Ashleylister

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2270 )

• A Basic Connection

  So, connections hey? Hmmmmm. Where do you start? I don't think there can be anything that isn't connected in some way, shape or form to another thing!*Taps... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poem: Radiators

  

  RadiatorsJust as winter was beginning to appear – crisping up the lawns and silvering the thicketsI heard the asthmatic wheeze from the airing cupboard;a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Connecting the Dots...

  

  This weeks theme and the theme for Friday's poetry event is connections. On Saturday I attended the monthly workshop run by the Lancashire Dead Good Poets... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Connecting

  

  Staged ConnectionAn inkling of a notion of a premise of an ideaSynoptically outlined for the outside world to hear.Connected by the minds of those who read and... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 Fruity Poems

  Whether you're passing the time between superbowl adverts or looking to fill that gap between lunch and tea, I know that you're mad about both snacks and poems... Read more

  Posted on 02 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 01 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• How About Twilight Apples?

  

  by Ashley Lister At the start of this month I was ill. There’s been talk that I was bitten by Aragog. Personally I think it was more like that creature from... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Apples Are the Only Fruit ....

  They say that if all else fails, write about what you know. Well, after struggling with the theme of "How many Apples" this week, I thought it best to tell you ... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Do You Like Them Apples?

  

  How many apples?Well? Do you know? I don't. There might be three, or four. Probably just one though. Apples are good. One apple hit Isaac Newton on the bonce... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Many Apples?

  It took one apple,To open our eyesAnd gaze upon the naked bodyAshamed we run and hideIt took one appleTo say good byeLeaving Eden to the dying faithOf the lost... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool: Home of Legends

  A Blackpool CaricatureIf you should venture out to Blackpool, you'll not be aloneThere's stars a plenty- then and now- that have made this place their ownWe've... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air for Burns Night

  

  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 25 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Man Who Plans the Roadworks in Blackpool

  

  by Ashley Lister They say that he’s been blind from birth He’s never seen sod allSet him walking in a line, he’ll bump into a wallBut there’s no need to pity hi... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Characterful Town

  Blackpool. A town that creates imagery when its name is spoken. In a positive way? Hmmmmmm.As someone who has an interest in Blackpool's local history,... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool Characters

  I have to admit, I don't really know any Blackpoolcharacters. I hear names, but these words just blend into a history of colour, long remembered. I don't... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool: At World's End.

  Last night, I got a sum total of two hours sleep. Forced to top it up this morning with an extra long lie in, I’m about caught up now- although I didn’t make... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 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 two hours from 8pm on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Love Song for George Osborne

  

  By Ashley Lister"I just heard that another poor person froze to death this winter!" If the world was going to endI’d want to be with youIt’s not because you... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Time Runs Out

  

  Some of you will be aware of the war diary project which brings thousands of diary entries, reports and orders to the internet. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• It's the End of the World...as We Know It

  Sometimes when we think it's the end of the world it really isn't. It's actually a time for a new start, a new future. Here's a poem I read at LDGPS recently.... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION