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Life is short and weird, poetry should be too 🙃
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A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social:

rotten apples a thousand cuts of sado-governance

— petro c. k.
…
rotten apples a thousand cuts of sado-governance — petro c. k.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Jerome Berglund:

tiresomely
delineating the haiku
ethnostate

— Jerome Berglund
…
tiresomely delineating the haikuethnostate — Jerome Berglund
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A new verse from new contributor Shae:

𝗣𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀

Plink. Plonk. Flapjack. Everything riots. My toothbrush howls opera at the lamppost. Cactus sneers. Clouds flip me off. Spoons mutiny. Socks abscond. Harmony is optional. Yes.

— Shae
Plinkers Plonkers
Plink. Plonk. Flapjack. Everything riots. My toothbrush howls opera at the lamppost. Cactus sneers. Clouds flip me off. Spoons mutiny. Socks abscond. Harmony is optional. Yes. — Shae
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November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Jon Petruschke:

your breath fogs up
my glasses, I never
saw you coming

— Jon Petruschke
…
your breath fogs upmy glasses, I neversaw you coming — Jon Petruschke
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November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor John Pappas:

willed to the river an alphabet of doves

— John Pappas
…
willed to the river an alphabet of doves — John Pappas
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November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A new verse from new contributor Sam Miller:

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

reading not
required

— Sam Miller
Instruction
reading notrequired — Sam Miller
dadakuku.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Gloria Glau:

𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿

Pervasive syndromes
will be assigned
serenely
and at random.

— Gloria Glau
Allegory of the stabbing of Caesar
Pervasive syndromeswill be assignedserenelyand at random. — Gloria Glau
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November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Casper Kelly:

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗔 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻

They’re not letting anyone in for a while

— Casper Kelly
There Was A Drone Strike In Heaven
They’re not letting anyone in for a while — Casper Kelly
dadakuku.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Patrick Sweeney:

Faust on her side of the bed

— Patrick Sweeney
…
Faust on her side of the bed — Patrick Sweeney
dadakuku.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor dan smith:

𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗻𝗲𝗿

genearterysplicer
triggersgunsingin’
kelleyraindance
championbreakfast
rogersthatroy
tonymixtom

— dan smith
Gabby Hayes Office Dance Pardner
genearterysplicertriggersgunsingin’kelleyraindancechampionbreakfastrogersthatroytonymixtom — dan smith
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November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Mark Young:

𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗢𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲?

posthummus
posthumerus
posthumorous
posthumous
posthumus

— Mark Young
A progression? Or the reverse?
posthummusposthumerusposthumorousposthumousposthumus — Mark Young
dadakuku.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Nicholas De Marino:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸

a shook camera
knowledge was over there

— Nicholas De Marino
The Glenview Callback
a shook cameraknowledge was over       there — Nicholas De Marino composed of the thirty-seventh words of the seventy-fifth pages of Philip Marlowe novels via “Th…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A new verse from new contributor and middle school student jack buckland:

𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁

what the heck am I supposed to do

— jack buckland
writing this is like doing a test
what the heck am I supposed to do — jack buckland
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November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Salvatore Difalco:

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸

Fat chance the armadillo man
asks Princess Nostril to dance.

— Salvatore Difalco
Because We Are Sick
Fat chance the armadillo manasks Princess Nostril to dance. — Salvatore Difalco
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November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Colleen M. Farrelly:

𝗚𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀

Her boyfriend buys a bouquet of bitcoin and joins an online quantum paintball brigade.

superposition
his keyboard lovebombs her

— Colleen M. Farrelly
Guns and Roses
Her boyfriend buys a bouquet of bitcoin and joins an online quantum paintball brigade.superpositionhis keyboard lovebombs her — Colleen M. Farrelly
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November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Max Breedlove:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿

I grow strange flowers.
Some taller than a giraffe.
Some bloom like cellophane.
All my fingers are worms.

— Max Breedlove
The Gardener
I grow strange flowers.Some taller than a giraffe.Some bloom like cellophane.All my fingers are worms. — Max Breedlove
dadakuku.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Stephen Toft:

from a crow dream waking to a snow autopsy

— Stephen Toft
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from a crow dream waking to a snow autopsy — Stephen Toft
dadakuku.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Ernesto P. Santiago:

𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵 (—)

am dust, too

— Ernesto P. Santiago
em dash (—)
am dust, too — Ernesto P. Santiago
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November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Richard Magahiz:

𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

from the mystics
from the apostates
more kisses
(subject to tariff)
six ounces each

— Richard Magahiz
Torchlight confessions
from the mysticsfrom the apostatesmore kisses(subject to tariff)six ounces each — Richard Magahiz
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November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A new verse from new contributor @wanderstruck.blog:

plague year god on his throne swallows men like wine

— Ash Evan Lippert
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plague year   god on his throne     swallows men like wine — Ash Evan Lippert
dadakuku.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Rawnah:

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀

Tsaw uoht htiw eniht tsom gninihs seye
Won gnikool revo no rednoy?

— Rawnah
Shakespeare Reaches Mars
Tsaw uoht htiw eniht tsom gninihs seyeWon gnikool revo no rednoy? — Rawnah
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor @funnyfrogget.bsky.social:

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲

No more riverrun.
No more bend of bay.
No more swerve of shore.
No more Adam.
No more Eve.

— Oliver Kleyer
Finnegans Apocalypse
No more riverrun.No more bend of bay.No more swerve of shore.No more Adam.No more Eve. — Oliver Kleyer
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November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Buzz Kozak:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 “𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆”

transforming itself–
act like a dog replaced with
Sherbert. no footsteps

— Buzz Kozak
The Assignment Was “Dog Play”
transforming itself–act like a dog replaced withSherbert. no footsteps — Buzz Kozak found poem from assorted first drafts of my freshman playwriting class
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November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor @chadpoetforhire.bsky.social:

𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹

Congratulations
on your
brand new
wax wings!

— Chad Parenteau
No Time to Read the Manual
Congratulationson yourbrand newwax wings! — Chad Parenteau
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November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social:

𝗢𝗼𝗵 𝗘𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝘀!

a seaside guesthouse
never more than two crumpets
in the phnarr phenarr

— John Hawkhead
Ooh Er Missus!
a seaside guesthousenever more than two crumpetsin the phnarr phenarr — John Hawkhead
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM