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.
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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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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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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So want to #Dansa with me?
form rules below
www.writersdigest.com/write-better...
Reposted by Dave Ashley
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
the candle blinked twice
before it was snuffed out
another light extinguished
vigil ended at sunset
tears like pear necklaces
on heaving chests — grief's
relentless blade cutting open
my heart, a black abyss of
mourning
#blueskyrelay #poetrycommunity #poetry
before it was snuffed out
another light extinguished
vigil ended at sunset
tears like pear necklaces
on heaving chests — grief's
relentless blade cutting open
my heart, a black abyss of
mourning
#blueskyrelay #poetrycommunity #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
the candle blinked twice
before it was snuffed out
another light extinguished
vigil ended at sunset
tears like pear necklaces
on heaving chests — grief's
relentless blade cutting open
my heart, a black abyss of
mourning
#blueskyrelay #poetrycommunity #poetry
before it was snuffed out
another light extinguished
vigil ended at sunset
tears like pear necklaces
on heaving chests — grief's
relentless blade cutting open
my heart, a black abyss of
mourning
#blueskyrelay #poetrycommunity #poetry
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Candlelit window
flickers twice, a safe haven
for the bone weary.
#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry
flickers twice, a safe haven
for the bone weary.
#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Candlelit window
flickers twice, a safe haven
for the bone weary.
#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry
flickers twice, a safe haven
for the bone weary.
#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Translated into Croatian. Thanks do much Goxybey - you are brilliant.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Translated into Croatian. Thanks do much Goxybey - you are brilliant.
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Another seagull picture 🤣 people might think I'm running out of ideas... maybe I am, i didn't expect to still be going
#Wings
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Another seagull picture 🤣 people might think I'm running out of ideas... maybe I am, i didn't expect to still be going
#Wings
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Another seagull picture 🤣 people might think I'm running out of ideas... maybe I am, i didn't expect to still be going
#Wings
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Another seagull picture 🤣 people might think I'm running out of ideas... maybe I am, i didn't expect to still be going
#Wings
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Reposted by Dave Ashley
On this Black Friday
Mercury was in #retrograde,
the candle blinked twice,
the crowd #cheered as the
crow #chased cheese crumb;
we were there
but not
music played
but didn’t
you loved me
but couldn’t
this could
all collide
#bedroomeyes #blueskyrelay #vssdaily #penstricken #poetry #retroartprompt
Mercury was in #retrograde,
the candle blinked twice,
the crowd #cheered as the
crow #chased cheese crumb;
we were there
but not
music played
but didn’t
you loved me
but couldn’t
this could
all collide
#bedroomeyes #blueskyrelay #vssdaily #penstricken #poetry #retroartprompt
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On this Black Friday
Mercury was in #retrograde,
the candle blinked twice,
the crowd #cheered as the
crow #chased cheese crumb;
we were there
but not
music played
but didn’t
you loved me
but couldn’t
this could
all collide
#bedroomeyes #blueskyrelay #vssdaily #penstricken #poetry #retroartprompt
Mercury was in #retrograde,
the candle blinked twice,
the crowd #cheered as the
crow #chased cheese crumb;
we were there
but not
music played
but didn’t
you loved me
but couldn’t
this could
all collide
#bedroomeyes #blueskyrelay #vssdaily #penstricken #poetry #retroartprompt
Reposted by Dave Ashley
#blueskyrelay #prompt #thecandleblinkedtwice #writing #shortstory #fiction #blueskywriters #writingcommunity #microlit
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Black Fr!day Light
A simple morning ritual goes sideways when a lone candle reveals an unexpected kind of magic.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Eyes open as #orchids blooming
Hearts beating as birds swooning-
Only for a single moment
Do our hands brush on by
A bouquet we share.
#wildwalkprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #couplet #tercet #writingcommunity
Hearts beating as birds swooning-
Only for a single moment
Do our hands brush on by
A bouquet we share.
#wildwalkprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #couplet #tercet #writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Eyes open as #orchids blooming
Hearts beating as birds swooning-
Only for a single moment
Do our hands brush on by
A bouquet we share.
#wildwalkprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #couplet #tercet #writingcommunity
Hearts beating as birds swooning-
Only for a single moment
Do our hands brush on by
A bouquet we share.
#wildwalkprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #couplet #tercet #writingcommunity
Reposted by Dave Ashley
The pot is boiling over-
A mother growing #livid
Tense words before cover,
But the images remain vivid
Woven as two scorned lovers
Who remained ever rigid.
