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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Politics and Ice Cream. Really?
Politics and ice cream. Erm.My favourite ice cream is Notarannis ice cream from South Shore in Blackpool. It's rich but not too rich, unlike the Conservatives... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Utopia.
I never took much interest in politics until the last few years. The mysteries of the world didn’t appeal to me as I was enthralled with the worlds I could... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Politics, Ice Creams and Dreams
I had a dreamAnd in that dream there was trustAnd that trust was justifiedAnd that trust was gratifiedAnd that trust was unifiedWith all my brothers and... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trust: My List of Ridiculous Experiences.
As Plebgate rolls on and on, for 'lists' week I thought I'd share my most memorable encounters with the police. I will start by saying that, on the whole, I lik... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air!
on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
David Cameron's Things To Do List
by Ashley Lister sell some UK assetshelp an oxbridge chumscrew the country's voterssoundly up the backsideline the bankers’ pocketsget Nick Clegg on his... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Brain, Don’t Fail Me Now! Oh! You Just Did!
I had always thought I was good at remembering things, but when the time came for me to do my own grocery shopping for the first time, my brain decided to step... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
This is Narrow Land
Help! It's turtles all the way down this week! Here's where I started...'What's the derivation of the word 'list'?'*looks up 'list' on Google*'Oh, hang on, I... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
10 Things I Think Are Quite Poo
I don't do lists. My head is a mishmash of randomness, as a result I forget things a lot and am very disorganised. I'll give it a try though. Perhaps I could... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Just Haven't Got a Clue What to Do
This weeks theme is LISTS.To be honest, I'm not very good at TO DO LISTS. If make one, I forget to look at it, or I forget to make on I the first place.This is... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Information? We’re Swimming in the Useless Bits.
Evening all. Firstly, I am mega sorry for being so late with this blog today. I’ve been thinking about the way in which we are provided with so much... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - LIVE ON AIR
on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
It's Worse Than That...
by Ashley Lister Captain's log, Stardate 24601.69.Over the past week or so there have been some changes here aboard the NCC-Dead Good Blog. Away teams have... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
R.i.p. I.q:
It’s strange isn’t it, how, when given a topic you get a marvellous idea of what to write, only to sit down and end up going off in a completely different... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Paper
Eventually, you start closing doors. It seems that all your life you wanted windows and open vistas. You wanted to visit every country, talk every language, kis... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Get out of My Brain You Invasive W***ers
Information overload. I'm naturally quite an introverted person, so I get this quite frequently. There is only so much outside stimuli I can cope with before I... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Information Overload!
It is said knowledge is power. I’ll bet our ancestors, who searched the skies, seas and earth with the flimsiest of equipment but the biggest of dreams would... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Information Overload
My personal blue screen of deathI'm suffering from knowledgitisAddicted to trivia as if it's crystal methMy hands are shaking dailyAs I'm trudging round the... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air!
on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Annabel Lee Visits Blackpool
a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and Ashley Lister It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the seaThat a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION