petro c. k.
@petrock.bsky.social
Many thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson for including a couple diminutive verses in her journal of extremely short poetry, SMOLS. Congrats to today's other featured poets, check out everything here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
solving for fragile X
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midnight with moves like Jager
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
solving for fragile X
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midnight with moves like Jager
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Many thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson for including a couple diminutive verses in her journal of extremely short poetry, SMOLS. Congrats to today's other featured poets, check out everything here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
solving for fragile X
*
midnight with moves like Jager
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
solving for fragile X
*
midnight with moves like Jager
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello of tsuri-dōrō for selecting a verse to appear in the current issue. It's always a pleasure, hello and congratulations to everyone else!
tsuridoro.org/issue-30-nov...
tsuridoro.org/issue-30-nov...
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello of tsuri-dōrō for selecting a verse to appear in the current issue. It's always a pleasure, hello and congratulations to everyone else!
tsuridoro.org/issue-30-nov...
tsuridoro.org/issue-30-nov...
A pleasant surprise to be awarded an Honorable Mention in this year's Porad Haiku Awards which were announced at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway. Congrats to fellow Seabeck attendees John S Green and Sarah Paris for their 2nd & 3rd place awards, respectively!
www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-...
www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A pleasant surprise to be awarded an Honorable Mention in this year's Porad Haiku Awards which were announced at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway. Congrats to fellow Seabeck attendees John S Green and Sarah Paris for their 2nd & 3rd place awards, respectively!
www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-...
www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-...
The new Seaback Haiku Getaway Anthology is out now. I did the cover design and layout, and got a couple verses included as well.
You can get a copy here: a.co/d/1rh4vQq
You can get a copy here: a.co/d/1rh4vQq
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The new Seaback Haiku Getaway Anthology is out now. I did the cover design and layout, and got a couple verses included as well.
You can get a copy here: a.co/d/1rh4vQq
You can get a copy here: a.co/d/1rh4vQq
Excited to appear in the new issue of Password, A Journal of Very Short Poetry! Many thanks to editor Melissa Allen for including 3 of my monoku!
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited to appear in the new issue of Password, A Journal of Very Short Poetry! Many thanks to editor Melissa Allen for including 3 of my monoku!
Many thanks to Tanya McDonald for selecting my monoku for the latest issue of Kingfisher. Wonderful to see her and others at Seabeck Haiku Getaway right now. It's been so fun catching up, learning new things, and just getting to see everyone in person that I only usually see in the online world.
October 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Many thanks to Tanya McDonald for selecting my monoku for the latest issue of Kingfisher. Wonderful to see her and others at Seabeck Haiku Getaway right now. It's been so fun catching up, learning new things, and just getting to see everyone in person that I only usually see in the online world.
A shot I took from a little walk around Quebec City about a week ago.
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A shot I took from a little walk around Quebec City about a week ago.
smols is a new journal by Roberta Beach Jacobson (editor of Five Fleas, former editor of Cold Moon), featuring verses of 5 words or less. The latest round is up now, many thanks for being included!
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
smols is a new journal by Roberta Beach Jacobson (editor of Five Fleas, former editor of Cold Moon), featuring verses of 5 words or less. The latest round is up now, many thanks for being included!
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
Always stoked to appear in Trash Panda Haiku, many thanks to editor Lisa Anne Johnson for selecting my verse for issue 9, hello and congratulations to all those who also appear! 👋
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Always stoked to appear in Trash Panda Haiku, many thanks to editor Lisa Anne Johnson for selecting my verse for issue 9, hello and congratulations to all those who also appear! 👋
Many thanks to editors Sally Quon and Michele Rule for selecting my verse to be one of eight from newcomers to debut inside of this week's Solitary Daisy! Congratulations to the rest, the others can be seen at: thesolitarydaisy.ca/blog/
September 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Many thanks to editors Sally Quon and Michele Rule for selecting my verse to be one of eight from newcomers to debut inside of this week's Solitary Daisy! Congratulations to the rest, the others can be seen at: thesolitarydaisy.ca/blog/
Many thanks to guest editor Marietta McGregor for selecting my verse for the short list of verses on the theme of islands, and for the commentary, in this week's Haiku Dialogue at @haikufound.bsky.social!
