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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 · 3d

Adios to the Madrigal and hello to the #ballade this french form of 28 lines has an inner beauty. A refrain included.

Anyone fancy a #ballade . I betcha do!!! If I can. I'm sure you can too.

Ballade rules
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Ballade: Poetic Forms

Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the ballade, a French poetic form.

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Just a Silvia @theladysilvia.bsky.social · 2d

#WildWalkPrompt #oak

Strong and wise oak,
keystone of the forest,
where are you bound?

Will the wood sail the seas,
sweeten wines,
end as a coffee table,
stained by the ink of a student,
on the wall,
in a black-and-white photograph?

The grain remembers storms.
Even stillness travels,
after ink and leaves have dried.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 5h

Hello Wild walk writers

A rotting tree stump coated in a tiny red fungus, it looks almost like it's rusting. I quite like it.

#Rusting

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

#mpprompt #poem #amnesia #freeverse

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 3h

and its so nice and considerate when a lady says that too

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6h

#inkmine #couplets #poem #resist #aphrodisiac

@edwardstjames.bsky.social Thanks mate for giving me the idea for this

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6h

no... that is not erotic!! and I am not going to the toilet with some klennex.
#

Dont judge me!!

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6h

you know I can be worse, right? I mean really bad....

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6h

yeah but I bet you are not a sexy whale.

Yeah baby I am the whale of love!! and with that I will disappear, never to be seen again

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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 2d

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon Oct 13, 2025

Weekly #Prompt - PARTY AROUSE GRANDEUR TOMORROW APHRODISIAC PLEASURE

post with hashtag: #inkMine

over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekly Prompt: PARTY, AROUSE, GRANDEUR, TOMORROW, APHRODISIAC, PLEASURE

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 · 7h

you mean ive been listening to sexy wales all this long.... no wonder I have strange worrying underwater dreams

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 7h

I have two cats and they are scared of me with a cold as I am stupendously loud, so they shelter in other rooms. I often feel sorry for them as they have really delicate ears and I am a sneezy monster.

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 8h

it was... almost at the level of "Man Flu" but not quite

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 8h

awwww that is so cute!!!

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 8h

#whistpr #oyster #silly #cold #yuk

I just got rid of my cold

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 10h

my ear is #eerie
it does spectral moans and screams
haunted lobe of hell!!!

#haikufeels #haiku

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 10h

#vssdaily #sonnet #doorway #love

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

Carapaced
armoured skin
protecting

heart breaking
fleeting hurt
in tears

Drowning cries
burn the cheeks
Armour holds

#beetle #vss365 #tricube #poem

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 13h

We've made it my friends it's day 15 and our musical mystery tour has reached its end.

I wave goodbye with a band from my hometown, one of the most famous bands ever, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 15/10/25 is #beetle .

Who's the most famous band or artist from your hometown?

the beatles are posing for a picture while waving their hands .

ALT: the beatles are posing for a picture while waving their hands .

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

tis the power of ADHD, teleportation and running around like a loon

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

kaiser chiefs, the mission and chumbawumba

Thanks for the music matey

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

I thought this morning I haven't done a proper sad emotional poem for a couple of weeks. Have to pretend I am multifaceted!!

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

thanks mate. Trying a lot of diffident subjects today... hopefully get around to silly and love poetry later

Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

#blueskyrelay #madrigal #impromptu #poem #adhd #chaos

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

oh! that is really lovely and optimistic. enough for Steve to have his bad mood banished and tap his way across to tip 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 · 11h

oh I'm much more darker!!

today Im trying to write a lot of different subjects from this one where people just dont appreciate love to hopefully something silly later

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 11h

#wildwalkprompt #ore #heartache #madrigal #poem

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