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• The Family Business.

  A bastard child from Nick and Dave Will rise one day to centre stage For that's the way it works these days In the land of hope and Tory. Read more

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

• We're a Quirky Bunch ....

  Families eh? Sometimes you can't live with them, but neither could you live without them. Generally speaking anyway. No matter how difficult things may be from... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Shops Didn't Open On Sundays

  I spent half of my childhood growing up in a city, and although I love nature and beautiful places, that city (and my parents) taught me how to seek out these... Read more

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

• Family

  

  Ah, families, those little dysfunctional bundles that both influence and surround us. Source of pain and joy. And endless laughter. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• To My Daughter

  

  On Being Separated from Her on Her MarriageTo My Daughter On Being Separated from Her on Her MarriageTo My Daughter On Being Separated from Her on Her MarriageB... Read more

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

• Not in Fear but Thanks. A Mother's Day Poem.

  Twelve years ago when I went in for an operation (the first and only one so far), I learnt the true meaning of fear. I gave the doctors and nurses in the... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fear

  Cold beads of sweatCrawl across my brow.Senses heightened,Breath shallow and rapid.Every shadow,Every creak,Amplified, sinister,Creeping closer.Moonlight... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nothing to Fear, but Fear Itself?

  Gut wrenching, indomitable, overpowering terror. Something which many people will encounter at some point in their lives. Don't think for one second that I am... Read more

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

• From the Depths...

  

  On Sunday, after the sporadic showers on the previous day, Shaun and I decided that our plan to revisit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park was probably a bad one. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The FEAR

  As a nervous person I live in a perpetual state of fear, particularly as a writer. I fear that whatever I write isn't going to be good enough, that it is never... Read more

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

• Worms of Light

  

  I'm afraid that poets are pointing things out, very carefully, but their indexes are impossible to read. Even when a poem speaks to me I fail to communicate... Read more

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

• Something Helpless

  

  Guest post by David Riley. I know some who write humorous poetry. Good humorous poetry but only humorous poetry. Why? Some of these people also don’t read... Read more

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

• Resilience

  I love Spring. Not too hot, not too cold, it brings hope, beauty and the Sun, which in turn gives us some much needed Vitamin D after months of harsh and... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seeds

  Today is my birthday. It is also the first day of spring and so I thought, rather than getting all depressed in a blog post about being older, I'd simply share ... Read more

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

• Springy Stuff

  

  As I walked my little chimps to school this morning I looked around me at the gardens bursting into life and pondered a bit. Then pondered some more. Then felt... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Springs

  

  Drooling from stone lipsa cold trickle emerged, cleansedby layers of dirtSlither of sapwoodsilk string wrenches nock to nockbreath waits while head... Read more

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

• What We Below Could Not See

  

  A guest post by David Riley What’s the best poetry about spring? I’ll tell you, it’s my job to pontificate. It’s when humans are, at most, at the edge of things... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Immersion Therapy

  Good evening readers, This week on the Dead Good Blog we've been looking at Absorption. Absorption isn't something I tend to do lightly. Read more

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

• Achieving Nuance In Wording

  

  A guest post by C J Heyworth The first "Latin tag" that I remember is the motto of my father's chosen Armed Service, The Royal Air Force, in the mid-1920s... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Revisiting

  

  Earlier this week I read Kevin Prufer's 'Churches'in the Paris Review - it caused me to become preoccupied. While there was much to absorb and appreciate - the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION