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Fidel Walsh
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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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Fidel Walsh @dragonslayerma.bsky.social · Jul 25
Excited to announce the upcoming release of my latest poetry collection 'Out There'

#Irishpoetry
#PromptCombo
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Hey #WritingCommunity!
I'd like to acknowledge and thank those raising money for charity with your book sales. Your efforts ARE seen & appreciated!
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Thank you!
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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#vss365 #boho #promptcombo #dilemmas/decisions @hool415.bsky.social
∴ clouds kept their own counsel quilted the sky shut no jeweled arrowes no sodden gold only the patient gray and a rumour of aurora (fickle as cats) folded back into weathers freezing raine ticked the decke snow rehearsed its silence open water darke as pitch howbeit willing i slidde out anyway o darke early late night unclocked kayak nosing the margine betwene sense & want pogies held the handes neoprene kept its vowes spray skirt sealed the smal worlde of knees and intention above meteors staid imaginary below the lake accepted me without spectacle not every wondere arrives on cue some wait in colde fingers in shared foolishness in the simple mercy of coming home kald & wete & boho wholly pleased ∴
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
As 2025 comes to a close, I wanted to share a little festive update on my fundraising for St. James's Hospital Foundation
Thanks to your incredible kindness and support we reached an amazing €1,393.00 through donations and book sales I’m honestly so grateful lettertecbookstore.com/product/out-...
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
Your #PromptCombo host this week is the very charming, Ju, with #dilemmas/decisions

Tag him @hool415.bsky.social & use the hastags to get involved, . Open till Friday ♥️
hool415.bsky.social Julian (Hool) @hool415.bsky.social · 13d
Hullo @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social All welcome, tag me @hool415.bsky.social and use as well #promptcombo #dilemmas/decisions **TILL 5pm FRIDAY!!**
(NB The four-legged one is doing ok currently with some
new meds…)🤞
Dilemmas/Decisions Most I find easy: avoiding that reliably keen, slightly asthmatic, tipsy-secretary at the office party; or giving up on God, even after much knee-work on my own part and despite this once dutiful fan’s cold and lengthy stage-door loitering. I hug so often my decade-old dog, already a great retriever of chronic disease, I don’t know if this overwhelming love will ever contort enough to… some days I feel like a liberal U.S. prison governor: working breezily, trying to be ignorant of the stayed machinery forever my wretched and wholehearted responsibility.
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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victoriaspires.bsky.social
Morning #PromptCombo -ers. When it grows up, #ThisPoem wants to be a poem by @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social, @jenferoze.bsky.social, Katrina Moinet, @benedictan.bsky.social or @moette.bsky.social. It's not fussy 😉

Please help spread the word & sign up to hear these stellar readers. Link below ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#PromptCombo host this week is the fabulous Ronnie. His theme is #Memorial

Use the hastags & tag him @rfsmith.bsky.social to get involved

Everyone welcome ♥️
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Christmas Market Bailieborough Courthouse!
Whoa, what a day! Nearly sold out of my book, Out There (3 left). Great Christmassy atmosphere🎄. Huge thank you for all the generous support for St. James's Hospital Foundation . 📖♥️ Big Love
To donate⬇️ stjameshospitalfoundation.enthuse.com/pf/fidel-walsh
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Howya! Could you help and spread the word about this show? Trying to spread good vibes and positivity through Ireland during these difficult times! Thanks!

The Show is called Every Blooming Thing
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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For this week's #PromptCombo #ThisPoem with thanks to the wonderfully playful host @victoriaspires.bsky.social and all those taking part. Something a little different, you say...
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Hi @victoriaspires.bsky.social Vic,
here's my first one in response to your brilliant #promptcombo #ThisPoem. It is from my 2017 collection, "A World Where...":
Your Permanent Rec. never to be erased is silence, all you unsay, all conversations you do not have, words you take back, decide to own again, sentences plucked out of midair. A history of all untold, all undone. All you say unrecorded a matter of public record evidence you exist. This poem enters your record as you unread it in your head, unmeaning words in your mind, unpronounce these sounds.
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#PromptCombo
Your host is the lovely Vic, with her playful prompt #ThisPoem.

Use the hastags & tag @victoriaspires.bsky.social to get involved.

Have fun hosting this week, Vic♥️
victoriaspires.bsky.social Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 27d
Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for last week's prompt! This week I'm hosting #PromptCombo & the prompt is #ThisPoem. You can interpret that however you wish, but I dare you to try something a little different 😇 All welcome to join, replies until Friday.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
This week, we have the wonderful Paul as our host for #PromptCombo & his theme is #OnRoofs

Tag @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social & use the hastags to get involved.

Have a fab week Paul♥️
thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · Nov 24
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:
The Roof He needs a hit, so on the roof of the ex bank, ex post office needs to break in sees somebody spot him so he changes his mind shouts I will kill myself. Ambulances and police talk him down.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#PromptCombo #NorthStar ❤️🌠
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
Call me by any name spring sunshine graces your smile birds sing in praise of all the saints as we amble through the market holding hands you call me by any name that means love summer heat warms to our conversation young birds fledge, their nests left behind we run for the bus, not fast enough to catch it you call me by names only we can know autumn comes early, rains close around us the birds will leave for warmer lands as smoke from cosy hearths fills the air you call me in a hushed voice winter is hard, a northerly wind brings snow those who are left search for shelter you are wrapped up against the elements you call me to say goodbye
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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thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
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:
The Cynosure A focal point around which all revolve. Dog's Tail end around which the dog chases. Am I in language you feel most involved? Am I the routine your life embraces? Am I the main question you ask yourself? Person most important, central to you? Your pivot, your rock of ages, your wealth? Or in the mirror, just depend on you. I'm your family, I'm their rescuer Loss of regain, regain of loss, again. Answerer of questions, tale relayer, inventor of explanations, refrains. Who wags the dog, whose keen tail never ends, who repeats, never exactly, words wend.
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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#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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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social

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#PromptCombo #NorthStar #madrigal #poem #love
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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#promptcombo #NorthStar
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:
I'm Perun's Eye perched atop the World Tree, I'm eagle eyed, for stealer of my cattle, wife and bairns. Up from dark, out from the place where he hides. He'll catch my leetnin arrows till he learns. My eye is constant. Total surveillance. I'll chase him round this earth, my world above, lob my arrows at him shouting a dance until my thunder striking darts prove enough. He relents and releases the bodies of my wife, bairns, and cattle. Kids and she want to be left alone. Cows only seep soured milk, and half lives. Children tell me they prefer their second dad and his games until sunned air works.. Then stolen again.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Thank you for a great prompt @dragonslayerma.bsky.social

Here is my offering.

#promptcombo #NorthStar
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#blueskypoets
Polaris I am not one star not a single flicker trembling in the night. I am three woven in orbit a trinity of light that refuses to dim. The daughter: Polaris Ab a quick and restless rhythm in the sky carrying the gravity of distant wishes. The wife: Polaris B a circling sentinel tethered by devotion balancing orbits in constant presence. The mother: Polaris Aa vast heart, burning galaxies in her chest warmth unyielding her voice a trusted compass. Together we shine not as fragments but as one beacon shining through darkness. The daughter’s spark the wife’s glow the mother’s flame I am the constellation of woman the North Star. When you lift your eyes searching for direction find me triple whole radiant.
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social

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#PromptCombo #NorthStar #madrigal #poem
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM