Fidel Walsh
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Fidel Walsh
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
Writing poetry. 3 poetry collections, Living with Love, Time & Out There. Short stories, Thrice Remembered an Anthology.

To buy my new book Out There
https://lettertecbookstore.com/product/out-there/

I'm 1 of the #PromptCombo hosts
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Maybe a bit off-script for #poemsabout #dogtags but it's what emerged - a quick poem on names and seasons of a relationship. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetry
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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It's like a wildfire in the brain, and so often leaps the distance to inspire others like @daveashleypoet.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Thank you, Fidel for providing such an inspiring platform, and prompt that unlocked this crazy exploration.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel, here is my fifth and final response to your great #promptcombo #NorthStar:
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Anytime Fidel, I enjoy writing for promptcombo as I try to put a bit more thought into it. Also that prompt was inspired
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social

#PromptCombo #NorthStar #madrigal #poem #friendship #blueskyrelay #mercurial

this is my last madrigal for promptcombo this week. Huge thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for the challenge and @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social for chatting about satire
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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an oldie I wrote about ptsd
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel, as I'm on early shift tomorrow. Here is my fourth sonnet in response to your cracking #promptcombo #NorthStar:
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Here's my offering for #promptcombo and the theme of #NorthStar
Thanks to Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for hosting
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #astronomy
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel. Here's my third sonnet for your wondrous #promptcombo #NorthStar:
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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#PromptCombo
#vss365
#7syllablesentence

properly pointed
the end is a beginning
common goal of one
the beginning is an end
timeless spaces in between

#tanka
#NorthStar
#goal
#one
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Luckily for me I had written a wee poem about the North Star a short time ago. I just had to find it again! Written to a picture prompt, I hope it works without it too.

Sharing for #PromptCombo #NorthStar

@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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North Star,
compass,
guide in the sea-
I am now lost,
floundering,
bewildered- without thee;

I know no direction
forward or back
all seems hopeless-
dreams I now lack;

I’m hazy and dazy
just wandering about
I have no meaning
and am full of doubt

#promptcombo @dragonslayerma.bsky.social #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thanks, Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
for #northstar and for anchoring #promptcombo this week.
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#promptcombo
#northstar

I'm trying to put together stories from childhood. The prompt took me to somewhere I didn't know I was going. Probably too personal so I'd welcome feedback. Hope it's not too off-theme. I think I needed a dragonslayer back then.
Thankyou
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Hullo @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Thanks for such a stellar theme.
I love the idea that whatever our beliefs, as energy is never actually destroyed we will always continue!
#promptcombo #northstar
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Another one for "Family Portraits." Enjoy 🤗

#blueskyrelay #iron #promptcombo #truenorth #poem #poetry #haibun
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel. Here is my second sonnet for your #promptcombo #NorthStar:
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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North star sparkles, a
Crystal in midnight ink, the
Compass of my heart.
#PromptCombo #NorthStar #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM