Nicklaus Kruger
@lousynick.bsky.social
Loves books. Dances badly. Big fan of science, skepticism and just stuff, you know? Still hopes to grow up to be a dinosaur-riding ninja-superhero-spy.
Pinned
a couple in a boat surrounded by lanterns floating in the air
ALT: a couple in a boat surrounded by lanterns floating in the air
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She wasn't promised forever.
"Your love will last as long as the #lantern burns," the fairy said.
She didn't waste it. Just used it now and then, to remind them.
When passions flared or faded; when they forgot.
The usual #issues.
It was enough - for a lifetime, and more.
#vssFantasy #vss365
"Your love will last as long as the #lantern burns," the fairy said.
She didn't waste it. Just used it now and then, to remind them.
When passions flared or faded; when they forgot.
The usual #issues.
It was enough - for a lifetime, and more.
#vssFantasy #vss365
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December 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Be sensible, they tell her. Keep both feet on the ground.
But at night she dreams of flying.
She gets higher with each swing. Higher. Higher.
At the #apogee she lets go, between the #green grass and the #starry skies.
And just for a second, she's flying.
It's enough.
#vss365 #whistpr #vssmagic
But at night she dreams of flying.
She gets higher with each swing. Higher. Higher.
At the #apogee she lets go, between the #green grass and the #starry skies.
And just for a second, she's flying.
It's enough.
#vss365 #whistpr #vssmagic
a painting of a girl sitting on a swing with a starry sky behind her
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December 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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She is a stray word that wormed
It’s way deep into my beating heart,
Until my eyes showed the yearning
All I should have known at the start.
#poem #quatrain #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
It’s way deep into my beating heart,
Until my eyes showed the yearning
All I should have known at the start.
#poem #quatrain #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
She is a stray word that wormed
It’s way deep into my beating heart,
Until my eyes showed the yearning
All I should have known at the start.
#poem #quatrain #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
It’s way deep into my beating heart,
Until my eyes showed the yearning
All I should have known at the start.
#poem #quatrain #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
She haunted the attic. He lurked in the cellar.
It could've been a #fine relationship.
But he was a boogeyman; she was a ghost. They wanted different things, you know?
In the #end, she took the kid. He ate the parents.
Small #consolation.
But at least they were tasty.
#InkMine #whistpr #vss365
It could've been a #fine relationship.
But he was a boogeyman; she was a ghost. They wanted different things, you know?
In the #end, she took the kid. He ate the parents.
Small #consolation.
But at least they were tasty.
#InkMine #whistpr #vss365
a bride and groom are holding hands in a cartoon scene
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December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Sharing a handwritten poem on today's prompts:
#RetroArtPrompt #BlueSkyRelay #Vss365 #vssMagic #vssDaily #OurPoetryX #Emoetry #WildWalkPrompt #Poem #Poetry #Micropoetry #Writingcommunity
#RetroArtPrompt #BlueSkyRelay #Vss365 #vssMagic #vssDaily #OurPoetryX #Emoetry #WildWalkPrompt #Poem #Poetry #Micropoetry #Writingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sharing a handwritten poem on today's prompts:
#RetroArtPrompt #BlueSkyRelay #Vss365 #vssMagic #vssDaily #OurPoetryX #Emoetry #WildWalkPrompt #Poem #Poetry #Micropoetry #Writingcommunity
#RetroArtPrompt #BlueSkyRelay #Vss365 #vssMagic #vssDaily #OurPoetryX #Emoetry #WildWalkPrompt #Poem #Poetry #Micropoetry #Writingcommunity
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Beg me to take part—
'fall in line' with the system.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
#Haikuhorrorprompt - System
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem
#SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #DIDSystem
'fall in line' with the system.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
#Haikuhorrorprompt - System
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem
#SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #DIDSystem
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Beg me to take part—
'fall in line' with the system.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
#Haikuhorrorprompt - System
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem
#SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #DIDSystem
'fall in line' with the system.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
#Haikuhorrorprompt - System
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem
#SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #DIDSystem
He was sweet and #suave. A proper Prince Charming.
But it was the #principle of the thing, you see.
Sometimes she just wished he was less #bashful and more...beastly.
Like the old days.
Plus, let's be honest: she kind of missed the fur.
She always did like #sable.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #InkMine
But it was the #principle of the thing, you see.
Sometimes she just wished he was less #bashful and more...beastly.
Like the old days.
Plus, let's be honest: she kind of missed the fur.
She always did like #sable.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #InkMine
the beast from beauty and the beast has a very large mouth
ALT: the beast from beauty and the beast has a very large mouth
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December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
He was sweet and #suave. A proper Prince Charming.
But it was the #principle of the thing, you see.
Sometimes she just wished he was less #bashful and more...beastly.
Like the old days.
Plus, let's be honest: she kind of missed the fur.
She always did like #sable.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #InkMine
But it was the #principle of the thing, you see.
Sometimes she just wished he was less #bashful and more...beastly.
Like the old days.
Plus, let's be honest: she kind of missed the fur.
She always did like #sable.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #InkMine
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November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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In this house we believe:
- love is love
- science is real
- carbs are our friends
- gravy can fill the cracks in your heart
- turkey ghosts rule the night, and their terrifying gobble will one day find us all
- love is love
- science is real
- carbs are our friends
- gravy can fill the cracks in your heart
- turkey ghosts rule the night, and their terrifying gobble will one day find us all
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In this house we believe:
- love is love
- science is real
- carbs are our friends
- gravy can fill the cracks in your heart
- turkey ghosts rule the night, and their terrifying gobble will one day find us all
- love is love
- science is real
- carbs are our friends
- gravy can fill the cracks in your heart
- turkey ghosts rule the night, and their terrifying gobble will one day find us all
Otto #understood things.
Every crime solved; every mystery uncovered.
Except the weird gaps in his own memory.
And the Case of the Mirror Murderer, always one step ahead, leaving messages scrawled in blood.
"Look in the mirror."
All he sees is his own #reflection.
Curious.
#InkMine #vss365
Every crime solved; every mystery uncovered.
Except the weird gaps in his own memory.
And the Case of the Mirror Murderer, always one step ahead, leaving messages scrawled in blood.
"Look in the mirror."
All he sees is his own #reflection.
Curious.
#InkMine #vss365
a man in a suit and tie is reaching out towards someone
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November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Otto #understood things.
Every crime solved; every mystery uncovered.
Except the weird gaps in his own memory.
And the Case of the Mirror Murderer, always one step ahead, leaving messages scrawled in blood.
"Look in the mirror."
All he sees is his own #reflection.
Curious.
#InkMine #vss365
Every crime solved; every mystery uncovered.
Except the weird gaps in his own memory.
And the Case of the Mirror Murderer, always one step ahead, leaving messages scrawled in blood.
"Look in the mirror."
All he sees is his own #reflection.
Curious.
#InkMine #vss365
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Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
She'd #timed it perfectly. But it was still close. Too close.
A second after she activated the circle, the lights went out.
Something cold and hungry moved in the dark, testing, #challenging. Waiting.
Her wards held. But she couldn't relax. Not yet.
This was only the overture.
#vss365 #InkMine
A second after she activated the circle, the lights went out.
Something cold and hungry moved in the dark, testing, #challenging. Waiting.
Her wards held. But she couldn't relax. Not yet.
This was only the overture.
#vss365 #InkMine
a person is standing in a dark room with red lights coming out of the ceiling .
ALT: a person is standing in a dark room with red lights coming out of the ceiling .
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November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
She'd #timed it perfectly. But it was still close. Too close.
A second after she activated the circle, the lights went out.
Something cold and hungry moved in the dark, testing, #challenging. Waiting.
Her wards held. But she couldn't relax. Not yet.
This was only the overture.
#vss365 #InkMine
A second after she activated the circle, the lights went out.
Something cold and hungry moved in the dark, testing, #challenging. Waiting.
Her wards held. But she couldn't relax. Not yet.
This was only the overture.
#vss365 #InkMine
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I don’t recall that time exactly
Falling into your beautiful chaos
Perhaps you were engulfed by mine
#micropoetry #poetry #fsmpy
Falling into your beautiful chaos
Perhaps you were engulfed by mine
#micropoetry #poetry #fsmpy
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I don’t recall that time exactly
Falling into your beautiful chaos
Perhaps you were engulfed by mine
#micropoetry #poetry #fsmpy
Falling into your beautiful chaos
Perhaps you were engulfed by mine
#micropoetry #poetry #fsmpy
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Choose kindness.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Choose kindness.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
Count your #blessings, they told her. Stick to your lane. Know your place.
But Beauty would not be bound, or #bent. Or broken.
She was a whirlwind of #action, and where she went, change followed.
And she'd rewrite the stars if that's what it took.
#InkMine #whistpr #vss365
But Beauty would not be bound, or #bent. Or broken.
She was a whirlwind of #action, and where she went, change followed.
And she'd rewrite the stars if that's what it took.
#InkMine #whistpr #vss365
a painting of a woman holding a glowing object with a galaxy in the background
ALT: a painting of a woman holding a glowing object with a galaxy in the background
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership anchored by
@rbgkew.bsky.social has just turned 25! In that time, MBSP South Africa has banked thousands of seeds, shared knowledge with local communities, and even rediscovered plant species once thought extinct.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2024/06/05/s...
@rbgkew.bsky.social has just turned 25! In that time, MBSP South Africa has banked thousands of seeds, shared knowledge with local communities, and even rediscovered plant species once thought extinct.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2024/06/05/s...
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership anchored by
@rbgkew.bsky.social has just turned 25! In that time, MBSP South Africa has banked thousands of seeds, shared knowledge with local communities, and even rediscovered plant species once thought extinct.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2024/06/05/s...
@rbgkew.bsky.social has just turned 25! In that time, MBSP South Africa has banked thousands of seeds, shared knowledge with local communities, and even rediscovered plant species once thought extinct.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2024/06/05/s...
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Our cosmos
Is in trouble—
It’s builder’s
Getting bored
We sitting on
Shelf next to
His #action figures
Hoard
We’re just
A science project
That earned
A C+ score
Forced to clean
His dusty shelf
He knocks us
To the floor,
Then tosses us
In waste bin
Our Universe
No more…
#vss365
Is in trouble—
It’s builder’s
Getting bored
We sitting on
Shelf next to
His #action figures
Hoard
We’re just
A science project
That earned
A C+ score
Forced to clean
His dusty shelf
He knocks us
To the floor,
Then tosses us
In waste bin
Our Universe
No more…
#vss365
a close up of the sun in space with the earth in the background
ALT: a close up of the sun in space with the earth in the background
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November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
He's a market maker, you know? Trades in #options. Futures. Lives, #interrupted.
Because butcher, baker or empire maker, everybody wants to be somebody else.
He can make it happen...if the price is right.
#Join the fun. Make an #offer.
And remember: no backsies.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #whistpr
Because butcher, baker or empire maker, everybody wants to be somebody else.
He can make it happen...if the price is right.
#Join the fun. Make an #offer.
And remember: no backsies.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #whistpr
a cartoon character says " it 's a deal then " while standing next to another character
ALT: a cartoon character says " it 's a deal then " while standing next to another character
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November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
He's a market maker, you know? Trades in #options. Futures. Lives, #interrupted.
Because butcher, baker or empire maker, everybody wants to be somebody else.
He can make it happen...if the price is right.
#Join the fun. Make an #offer.
And remember: no backsies.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #whistpr
Because butcher, baker or empire maker, everybody wants to be somebody else.
He can make it happen...if the price is right.
#Join the fun. Make an #offer.
And remember: no backsies.
#vss365 #2wordprompt #whistpr
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The best time to plant a tree in your yard was ten years ago.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The best time to plant a tree in your yard was ten years ago.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
He wasn't exactly a #saint. But it was just supposed to be a #summer fling, you know?
A little holiday romance. No feelings #involved.
Now he feels the larvae moving inside him. #Feasting.
Leaving him weak, and empty, and #hollow.
It's so
beautiful.
#vssmagic #2wordprompt #InkMine #vssFantasy
A little holiday romance. No feelings #involved.
Now he feels the larvae moving inside him. #Feasting.
Leaving him weak, and empty, and #hollow.
It's so
beautiful.
#vssmagic #2wordprompt #InkMine #vssFantasy
a black and white photo of a woman 's butt with a finger pointing at it
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November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
He wasn't exactly a #saint. But it was just supposed to be a #summer fling, you know?
A little holiday romance. No feelings #involved.
Now he feels the larvae moving inside him. #Feasting.
Leaving him weak, and empty, and #hollow.
It's so
beautiful.
#vssmagic #2wordprompt #InkMine #vssFantasy
A little holiday romance. No feelings #involved.
Now he feels the larvae moving inside him. #Feasting.
Leaving him weak, and empty, and #hollow.
It's so
beautiful.
#vssmagic #2wordprompt #InkMine #vssFantasy
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In reality
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In reality
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
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she knits by lamplight /
each yarn loop a quiet tale /
warmth woven in words
#haikufeels
#yarn
#haiku
#prompt
each yarn loop a quiet tale /
warmth woven in words
#haikufeels
#yarn
#haiku
#prompt
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
she knits by lamplight /
each yarn loop a quiet tale /
warmth woven in words
#haikufeels
#yarn
#haiku
#prompt
each yarn loop a quiet tale /
warmth woven in words
#haikufeels
#yarn
#haiku
#prompt
Adulting...it's confusing, it's expensive, and nobody ever tells you how to do it right. Luckily, Adulting 101 @jenthorpewriter.bsky.social is here to tell me all the things about love and life and navigating my damn taxes I really should've learned aaages ago. Great read! #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Adulting...it's confusing, it's expensive, and nobody ever tells you how to do it right. Luckily, Adulting 101 @jenthorpewriter.bsky.social is here to tell me all the things about love and life and navigating my damn taxes I really should've learned aaages ago. Great read! #booksky