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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 ( 2031 )
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Myopia
Let's give this theme of short-sightedness a metaphorical interpretation. There's a General Election in the offing. It's a priceless opportunity for Britons to... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Short Sighted Or What!?
There are times on the blog, where I want to take the theme and put a new twist on it. Sound intelligent and witty. Sadly this is not one of those weeks. I've... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Unfinished Business
In conversation at Manchester's Cornerhouse on Monday the 16th March with Julie Gardner, another member of 52, the best poetry-writing group I have every... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To Be Continued…
Location: Stroke Ward, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool Dateline: Saturday March 21, 2015 Your dedicated Saturday Blogger writes: I was surprised to find myself... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing You
Grief is a funny thing. The psychologist tells us that it happens to each of us in stages ranging from denial, (not just a river in Eqypt) to anger and... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing!
Sad to read that Sir Terry Pratchett has departed the planet this week at the tender age of 66. I hope his spirit has found its way to Discworld. Read more
Posted on 14 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Theme is Missing .....
This week the theme is missing. Not "the theme is missing", i.e. absent, but "missing". However, with that play on words, it brought this to mind about how we... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
When Night Falls
One of the most interesting exhibitions at Blackpool Grundy Art Gallery of recent times was the Haunted House experience, which climaxed in an evening of... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
And The Sirens Sweetly Sing
This week's theme is noises in the night - and so here is an aural tapestry that collates the heard experiences of many different Blackpool nights into one awfu... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Noises in the Night
As dusk falls there is always a shift change of creatures. Day-walkers settle down to sleep and nocturnal beasts emerge for their nightly patrols. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Licence To Kill?
Okay, this blog isn't going to be to everyone's taste - but please stick with it... a bit like Picasso's 'Guernica', art isn't always beautiful. Read more
Posted on 28 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Special Authority Figure ...
If you're a regular reader of the blog, you will have probably noticed that my posts have been intermittent over the few months or so. Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Libraries Gave Us Power..........
This week we are talking about authority and I am resisting the temptation to write a rant about petty-minded or even sinister aspects of it. Instead I would... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Treasure
In childhood the first seeds of taste are planted, and it seemed to me as a boy that Treasure meant possessions, material wealth, mainly as a result of... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Treasure
Beauty is in the spellbound eye of the beholder; value in the calculating eye of the investor. Treasure transcends both assays in its immeasurable, infinite... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
More Precious Than Gold
This week we are looking at treasure, which, of course, means different things to different people. I have reached the conclusion that my memories are my... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Skin
Skin is motes of dust. Once knew life. Falls, like snow. Skin turned to dry rind. Stiff scales, no give. Cracked hard hide. Skin met the sun’s stroke And... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Skin...
...the largest organ of the body, a complex and multi-functional living boundary keeping the outside out and the inside in. John Donne said "No man is an... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Face Looking a Bit Old? Easy, Just Airbrush It!
In an idle moment last night, I was leafing through a well-known beauty products brochure and marvelling at the manipulative language employed in its sales... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Direction
If I ask you to get lost, I’ll trust you not to take offence. Nowadays, any smartphone can commune with a secret cabal of satellites to plot your location to... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION