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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 ( 2046 )
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The Silence of the Lambs
Here's an account of a minor skirmish to illustrate my total lack of a killer instinct. Last night we went to the Grand to see the most excellent 'Classic... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Anticipation is Aces!
I see you shiver with Antici... ...pation. My favourite line from one of my favourite films; The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Anticipation is aces! It’s, like wel... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Anticipation
This week-end [24th and 25th January] it's the annual Big Garden Birdwatch. That had to hold out more promise of an exhilarating time than a trip down to Watfor... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
"I See You Shiver with Antici.......................pation!"
Name that film! As cheesy as it is, it has to be one of my favourites. I go to the stage version when it comes to Blackpool and yes, I dress the part. Read more
Posted on 23 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To Travel Hopefully......
Is to travel hopefully a better thing than to arrive? Robert Louis Stevenson seemed to think so, with his much quoted and misquoted observation. From this can b... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Scent - the Closest Thing to Time Travel
At times a scent can be the closest thing we have to time travel. It can instantly transport us to a point in our past when we are least expecting it. Read more
Posted on 18 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
'That' Scent...
Let us call her Madeleine (not her real name, for obvious reasons). When I was a young man, newly arrived in the metropolis and teaching English and Drama at a... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Led by the Nose
Disney villains imagined as perfume bottles I must firstly confess to a guilty secret, which probably ill behoves an old unreconstructed lefty such as me – I... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
You Think You Want A Resolution
When I was asked to write a New Year’s blog type thing I set my mind in motion. I thought long a hard, scrunching up my nose and closing my eyes so tight that... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Je Suis Charlie - Je Suis Resolu
It has been a crap start to 2015 on so many counts, but the shocking spate of killings in France this week by Islamist extremists has been the most horrendous... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Psychic Sheilagh's Prediction for 2015
A new year, a new beginning, a fresh start, a resolve that things are going to be better. How many times do we make new year resolutions, only to see them... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Beetroot
I was born in Blackpool, the youngest by nearly seven years, into a household of three adults and three siblings. My maternal Grandmother Phyllis, by then in he... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Roots
I once saw a man fall out of a tree. This wasn’t any old tree, but a sixty-foot high African oil palm. It happened one unassuming spring afternoon in Lagos,... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Forget Silver Bells ....
Happy New Year!!! Welcome to 2015 on the Dead Good Blog! I hope you had a wonderful Festive period. Firstly, I would like to apologise for my absence for the... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
In a Stew
Winter has long been my favourite season of the year, bringing as it does, ideally, those cold, crisp, sunny days when it is a pleasure to walk in a healthy... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Beatlemania Was Born in Blackpool
The Beatles 'arrived' when I was nine and nothing would ever be quite the same again. They permeated our young lives and literally became the soundtrack to my... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Faithless
Like yesterday's poem, this is another one that speaks for itself: Faithless Wedding bells’ Last toll Evaporates Beneath the threadbare sky. Read more
Posted on 21 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Relationships - Mine Have Been Like Verlaine's and Rimbaud...
...not really. That's a quote from our man Dylan, who's done a better job than most [in my humble opinion] at apprehending the essence of male-female... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Welcome Home, Elsie
Posted on 17 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Escapism
For as long as I can remember, I’ve only had to look up into the night sky to escape the daily grind. Trundling through the day-to-day, I sometimes forget that... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION