Ashleylister

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2335 )

• 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

• Guest Post - Nigel the Blackpool Bard

  This weekend we're beyond fortunate in having a contribution from local writer and legend, Nigel the Blackpool BardThe End of the World - by Nigel The... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep The Hill

  The end of the world does not mean the end of all things. I pretty sure you have all experienced an “end of my world” event. When something happens that... Read more

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

• A Rhyme for Britain's Bankers

  Good afternoon readers,This week, we've been looking at the theme 'Now with one hand', which instantly got me thinking of those who give with one and take away... Read more

  Posted on 12 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. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Hand? Try Doing It with One Leg

  By Ashley Lister The Ballad of the Blackpool Spiderman I’ll tell you a tale of a man who can writeBut he got stricken down by a rogue spider’s biteAnd it bit... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Leading the Way

  Never underestimate feelings. The power that accompanies emotion and thought. It can be truly scary just how deep and passionately they run. I never fully... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reading: The Next Generation

  Like any aspiring poet I love books. Real books. The ones with spines and pages which discolour over time. The ones given as gifts with their personalised... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Which Hand Do You Do It With?

  

  I'm right handed, but consider myself creative but am also quite a logical and analytical person. I know a fair few creative people who are left handed though,... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Never Do with One Hand, What You Can Put off Till Thursday.

  As humans we can be very interesting things. As sheep and badgers we are just doggers taking part in some very filthy sex stuff. But as humans, being humans we... Read more

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

• Predicting the Future

  On the night I was brought into this world, the stars were in the sky. They had assumed the usual position for July, that being the way of things and as a resul... Read more

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

• Living in Dystopia

  

  by Ashley Lister The thing that I always find fascinating about our interpretation of the future is that most of us believe it will be better. To my mind, this... Read more

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

• Ever Onward

  Every moment that passes is a new start, the beginning of the Future. But is it mapped out already, or constantly changing with each choice made creating... Read more

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

• 52 Poems in the Future

  As a child the future was something that could be cut out of the Argos catalogue and stuck inside a cardboard dream house. It was wishing to be older so I... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not in the Now

  Here are some more wonderful insights from the fantastic David Riley.We're the only creatures in the universe with a real humdinger of a sense of the future. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Future

  nouna period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come."we plan on getting married in the near future"adjectiveat a... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION