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David Middleham
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watcher of movies. listener of music. consumer of chocolate. despiser of avocados. conveyer of cosmic chaos.

#DavidsMonthOfMusic host

'delightfully weird'
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Soooo #DavidsMonthOfMusic peeps, I can't tell you how happy I was the connections challenge went down well. I appreciate you all!

For now at least back to basics, here are the challenges for December!

Have fun. Enjoy music. Be good to yourselves and each other 😊

#MusicChallenge
"When the chips are down I'll be around
With my undying, death-defying love for you..."
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Merry Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Day 9

The first song you'd put on a mixtape to a crush

Sleep Token - Sugar

youtu.be/-sogivGtsVM?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
unfasten
unlace
unbutton
undo
you

cotton
silk
lace
nylon
sliding from skin

can i undress you

like gift wrap

bared
only for me

no greater present

nothing i would wish for more

#pennedreveries
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
were you to listen
to my inner monologue
would it stir you to hear
the cadence of your name
in my accent
those two syllables
carried by my voice

each not-so-subtle #soliloquy
i form into verse
is born in an echo
of that sacred silence
daydreaming
of you

#vss365
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Day 8

A song with you, me or us in the title

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

youtu.be/TvzVTRK1nOY?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
silent night
but for the rustle of clothes
and blankets

but for contented sighs
and soft moans of pleasure

a mug of cocoa each
on the nightstand
growing tepid

because i can't stop kissing you

#pennedreveries
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
were dreams an #augury

were they portents of proximity

oh to be the one
to incite your #magenta hue
to be the one
to snatch a breath or two

i fantasise about you
over and over
and i adore you
above all else

reveries is never just a word

it's a wish
always for you

#vss365
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 7

A song from 2013

AFI - I Hope You Suffer

youtu.be/DSNyOYT3dJ8?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Day 6

Another favourite song

Counting Crows - Anna Begins

youtu.be/d8LSBdUKo0c?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
blankets on the sofa

a good bad film on the TV
a film we've seen so many times
an "us" film

a gentle squeeze
of interlaced fingers
and unadulterated show of affection

your small contented wriggle

i love this
so much

even as a fiction
it just feels right

#pennedreveries
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Day 5

A song with a number in the title

A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras

youtu.be/u9MAg9E5K3w?...

#DavidsMonthofMusic
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
your name
becomes mantra

matching the rhythm
of those #vespertine reveries

your name
becomes silent pulse

inspiration
as lifeblood

the constancy of want

the persistence of fervour

you name

thunder

echo

darling
need i say it
to invoke you

i will

just ask

#vss365
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
the everyday need
to write for you

years have passed
and you are still my verse

every day darling
you are the poetry in me

#pennedreveries
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Day 4

A song with four words in the title

Terry Hall - I Saw The Light

youtu.be/RQkG8K9tbe0?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
the spark

the tingles

fairy lights
in my midnight auras

maelstroms of flickering stars
whenever i think of you

no firmament is immune
to the incandescence you imbue

i am so very fond of you

thank you
for the reveries

#pennedreveries
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
delicacy
a zephyr caress
from cheekbone to chin

a #chivalrous touch
for a porcelain intimacy

lips pressed
petal soft

but
ask me to kiss you harder

let your feral resonance
stir me

i will be your fever

your mirror

the sting and the balm

every facet
of your desire

#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Day 3

A cover version

Children Of Bodom - Rebel Yell

youtu.be/cZnnb_53Bvw?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Tell me something you've always wanted to tell me?

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December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
no silent chambers
no #aphotic halls

what's this
asked the poet

my soul bared
replied the muse
my confession
and my conceding

only illumination
only song

what's this
asked the muse

my art
replied the poet
my inspiration
my adoration

darling
it's you

#vss365
#pennedreveries
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Day 2

A song from this year

Castle Rat - Wizard

youtu.be/iWKmiTwjjHA?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM