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Dave Ashley
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
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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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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#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
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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:
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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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!
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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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
unravel the past
see what was hidden away
Now treasure hunting

#haikufeels #haiku
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#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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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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#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
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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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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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I dreamed that I was an Occitan troubadour... but when I woke up the rhymes were gone... a freestyle 😄 #Dansa
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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
fading in and out
Reality if just too real
Land of Oz, go on!!

#haikufeels #haiku
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#fade to black perhaps
light coshed my irises hard
I fainted... ooopsies

#haikufeels #haiku
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM