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David Karlsen

@vonkarlsen.bsky.social

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Prose writer and poet. BA (Hons) Humanities, Literature. Non-binary. Interests: The Arts, Natural History, Geology. Vegan. Francophile. X 🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 ©️David Karlsen [All poetry, prose and photographs] Paintings, etc. belong to the artist I repost. NO CHAT!

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · Jan 3

Warning: I absolutely hate being tagged! And, I always report and block people send me lewd or offensive material! Everyone I've reported so far have had their accounts suspended. I always protect myself and people who trust and follow me. Unless I know you don't send me DMs as you'd be blocked. X

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 8h

Absolutely a scary place to be Lori! trump is evil! Good to connect with you my friend! 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍁💫🍀

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 9h

Hi Lory, thank you for your follow. I'm British and am in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦 I remember your PM well when he was governor of the Bank of England; he was brilliant! So glad he's PM of Canada! I think a lot of countries will be turning their backs on a trump USA. 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🍁💫 📚🍀☕

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 10h

Vance needs to shave that awful beard off, doesn't suit him; it adds to how devious this liar is!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely Audrey! Where does all this inability to understand other nations come from? Well, regarding Britain e.g. trump was posting about British far right-wing organizations and calling them British patriots; they aren't patriots they're nasty anti-British individuals; USA is in a trump bubble!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 10h

This is what we are beginning to see happen in Canada; Its PM Carney has been governor of the banks of both Canada and England, he is suited for Canada's future. You will see this begin to happen in other countries too. The reason for nations turning away from America is in one word: trump!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 10h

five of us walking
arrived from B
light going fast
all disappearing
into tar
we would fill the car
fade away easily
as arriving earlier
that autumn day
drive south a black
vehicle on a scanty
coastal road
our limbs suffused
voices silent
while Clarice drove
Flavia fell asleep
#poetry

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 11h

Guten Morgen Szuszanna, und der Welt auch. X 💫📚🌹☕😊☯️

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 12h

Lux

I've tried to understand you
in the barest possible places
watched your entry dip
reflect on time based ceilings
while green for me seems
to be the colour that
suits your entry best
a good surrounding;
though art is purely
a matter of taste
here exit will take
no winter prisoners
#poetry

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 13h

Guten Morgen Lea und der Welt auch

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 20h

Nightmare

steps more steps
she couldn't see
a whole way up
except a wind
was wild rearing
wilder
a shriek around her
shoulders
her hands made wet
fingerprints on a wall
without a grip

being held gently
on either side
Anaïs and Kazu
soothing words
in small lost
hours of the night
#poetry

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 21h

How beautiful Adrianna! ❤️ X 💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 21h

Well done Young'un! A little late in saying but never saw your mum's post. 💫🎃

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

we were standing
in darkness
apart from window
light grazing our
three faces
I wondered
which one of us
would expire first
a silly thing suddenly
to think about
maybe
it was being
in a cathedral
but reassurment
touched my heart
because the other
two wouldn't
forget me
or be alone
#poetry

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ann @annpersand.bsky.social · 1d

Erika Giovanna Klien, Dance (1931)

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Cold

salt water muscles tight
unwise to swim November
five of us determined
I shivered an hour afterward
possibly mild
hyperthermia
my pale body is a thin
extreme
Kazu wouldn't swim
Anais warmed my frame
said I was an ice block
rested my red nose
against her cheek
#poetry

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

They try to make hay out of anything; all the time they're concocting lies against trans women!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Bless Fred's little heart! Belle is fast asleep as we sit reading. She'll be running around the house in an hour! X 🐾💙

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Well, you are special Rach; you see, what you've just posted to me proves that fact! You're feeling honoured would be my reaction too. Bless your dear heart Rach! XX 💫💗

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

How lovely Rach! 💫🌅🍀🍁📚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🕊️💜

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Me neither! Absolutely, you are concisely well evaluating it's whole reason d'entre!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Schonen Tag Szuszanna. ☕💫🌅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍀

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

and confetti leaves
you looked at
while I gazed
at your pallid face
and now we're
all three shared
waking hours
'there's
nothing like being
in love
with both of you'
I think it was
Virginia Woolf
who said that
or could it have been
Anaïs Nin?
now that would
be a coincidence!
#poetry

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

I'm reading The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters right now. A brilliant novel and difficult to put down! 🍁📚

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

The USA must either act against trump or become totally consumed by a dictatorship. It would be absolutely foolish for the free world to accept the USA now. We have to turn our backs on this pariah junta; we don't want their money, their bases on our territories, or their evil trade!

David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 1d

Guten Morgen Szuszanna und der Welt auch. X ☕🍁📚🌅💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇧🇱🇨🇭

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