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 ( 2057 )
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The Bible According to Rupert Murdoch
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was GOTCHA! And the Lord Rupert said let there be a Royal Family, and let enormous quantities of trivia and drivel b... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2013 CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Keys.
Symbolism can make even the most mundane objects interesting. And the key is about as mundane as you can get. We use them every day without a second thought. Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bunch of Keys
Happy bank holiday Monday. I decided to write a poem today. “What where you thinking?” Radical thinking, I know.This scribble has been designed as a groan fest... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Internet is for Porn
by Ashley Lister If I was going to make one modest proposal to large internet presences, such as Google and YouTube, it would be: accept that people have sex.I... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Modest Proposal of a Stalker
I wanna hold youWanna please youWanna wrap you up and keep youI’ll stay right here from dusk till dawnSat upon your nice front lawnI’ll scare away those men... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Most Important Thing in the World
is to be kind.This is the lesson my mother taught me. She taught me lots of things, obviously, but this one vital idea was repeated many times over the years. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Urban Fox
My modest proposal, though not so modest and usually tainted with curses, is this… LEAVE IT ALONE. The first of my other proposals would be to shove a branch... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Modest Proposal
For Preventing Government Policy, from Being a Burden on Families or the Country as a whole, and for Making them Beneficial to the PublicIt has come to my... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To August.
Good afternoon folks,This week on the blog we've been looking at familiar themes. If there is one thing I share in common with a lot of people it is a love of... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Interview Questions
By Ashley Lister Tonight (Saturday August 17th, BST) I finally get round to hosting the first episode of the Dead Good Radio Show. You can find it by clicking o... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
The One Way Street
Sometimes you spend a lot of time doing thing for other people that never seems to be reciprocated. This happens a lot. I finally wrote a poem about it:-This... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Tits Up
There's a discrepancy between what I write about in my poetry and what I write about to friends and family, via social media, email etc. Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
My Family of Familiars
So Mouse said it is fine,And Cat agreed the line.Yet Dog was not so keen,For Rabbit to make a scene.So Frog made for the road,While the others all blamed... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Greenery
Good afternoon readers.There are times as writers when we get caught out by a theme throwing too much at us. This week on the blog, we've been looking at... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Untapped Resources
by Ashley Lister As has been mentioned this week, the theme of green often addresses the subject of being environmentally responsible. Read more
Posted on 10 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Little Too Green...
There've been some great pieces of poetry this week. Some eclectic views on nature, fracking awful frackers, philosophical and biological serial killers. Yep,... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Green and Pleasant
The Song of Wandering AengusBy William Butler Yeats I went out to the hazel wood,Because a fire was in my head,And cut and peeled a hazel wand,And hooked a berr... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Fifth Person Perspective
Welcome to my recycling. The fifth of its kind. The fifth person. The fifth ‘Me’. The fifth birth. The fifth death.Seven years. You do know that's all it... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To Be Truely Green.
The theme this week on the blog is “we’re green”. An apt theme for the time we’re in. Summer is a beautiful season and our native woodlands do ‘green’ very well. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Postcard from Frackpool
Well, prepare yourself for gas flares firing at the end of your driveway- and strengthen those listed rectory walls whilst you’re at it- words to that effect... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION