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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 · 2d

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
www.writersdigest.com/write-better...

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 · 5m

It gave me such a feeling of calm
.. I wish I could have bottled it ipt.

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 2h

absolutely beautiful Suse. Thank you so much for posting a lovely peaceful sunset

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

always do.. just keep watching bits of news and thinking... "is this really reality". world is going flipping mad (strong words)

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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 2d

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon Oct 06, 2025

Weekly #Prompt - PLEDGE TEASE LEDGER TEMPT JASMINE INSOMNIA

post with hashtag: #inkMine

over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekly Prompt: PLEDGE, TEASE, LEDGER, TEMPT, JASMINE, INSOMNIA

use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

you are a delight!!

good poem

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

awwww another cutie cat!!!!

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 8h

How to prepare a
Country for invasion, first
Step, spread confusion.

Step two, disable
All cohesive government
Functions, sow mistrust.

Step three, fan the flames
Of fear, kick down the doors of
The social contract.

Step four, while panic
Undulates, sit back and wait,
Winter's power cuts.

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 11h

Let me candid,
let me be clear,
I will be thorough,
deep and sincere

you cannot own me
I am not your possession
you cannot control me
please stop your obsession

Let go
Let go
or you’ll crush me for good

Let go
Let go
just do what you should

#emoetry #poetry

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

awww that's a cutie. I do love the wild walk prompts so much mate. I know I mess around a lot but seriously thanks so much for doing them.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 4h

Hello Wild walkĺ

Sat on the roof of a small shed, and staring off into the sunset.
Cats seem to have all the patience In the world... sometimes.

#Cat

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

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

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

a candle with white roses and the words may the lord bring you peace and comfort on the bottom

ALT: a candle with white roses and the words may the lord bring you peace and comfort on the bottom

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

#bss365 #ash #madrigal #poem #NuclearArmageddon

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 4h

I prefer being a pacifism and kindness

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 4h

well I hope you did that in privacy!!

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 8h

Tom Y Jerry Tom And Jerry GIF

ALT: Tom Y Jerry Tom And Jerry GIF

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much for your kind words matey

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

great band - My favourite is Jack names the planets...

right back to writing stuff.

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 11h

Misty haze floats across
My brown eyes to black
A flurry of melancholy
Begun as a pleasant reverie
Then the dark shadows
Crept way on in

Sun kissed days
Picnic baskets
Strawberries and cream
All crushed to #ash
All berries now taste sour
No longer are you mine

#vss365

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 12h

As a child, my father
was the sun,
spreading #global warmth.

I orbited him
like intrigued #technology—
his insignificant #satellite.

Until he fell,
wings scorched to #ash
and I saw a man
flawed as Icarus.

#Sonder hits—
he too
is broken

just like me.

#2wordprompt #vss365
#vssmagic #BlueSkyRelay

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

Hurdle a #curdle
not coddle curdle fondle
but churdle curdle.

#haikufeels #haiku

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

a cake being made by mr.cakes is being poured into a tin

ALT: a cake being made by mr.cakes is being poured into a tin

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

thanks so much you.l.. im off to bed to be a sickly man for half an hour before I have to do writing.

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

i think its always great to use slant rhymes as it makes the poem feel as its not forced with regimentality even if you are sticking ardently to the form (or not)

makes it flexible and people look at t it and go "ooo slant rhymes.. that poet is a bit fancy!"

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 12h

aww thanks Silvia... I think a cup of tea and a little sleep will help

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 12h

it did... i like playing with refrains and altering them a bit when needed... it shows you can "break" the form without really breaking it. that that takes skill Lin

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