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Jan Karlsson
@jangoeswriting.bsky.social
Watty Award winner 2021, 6x shortlisted. Ambys Award winner 2024 & 2x 2023. 4x ONC Award shortlisted. Writer (🤔).

(⛔️No DM’s⛔️. I’m too damned old to be verifying my damned age!)
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Here are the links to all my writing profiles.
I like to think there’s something for everybody here, in most genres.

Take a look!

Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/user/JanGoes...
Jan Karlsson (@JanGoesWriting) - Wattpad
[Wattys 2021 Winner, Sci-Fi Category - "Foston Slacks - Time's Flies"] [Wattys 2024 Shortlist - "Foston Slacks - Good's Intentions"] [Watty...
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Learning how to
keep my cool
when tyrants continue
to pillage the world
is an ongoing, teeth-gritting
monumental task.

#vss365 #poetryprompt #learning #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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spiked pods side by side
one still learning how to grow
the other built from hurt

#vss365 #Learning #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Nature #JimsonWeed #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I've learned
silence,
secrets,
complaicency
f e e d s
e n o c o u r a g e s
a l l o w s
manipulation
HATE
A B U S E

#vss365 #prompt #learning
@lovehealthed.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A love of #learning
never fades away
always challenge the mind
every day
Keep your thoughts nimble
and your steps light
and when troubles arise
don't hesitate to fight.

#vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
What is clear as day, I have learned, is that the skill & knowledge within this community, is immeasurable. thank you for sharing

Here’s a quote that made me think …
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever M. Gandhi

The #vss365 #prompt for 27 Nov #learning
a baby is reading a book with the letter b on the front
ALT: a baby is reading a book with the letter b on the front
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Life, a cruel teacher
Pride blocks our minds form learning
Still, our hearts crave love

#vss365 #haiku #senryu (provided that cruel is one syllable, not 2) #writingcommunity #poem
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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German Shepherd dogs never stop #learning.
they never stop being eager, never stop turning
a new page every day. Like the eternal child,
they never stop being wild.
They're incredibly lovely tho. Or it would be quite concerning.

#vss365 #limerick #dogs
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Learning to cook wasn’t difficult. I loved spending weekends with Mom-Mom and her housekeeper. Both of them were excellent cooks unlike my mother whose talent was overcooking everything. When my father said I was a better cook than Mom, I was embarrassed and kept quiet.
#vss365 #learning
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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learning curve
I move closer towards
body acceptance
#vss365 #senryu
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I’m on fire, but do not burn.
I’ll teach you, but…
you must want to learn

#vss365 #learn
#poetry #haiku
#photography
#eastcoastkin
#autumn #nature #scape

photo: My pic of an evergreen seemingly surrounded by flame. The magic of nature teaches us much, if we’re willing to be a witness.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#learning by mistakes
a hard road to navigate
but my shoes are strong

#vss365 #haiku
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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'Stop laughing, Pixie!'
'Don't be grumpy, Gabe, just because you fell for another of my pranks. Remember, life's a #learning curve.'
'Life with you, Pixie, is more a learning spaghetti oscillation.'
Giggle. 'And never boring.'
#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I say come to me son
In your eyes I see a #reflection
Not of what I am now
But what you remember me as
Serving as a reminder of times forgotten
You are #learning to adjust
Moving forward as I move back
You say come to me mother
I care not what you have become
As long as I can hold you close
#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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What if love
is not about expansion and #learning
but being comfortable,
peaceful, adored...
I am flawed and so is he,
but we're alike -
beautiful, loving souls...
if I can say that about myself too.
What I'm looking for now is love.
#vss365 #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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my puppy stumbles
i trip over my own words
we are all learning

#vss365 #haiku
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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i visited the institute for lower learning .. a four-year course in fear, violence and chilly feet .. having a home faded into distant memory .. this new reality taught me what i really need .. a little safety .. a book .. some water from the brook

#vss #vss365 #learning
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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a novice of touch
full of fear
but also bravery
eager for #learning

if you'd be
my willing teacher

#vss365
#poetry
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I hope I'm learning
to walk through the pain
instead of crawling
down its spirals.
This recovery
is plodding
and disgusting.
I've left afterbirth
in a thousand wakes
and a million more
will fester in this process.
My once livid heart
is picking up its pieces
and moving on.

#vss365 #emoetry #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Michelle Obama was once asked if she were intimidated when meeting the rich and famous. She hesitated and then replied, “They’re not that smart.”

Learning is not the same as earning.

There’s your Thanksgiving dinner topic.

#vss365 #learning
Role Model GIF
ALT: Role Model GIF
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Pecan pie, lemon meringue. She is learning to cook because she wants life to be sweet. Sugar sprinkled and cookie cutter. A gingerbread cottage that entices and fills. She forgets the breadcrumbs. The small savoury interactions that help us when we are lost.

#vssdaily pecan
#vss365 learning
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Or that silent o in mirror

#vss365 #learning #poem #poetry #blueskypoets
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Subbing "disarray". Derek and May get into a fight, Kirk breaks it up
#writersky
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I had to sub "chaos" in, but the good news is we got a Sia (Kylie) snippet from Rebirth today at least!

...also don't bother to kidnap and torture Sia, she just finds it amusing and instead critiques the decor

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#WIPSnips

Going with "messy," which gives me an opportunity to share a flirty moment between Aiden and Lucas.

#HockeyFiction #Romancelandia #HockeyRomance #WriteSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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#WIPSnips for Nov. 27, and the word is 'disorganize'

But how about a 'mess' instead?
JB's helping a sorta-friend prepare for a house party, so the mess now is nothing compared to the mess to come (some of which was shown yesterdays WIPSnips, in fact)

#creaturefeature
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#WIPSnips

Talia learns a bit about the titular Gerzean Blade…
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM