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 ( 2056 )
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Serendipity
A guest post by C J Heyworth. Given that my mother was a widow who chose not to remarry after my father's death when I was seven in the Summer of 1953, I suppos... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Unusual Behavour?
Ok, the Mad Hatter is a little strange to say the least, but let's face it, we all have our moments ......This week (and next) is all about appointments for me. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Difficulty of Finding...
I have been struggling to write for too many months now. I can just about manage a few sentences, a list of observations, the odd scribble about last night's... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bumbling by Day...
...leaping by night. Hello language lovers. It's been a while since I wrote for the blog and I am, as usual, writing under the influence of too little sleep. I... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blackpool Grit
Colin has taken the decision to stop writing for the Dead Good Blog. He wished to say goodbye and thanks for reading. I'm sure you will agree that he has... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Sound of Silence.
Good afternoon readers.This week, we've been looking at the theme 'what really gets my goat'. Silencing. That gets my back up.It has been alleged that my last... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blackpool & The Fracking Censors? Put This in Your NUS Meeting.
There was going to be no blog post today as a mark of respect for those members pushed out of the group by their official college ties. Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Important Notice
This week we have seen one of the founding Dead Good Bloggers leave his post of Saturdays because of things that have been said with regard to the material he... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
What Really Gets My Goat?!
Prejudice and ignorance!In some small degree it could be argued that we are all guilty of those qualities, but when they come to the fore in a greater sense,... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
and It's Goodnight from Him
by Ashley Lister This will be my last post on the Dead Good Blog. I just want to note here that it’s been a pleasure working with so many professional writers. Read more
Posted on 25 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
What Really Gets My Goat?
Apart from the Brazilian goat eaterOr people that use feet as well as the millimetre"It's six foot one way and 500 mil the other"Oh brotherJust pick oneand be... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Is This a Question? A Last Stand from Lancashire.
Good afternoon readers,As a Proud Northerner, I am often accused of being abrasive, brash, rude, offensive and well, you get the point. I must offer a reason fo... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Poetry Show
on air soon!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of The Poetry Show will be playing for two hours from 8pm on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's show is... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Naming of Dogs - NSFW
by Ashley Lister This week's theme is questions. One of the questions people often ask me is, "What are you doing in my garden?" One of the other questions... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
An Unanswerable Question?
How? Who? What? Where? When? Why?The world is full of so many questions. It is also full of people who are struggling to find the time to answer them, but they... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
But Why Mum, Why? Why? But Why? But Why is That? Why?
So. Questions.Apparently when I was three years old I tormented the living daylights out of every person I constantly came into contact with by constantly... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Is This a Question?
The legend that is the philosophy exam question to which the urban librarians claim that one student one year wrote. "If this is a Question? Then this is an... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Purple Patch.
Good afternoon readers.This week on the blog it has been all things purple. We've had colour inspirations, critical analysis and funny examples of found purple... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Dead Good Poetry Show
on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for two hours from 8pm on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Purplified Prose
by Ashley Lister This is my current idea for a writing exercise. Take an existing line of fiction and purplify it. I might need a better word than purplify. Read more
Posted on 15 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION