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Dave Ashley
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
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Poet, Story Teller, all round good egg. Sometimes I say bad words!! ADHD, cPTSD, LGBTQ+ Ally (I'm sure I have more letters) I tend to post and comment a lot.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 4d
I might have gone refrain bonkers!!!

This week its #madrigal week. 13 lines of heaven. Come with me to a beautiful land of madrigals and enjoy their splendour.

I dare you, let's #madrigal together!!

Form rules below
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Madrigal: Poetic Form
The madrigal is a poetic form that originated in Italy but has a very strict English structure developed by Geoffrey Chaucer. Learn the rules, see an example, and maybe write your own.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6m
#knee #vssdaily #poem #freeverse #harassment

A knee to the bollocks
often gets the message across,
that perhaps you are not the one,
maybe you have said the wrong thing,
or by a stretch of the imagination
you are just a git.
Stop harassing women,
its as plain as that.
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vssdaily @vssdaily.bsky.social · 7h
The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/11/25 is #knee
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 19m
#emoetry #giddiness #poem #wordplay
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 34m
#wildwalkprompt #beak #poem #madrigal #crime
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 43m
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 13h
Hello Wild walk writers

I got a nice close up of a duck today, and couldn't help but choose that as the prompt. Have fun writing !

#Beak

Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post using #WildWalkPrompt

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 4h
#Emoetry prompt for 10/11/2025

is

#Giddiness

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 2h
I'm currently reading Plath. Great poem
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6h
Thank you, glad you liked it
. I've been trying out writing madrigals this week and they are a fun form to mess with.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 13h
I love your haikus, I forget how flipping good (yeah strong words again!!) you are at longer poetry. Bloody amazing matey

here comes Steve!!
a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
ALT: a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 14h
Thanks Alan. Means a lot all the stuff you do on the prompt matey
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 14h
Ooo philosophy!
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 14h
You are a delight, matey...

A rabbit but a delight too
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 15h
aww mate you never have to thank me for a repost. Your writing is top notch and needs to be shared.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 15h
definitely, people forget often that less is actually more especially in situations where allusions are much more powerful. Really great poem.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 15h
Steve is blushing! So am i being an innocent thing!
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 15h
very powerful poem. Incredibly written and understated in its horror
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 15h
#BedroomEyesPrompt #madrigal #poem
#Ishouldhave
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 16h
ooo you naughty salacious thing!!
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 16h
we do love the bright cheerful you
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
congrats on the 13th week of sobriety, ive been clean of heroin for years and it still is an uphill struggle . So, honestly I think you are amazing. The poem is great, sincere and well written.

Good luck matey
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
noooooooo

here comes Steve he has the sun in his hat
a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
ALT: a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
nice use of couplets there EsJ, damn fine rhymes mate
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
people do not fully understand the whole slippery slope of abuse and how it becomes normalised.

To me mate, you are a fucking delight.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
oooo you!! using bittersweet symphony in it too.

Loved this mo
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17h
Emi. this poem is well written and you use enjambment really well in it to give it a very fluid pace.

Which is why Steve the penguin has come to tip his hat. Go on penguin lad!
a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
ALT: a penguin wearing a pink sweater and a black top hat
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