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• The Tritina

  by Ashley Lister Whenever I teach poetry, there will often be a student arguing against rhyme or railing against the discipline of meter or battling the... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who to Snog, Marry and Avoid?

  So, decisions, decisions! In the absence of a significant other in my life, I could choose anyone really couldn't I? Are you worried yet? Mwahahahahahahaha. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Little Quotes

  “Our only KISS was like an accident – a beautiful gasoline rainbow.” Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“The test of a desirable poem is not that one wants to MARRY... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Snog, Marry, Avoid, Flush Head Down Loo Etc Etc.

  Gah I hate his game, bah humbug. No room for nuances. Well here goes;Snog - It's a secret. No I'm not telling. It's a whole package thing for me so somehow so... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Snog, Marry, Avoid.

  Snog, marry, avoid is a game where you select often celebrities or subjects from your own friend circle to allocate in each category. I'm going to take a... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Snog, Marry, Avoid

  To SnogTo lock in amorous unionTo exchange salivaTo be a teenage couple in a bus stopTo press lips so hard To become a seal of secretsTo Kiss Helena Bonham... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quiet Time.

  The very first piece of origami I can remember doing was a simple box. It was my old headmaster, a man called Peter Higgins that taught an entire year group... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 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 16 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scraps

  by Ashley Lister *** Dear Walls Sausages,I am writing to ask if your sausage skins are compatible with water silicone lubricants? Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Precision Art

  It just goes to show doesn't it? That beauty, creativity and a gentle touch can bring out the best in something as simple as a piece of paper. Typical traits... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beware: Idle Hands

  When origami used to be mentioned, like many others, I would think of paper cranes, butterflies and fish. However, these ‘first-to-mind’ associations changed a... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Origami: Making Paper Look Pretty.

  From the heavy debate of politics to the subject of paper folding, it would seem the Dead Good Poets leave nothing untouched! Personally, it’s not something I’v... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Magic of Origami

  He drags his finger nail down the edge of the crease to sharpen the fold. This was more than just a paper bird. His pupils dilate as if had just seen his one... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Vegan!

  I have in my hand a copy of the very first Vegan Times. Dated November 1944 it is the first instance in which Donald Watson and his associates first began to us... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 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 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vegan Vs Bacon

  by Ashley Lister If you know a veganAnd think that this might cause him harmThere's a chance that you could cure himWith a bacon barmEveryone loves baconExcept... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vegan Eh?!

  Crikey! Since I was asked to start writing on this blog, I can truly say that I’ve been challenged by some of the themes.Ok. I am NOT a Vegan. I do however... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do Me a Fava

  Broad Beans If I had patience I'd grow beansthe kind that look like kidneysonly greenI'd find three long sticks in the shedand bind them at one endwith... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CREATIVITY

• Anaemia schmemia...VEGANS

  

  I have to say I think vegans are very healthy people. We eat far too much food, particularly meat here in the west and much of it we don't need. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 FOOD & DRINK, VEGETARIAN & VEGAN

• Vegan, It's Their Choice

  his is my second blog. My first was a tad unfair due to the fact that I am angry at something completely different and it came out as an attack on something I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION