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Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

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Poet, Story Teller, Word Juggler, all round good egg.

ADHD, cPTSD, LGBTQ+ Ally (I'm sure I have more letters)
Anti Fascist, quite left wing
I tend to post and comment a lot.

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 2d

Elton John sang about a Tiny #Dansa. Now it is time for this weeks form challenge The #Dansa. It has a limited rhyme scheme, a refrain and its called a #Dansa, what's not to love.

So want to #Dansa with me?

form rules below
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Dansa: Poetic Forms

Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the dansa, an Occitan poetic form.

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Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #triolet #winter #Christmas
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

I'm a month early with this but was feeling festive

November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM

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stace.bot

@stacebot.bsky.social

#hard
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social‬

#relevant
@lovehealthed.bsky.social
#vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social

#gaslight
@karla-eu.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social

hard. relevant. gaslight.

i tried to explain
why it hurt,
and you said
it wasn’t relevant.

that was the moment
the gaslight
flickered.

hard
to pretend
i didn’t
see it.

November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#inattentive #emoetry #poem #madrigal

November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#ashes #wildwalkprompt #dansa #poem #loss

November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #madrigal #winter
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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Paul Brookes

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

Thank you @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for last week's stormer. All are welcome to contribute to this week's. I am the host. Please use hashtags ##promptcombo #OnRoofs and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social:

The Roof

He needs a hit, so

on the roof
of the ex bank, ex post office
needs to break in

sees somebody spot him
so he changes his mind

shouts I will kill myself.

Ambulances and police
talk him down.

November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM

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Jen Thorne

@jenthorne.bsky.social

I thought I'd try a #Dansa as suggested by @daveashleypoet.bsky.social for this week's
#promptcombo from
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

#OnRoofs

This is an (almost) factual account of some of the conversations I overheard between the two builders who were re-roofing of my house!

You're more likely to fall off a horse than a roof

Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.
Clarkson said it on his tv show.
He's a national treasure, dontcha know.
They should make that bloke a bloody knight.
Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.

They are going to cut down all the trees
And plant flowers instead to get more bees.
I saw it on the news last night.
Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.

Did you see Andy scrapping in the pub with Jack?
I had to keep quiet cuz of my bad back.
If it wasn't for that, I'd've got in on that fight.
Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.

You ought to go have a look on Yahoo
Loads of good stuff on there, and they've got the news too.
I reckon it's a top-notch website.
Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.

I think being a roofer keeps you sane.
The altitude lets more stuff get in your brain.
I think much better when I'm working at height.
Yeah mate, I suppose you're right.

You'm a good listener, I like chatting to you.
Our Brenda stopped listening in 2002.
She says all I do is talk utter shite.
Yeah mate, I suppose she's right.

November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#gaslight #blueskyrelay #poem #madrigal

November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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Ann Tigone

@anntigone.bsky.social

My monday
mood, #irate,
yet I #gashlight
myself with
false delight,
hanging #festive
baubles over
my feelings

happy face time,
hide the #hard line
of pursed lips,
a mad #dash,
a scramble
for cheerfulness
before another
groundhog day
at the office

bah humbug
to all of this.

November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

unravel the past
see what was hidden away
Now treasure hunting

#haikufeels #haiku

November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#relevant #vss365 #poem #rhymes #wordplay #humour

November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#festive #wilsdwalkprompt #poem #reindeer #death #silly #dansa

November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#hard #emoetry #LostLove #madrigal #poem

instead of going the smutty route.. I went emotional instead

November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Phil

@pgpayt.bsky.social

Horror Writing Prompt no. 2015: echelon

Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.

Big thanks to gagi for sparking today's terror!

November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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@LoveHealthEd

@lovehealthed.bsky.social

#vss365 ‘ers you are fabulous-yesterdays writing was bang on relevant, which leads on nicely to asking, is my goal relevant…

Is it worthwhile to me? Is it indeed my goal, or has it been forced upon me by someone else?

The #vss365 #prompt for 24 Nov #Relevant.

#vss365

a man wearing glasses and a black shirt says i 'll do it my way

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black shirt says i 'll do it my way

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November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM

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Quill of Mnemosyne

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

Hello Wild Walk #writers

It's poinsettia season! - Don't worry, I won't make you write with poinsettia. (But you can if you want to!)

#Festive

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

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit

@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social

#Emoetry prompt for 11/24

is

#Hard

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM

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Just a Silvia

@theladysilvia.bsky.social

I dreamed that I was an Occitan troubadour... but when I woke up the rhymes were gone... a freestyle 😄 #Dansa

Dream #20

Funny how detours bring us home
I wandered too far, a journey broken
Dim light, amber and uneven
Air heavy with memory, time slowed,
Funny how detours bring us home

Smell of ale, polish, and smoke
Even if no one smokes anymore
He slid a napkin across the table:
“Funny how detours bring us home”

The gift was not paper, but belonging
The quiet miracle of recognition
Finding myself in another soul,
Funny how detours bring us home

November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#vss365 #poem #achievable #dansa

November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Just a Silvia

@theladysilvia.bsky.social

Sunday

Some speak through the prophets,
some spell lines of poets.

Clinging to vines in a forest,
misty heavy with symbols,
green with bitterness and life.

Out from a land of silk and money,
inside this intricate, scratching raw maze,
wild, wode, wondrous wherever you gaze.

November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM