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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

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Ecstasy

Neon bled from a borrowed speaker into the 80s dark,
their faces lacquered with wonder, pupils wide as promises,
girls folding over toilet bowls, purging for a cleaner sky.
The night was a bitten silver pill dissolving on every tongue.
I stood in a smiley tee and heavy boots, water bottle like a talisman,
a fence post of a girl in a field that kept melting without me.

Ecstasy Neon bled from a borrowed speaker into the 80s dark, their faces lacquered with wonder, pupils wide as promises, girls folding over toilet bowls, purging for a cleaner sky. The night was a bitten silver pill dissolving on every tongue. I stood in a smiley tee and heavy boots, water bottle like a talisman, a fence post of a girl in a field that kept melting without me.

Thanks Fidel for this weeks #PromptCombo #ecstasy
Have a great week, ๐Ÿ˜Š
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social

11.02.2026 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brilliant stuff, Rachel. I actually feel like I'm right there in the moment of the night. "Neon bleed from a borrowed speaker into the 80s dark." WoW, so graphic. Love this piece so much๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ…
Thank you, darlin, for sharing with us all โค๏ธ

11.02.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm dreaming of the sun!

11.02.2026 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
First song-thrush in February

A short poem

First song-thrush in February A short poem

Hi Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
For #promptcombo a few words.Not exactly about #ecstacy but being grizzled that's an emotion I've forgotten. ๐Ÿ˜„

11.02.2026 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"love be found...in sodden earth mirrors." The joy you get from the "song-thrush." Wonderful words throughout.
I get the grizzle, with all the rain we've been having, drive you up the wall...and the ending, "I'll remember you forever." My heart loves this piece so very much darlin ๐Ÿ…Thank you โค๏ธ

11.02.2026 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ™ฅ๏ธ

11.02.2026 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Circean #FreeverseFebruary #poem #ecstacy #promptcombo #touch #vss365

11.02.2026 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ๐Ÿ’ฏ agree with Jen. It's beautiful.
"Circean" I love when I have to look up a word that has 2 meanings! Very good, Dave.
I'm a fan of your sweet words ๐Ÿ…
Thank you, darlin, for sharing with us all โค๏ธ

11.02.2026 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My Wednesday take on #ecstacy

@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#promptcombo.

11.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You've done an excellent job portraying the ecstasy rush produced by sugar & the drug! Another cracking piece, Francis, "senses fizzing on the tongue"๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ‘
Thank you for sharing with us all โค๏ธ

11.02.2026 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#madrigal #poem #friendship #BedroomEyesPrompt #endlesslove #poem #promptcombo #ecstacy #emoetry #faesence #Cassiopeian
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@southernjam.bsky.social

to all you guys for being bloody great (included a few prompters for all your hard work - you guys are great)

10.02.2026 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big โ™ฅ๏ธ Love Dave for including #PromptCombo

11.02.2026 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are very welcome ๐Ÿ™

11.02.2026 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโฃ
โฃ
silk, and amber rodsโฃ
for swift ecstatic dischargeโฃ
a throaty lust disguisedโฃ
as spring's resurgent loveโฃ
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aye, there's the rubโฃ
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for @dragonslayerma.bsky.social and #promptcombo #ectasyโฃ
#poem #poetry

10.02.2026 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"an eventual failure of snowdrops." An opening of doom to this, I think? "a throaty lust disguised" is so very intriguing!
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Thank you for sharing with us all, Williamโค๏ธ

11.02.2026 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are most welcome ๐Ÿ™

10.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love reading outdoors & putting myself out of my comfort zone!

Ha ah, being nice has its consequences๐Ÿ˜‰

10.02.2026 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank youโค๏ธ

10.02.2026 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#bedroomeyes #vss365 #promptcombo @dragonslayerma.bsky.social #retroartprompt #foxprose #emoetry #poetry

10.02.2026 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The longing in this heartfelt lonely piece. And the hope "you'll delight in me again." All those things left unsaid, excellent write, Mizz๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ…
Thank you for sharing with us allโค๏ธ

10.02.2026 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ecstasy

No tastemakers prepare as I have
prepared. You, who were threaded
into bed, prepared. And glowing:
cheeks and nose all glowing. I was
all for tearing off the perforations
of the day. The day, in fact, a slab
of grey, but so what with the bath
so hot and the cheeks all glowing
so. No courtiers. No attendants.
The wallpaper here was ridged
and cream but oh how I stripped that,
ripped that. Such ancient paste. Such
elbow grease. Beneath the yellow
middling rose the pink slit
of sunset closed, and this view now is its
reverse; the season set to shit.
No politics as yet โ€“ we have all been
having so much trouble. The sun!
I do remember! Purples, pinks and
oranges but it has been a canny while.
Let me instead drag across
this television set. Dusty. Doillied.
Moveable on casters. A great surprise
to both of us as the second
final episode begins.

Ecstasy No tastemakers prepare as I have prepared. You, who were threaded into bed, prepared. And glowing: cheeks and nose all glowing. I was all for tearing off the perforations of the day. The day, in fact, a slab of grey, but so what with the bath so hot and the cheeks all glowing so. No courtiers. No attendants. The wallpaper here was ridged and cream but oh how I stripped that, ripped that. Such ancient paste. Such elbow grease. Beneath the yellow middling rose the pink slit of sunset closed, and this view now is its reverse; the season set to shit. No politics as yet โ€“ we have all been having so much trouble. The sun! I do remember! Purples, pinks and oranges but it has been a canny while. Let me instead drag across this television set. Dusty. Doillied. Moveable on casters. A great surprise to both of us as the second final episode begins.

One for #PromptCombo #Ecstasy, and I hope it's suitably ecstatic

10.02.2026 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's so much to unpack in this write. "You, who were threaded into bed" it's all pink & glowing. Then "the season set to shit" & the forgotten sun, very grim. The joy came back in the form of television & 2nd final episode of life!Oh yes,
suitably ecstatic!
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ…
Thank you for sharing with us allโค๏ธ

10.02.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are on fire, my friend โค๏ธ

10.02.2026 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#plumage #wildwalkprompt #promptcombo #ecstacy #poemsabout #mouths #poem #viator

another viator poem

10.02.2026 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are so versatile, Dave. This is a real beaut of a write. Thank you for this contribution. ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ‘

10.02.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are very welcome ๐Ÿ™

10.02.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lourdes



Rain so hard,
each of us 
confounded 
by our own black clouds,
absorbed
in the tightening queue:
a wet
swaying caterpillar.

Forced to wait to view
a statue,
a story from a child like me,
a ghost
sent down from 
heaven to France,
though unclear
from the mosaic of many postcards
in rows of holy kiosks,
if the figure 
will talk.

Too scared to look up 
in the shuffle past,
but hearing
the breath
of a rolling collective gasp,
and fragments
of rushed foreign sounds, 
as if the winds of the world 
are here
and speaking.

Lourdes Rain so hard, each of us confounded by our own black clouds, absorbed in the tightening queue: a wet swaying caterpillar. Forced to wait to view a statue, a story from a child like me, a ghost sent down from heaven to France, though unclear from the mosaic of many postcards in rows of holy kiosks, if the figure will talk. Too scared to look up in the shuffle past, but hearing the breath of a rolling collective gasp, and fragments of rushed foreign sounds, as if the winds of the world are here and speaking.

Hullo @dragonslayerma.bsky.social and to #promptcombo #ectasy
An old one which popped up in a religious anthology.

10.02.2026 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"a wet swaying caterpillar."
What a great way to describe a queue, Ju.
The awe & fear in equal measures, wonderfully visual piece overall. "as if the winds of the world are here." Love this a lot, darlin๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ…
Thank you for sharing with us allโค๏ธ

10.02.2026 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah, you charmer you! As a pleasure loving human I taking that loveโค๏ธ with thanks.

10.02.2026 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are very welcome ๐Ÿ™

10.02.2026 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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