#emoetry #poem #poetry #tercets #micropoetry #writingcommunity
A mother growing #livid
Tense words before cover,
But the images remain vivid
Woven as two scorned lovers
Who remained ever rigid.
#emoetry #poem #poetry #tercets #micropoetry #writingcommunity
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The pot is boiling over-
A mother growing #livid
Tense words before cover,
But the images remain vivid
Woven as two scorned lovers
Who remained ever rigid.
#emoetry #poem #poetry #tercets #micropoetry #writingcommunity
A mother growing #livid
Tense words before cover,
But the images remain vivid
Woven as two scorned lovers
Who remained ever rigid.
#emoetry #poem #poetry #tercets #micropoetry #writingcommunity
#PoemsAbout #NoFuture #poetry #poem #writing #rhymeroyal #madrigal #fascism
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in this I combined a rhyme royal.. then a madrigal.
. thanks to @edwardstjames.bsky.social for the idea of combining form - a poet and good egg worth a follow
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
in this I combined a rhyme royal.. then a madrigal.
. thanks to @edwardstjames.bsky.social for the idea of combining form - a poet and good egg worth a follow
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#PoemsAbout #NoFuture #poetry #poem #writing #rhymeroyal #madrigal #fascism
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
in this I combined a rhyme royal.. then a madrigal.
. thanks to @edwardstjames.bsky.social for the idea of combining form - a poet and good egg worth a follow
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
in this I combined a rhyme royal.. then a madrigal.
. thanks to @edwardstjames.bsky.social for the idea of combining form - a poet and good egg worth a follow
Reposted by Dave Ashley
you need never ask
who owns this poet’s wild heart
kiss me, Love: you’ll see
surely as you’ll ken
which bloom’s preferred by this bee
O, luscious Rose: Thee
~Mischa💞
#haikufeels #prefer #prompt #poetry #LovePoetry #writingcommunity #Emoetry 🌹🐝
who owns this poet’s wild heart
kiss me, Love: you’ll see
surely as you’ll ken
which bloom’s preferred by this bee
O, luscious Rose: Thee
~Mischa💞
#haikufeels #prefer #prompt #poetry #LovePoetry #writingcommunity #Emoetry 🌹🐝
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
you need never ask
who owns this poet’s wild heart
kiss me, Love: you’ll see
surely as you’ll ken
which bloom’s preferred by this bee
O, luscious Rose: Thee
~Mischa💞
#haikufeels #prefer #prompt #poetry #LovePoetry #writingcommunity #Emoetry 🌹🐝
who owns this poet’s wild heart
kiss me, Love: you’ll see
surely as you’ll ken
which bloom’s preferred by this bee
O, luscious Rose: Thee
~Mischa💞
#haikufeels #prefer #prompt #poetry #LovePoetry #writingcommunity #Emoetry 🌹🐝
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Thank you, Dave!
a monkey is standing on a rock in the woods and saying `` it 's my birthday whoohoo '' .
ALT: a monkey is standing on a rock in the woods and saying `` it 's my birthday whoohoo '' .
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November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thank you, Dave!
Reposted by Dave Ashley
another birthday.
great.
cake’s on fire,
everyone’s smiling,
like that’s normal.
someone says “make a wish,”
like survival isn’t one already.
#menaced pours coffee,
stares at the flames,
and thinks,
“yeah, that tracks.”
#emoetry #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writing #5amwritersclub
great.
cake’s on fire,
everyone’s smiling,
like that’s normal.
someone says “make a wish,”
like survival isn’t one already.
#menaced pours coffee,
stares at the flames,
and thinks,
“yeah, that tracks.”
#emoetry #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writing #5amwritersclub
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
another birthday.
great.
cake’s on fire,
everyone’s smiling,
like that’s normal.
someone says “make a wish,”
like survival isn’t one already.
#menaced pours coffee,
stares at the flames,
and thinks,
“yeah, that tracks.”
#emoetry #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writing #5amwritersclub
great.
cake’s on fire,
everyone’s smiling,
like that’s normal.
someone says “make a wish,”
like survival isn’t one already.
#menaced pours coffee,
stares at the flames,
and thinks,
“yeah, that tracks.”
#emoetry #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writing #5amwritersclub
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
#Emoetry prompt for 11/28
is
#Menaced
#writingcommunity #SkyPoets #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
is
#Menaced
#writingcommunity #SkyPoets #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#Emoetry prompt for 11/28
is
#Menaced
#writingcommunity #SkyPoets #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
is
#Menaced
#writingcommunity #SkyPoets #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social