My Mum celebrated her 68th Mother's Day this Sunday. She is 95 years old. Her eyesight is failing, her hearing has almost gone but her 'little grey cells' are... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Meat Or Murder ?
It's a very stark emotive phrase. Firstly let me say that I am an omnivore. Because of a condition that I have, I thrive -nay, I require a high protein diet.... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Regular Monday Blog Lancs Dead Goods by Christo Heyworth 7th. February 2016: Mea...
As I shall be spending a good deal of Monday 7th. at Preston Royal Infirmary for tests and discussion about my CKF (Chronic Kidney Failure), I'm posting this... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Night At The Movies
While I enjoy company, I’m not the kind of person who’s ever felt uncomfortable about going places by myself. Whether it’s a gig, a restaurant or another... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The World According To Wes
A movie-maker is a creator of worlds and my favourite contemporary movie-maker, by a celluloid mile, is the American director Wesley Wales Anderson. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Fade to Black
I like films. I have an extensive DVD collection at home, but nothing quite beats being sat in a cinema as the plot unfolds before you with a bucket of popcorn... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Movies - On the Shoulders of Giants.
Like everything else in the world, the movies have changed in the last hundred years. Since celluloid was first animated to produce cine film, new technologies... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
At The Movies - Lancashire Dead Goods Blog Monday 29/02/2016 by Christo Heyworth
AT THE MOVIES Going to the pictures is something embedded in me since infancy by Sonia Livesey who is about eight years older than me and who was trusted... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
At the Movies
Well, I've been singing " Saturday night at the movies, who cares what picture you see, when you're hugging with your baby on the balcony ? " ever since I saw... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
This Was My Blackpool In '68
Sometime in the mid ‘60s my family moved to Blackpool. My parents were in the licenced trade and the opportunity to have a pub on Blackpool Prom was their... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
When Elephants Strolled The Sands
'Lost Blackpool' is the theme this week - and I'm resisting the temptation to lament the sad decline of our local football club. Read more
Posted on 27 February 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Very Lost Blackpool
With the demolition of many of the town's architectural gems from years gone by, in the name of "Progress" (which is laughably also the town's motto), there is... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lost Blackpool - a Walk Through Memory.
It's an interesting theme. I was thrilled by an exhibition of photographs at Stanley Park Visitor's Centre during summer 2015. Read more
Posted on 25 February 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lost Blackpool
I was born just after World War II and lived just off Westcliffe Drive in Little Layton The joke amongst conductors on the Corporation buses which travelled to... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION