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
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November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#bedroomeyesprompt #littlebrownenvelopes #Addiction #dansa #poem
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
🙏 @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🙏 @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Reposted by Dave Ashley
We missed
the #markers,
#inattentive to
the red flags,
but when
the flames
licked our feet
it finally clicked
we'd later claim
#adamantly
that we fought
the fire #valiantly
yet we didn't
even see it
circled by a pile
of #ashes & soot
black as #iode,
we mourned us
even as
we sat there
together.
the #markers,
#inattentive to
the red flags,
but when
the flames
licked our feet
it finally clicked
we'd later claim
#adamantly
that we fought
the fire #valiantly
yet we didn't
even see it
circled by a pile
of #ashes & soot
black as #iode,
we mourned us
even as
we sat there
together.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We missed
the #markers,
#inattentive to
the red flags,
but when
the flames
licked our feet
it finally clicked
we'd later claim
#adamantly
that we fought
the fire #valiantly
yet we didn't
even see it
circled by a pile
of #ashes & soot
black as #iode,
we mourned us
even as
we sat there
together.
the #markers,
#inattentive to
the red flags,
but when
the flames
licked our feet
it finally clicked
we'd later claim
#adamantly
that we fought
the fire #valiantly
yet we didn't
even see it
circled by a pile
of #ashes & soot
black as #iode,
we mourned us
even as
we sat there
together.
Reposted by Dave Ashley
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Today I give you something that I am horribly allergic to. Gather enough of them in a room and I can't breathe.
#Orchid
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Today I give you something that I am horribly allergic to. Gather enough of them in a room and I can't breathe.
#Orchid
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Today I give you something that I am horribly allergic to. Gather enough of them in a room and I can't breathe.
#Orchid
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Today I give you something that I am horribly allergic to. Gather enough of them in a room and I can't breathe.
#Orchid
Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
Reposted by Dave Ashley
In that homeless man's
Face, I saw my reflection,
Shook me to my core.
#vss365 #reflection #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Face, I saw my reflection,
Shook me to my core.
#vss365 #reflection #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In that homeless man's
Face, I saw my reflection,
Shook me to my core.
#vss365 #reflection #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Face, I saw my reflection,
Shook me to my core.
#vss365 #reflection #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #tricube #minster #york
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
The Minster
the finery
carved old stone
The ceiling
Woven gold
and plaster
Historic
Cathedral
House of York
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
The Minster
the finery
carved old stone
The ceiling
Woven gold
and plaster
Historic
Cathedral
House of York
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #tricube #minster #york
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
The Minster
the finery
carved old stone
The ceiling
Woven gold
and plaster
Historic
Cathedral
House of York
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
The Minster
the finery
carved old stone
The ceiling
Woven gold
and plaster
Historic
Cathedral
House of York
#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #triolet #winter #Christmas
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
I'm a month early with this but was feeling festive
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
I'm a month early with this but was feeling festive
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#promptcombo #OnRoofs #poem #triolet #winter #Christmas
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
I'm a month early with this but was feeling festive
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
I'm a month early with this but was feeling festive
Reposted by Dave Ashley
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
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
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:
Reposted by Dave Ashley
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!
#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
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!
#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 7:28 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
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.
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
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.
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 7:12 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Dave Ashley
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!
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
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!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to gagi for sparking today's terror!