Congratulations to the rest! 👇👇👇
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Congratulations to the rest! 👇👇👇
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
September 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Many thanks to guest editor Marietta McGregor for selecting my verse for the short list of verses on the theme of islands, and for the commentary, in this week's Haiku Dialogue at @haikufound.bsky.social!
Congratulations to the rest! 👇👇👇
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Congratulations to the rest! 👇👇👇
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Many thanks to @jeromeberglund.bsky.social for selecting my verse for Heterodox Haiku: Contrarians, haiku that goes against the grain. An excellent collection. The essays by @loverpoetic.bsky.social and @shortpoemz.bsky.social are also must-reads.
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archive.org/details/hete...
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archive.org/details/hete...
August 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Many thanks to @jeromeberglund.bsky.social for selecting my verse for Heterodox Haiku: Contrarians, haiku that goes against the grain. An excellent collection. The essays by @loverpoetic.bsky.social and @shortpoemz.bsky.social are also must-reads.
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archive.org/details/hete...
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archive.org/details/hete...
Many thanks to guest editor @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social for selecting my work for this week's short list of verses for @haikufound.bsky.social in reaction to the work "Without Hope" by Frida Kahlo, and for the immensely thoughtful commentary.
#haikufoundation #haikudialogue #haiku #ekphrasis
#haikufoundation #haikudialogue #haiku #ekphrasis
August 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Many thanks to guest editor @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social for selecting my work for this week's short list of verses for @haikufound.bsky.social in reaction to the work "Without Hope" by Frida Kahlo, and for the immensely thoughtful commentary.
#haikufoundation #haikudialogue #haiku #ekphrasis
#haikufoundation #haikudialogue #haiku #ekphrasis
Many thanks to Prune Juice editors P.H. Fischer and Antoinette Cheung for selecting a couple verses of mine and a tan-renga with @jeromeberglund.bsky.social, and for their tenure at the helm as they are stepping down, and congratulations and welcome to new editor Pippa Phillips, a worthy successor!
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Many thanks to Prune Juice editors P.H. Fischer and Antoinette Cheung for selecting a couple verses of mine and a tan-renga with @jeromeberglund.bsky.social, and for their tenure at the helm as they are stepping down, and congratulations and welcome to new editor Pippa Phillips, a worthy successor!
Many thanks to guest editor @allyson.whipple for selecting my verse for this round of Haiku Dialogue focusing on ekphrastic Haiku. This is based on Emily Carr's "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky."
Hello and congratulations on the rest who appear! 👋
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Hello and congratulations on the rest who appear! 👋
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
June 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Many thanks to guest editor @allyson.whipple for selecting my verse for this round of Haiku Dialogue focusing on ekphrastic Haiku. This is based on Emily Carr's "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky."
Hello and congratulations on the rest who appear! 👋
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Hello and congratulations on the rest who appear! 👋
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Writer copies of my new chapbook "...botApa̲r̲t̲!" are now in my hands, many thanks to @stonecorpse.com for welcoming my latest Dada-esque explosion into the fold. If you want a signed copy ($7 ppd US, $10 ppd World), hmu!
May 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Writer copies of my new chapbook "...botApa̲r̲t̲!" are now in my hands, many thanks to @stonecorpse.com for welcoming my latest Dada-esque explosion into the fold. If you want a signed copy ($7 ppd US, $10 ppd World), hmu!
Many thanks to editor Tanya McDonald for selecting a verse of mine to appear in the latest issue of Kingfisher! As always, an honor to appear, and a shout out to local Seattle artist @davidlasky.bsky.social for the great cover!
May 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Many thanks to editor Tanya McDonald for selecting a verse of mine to appear in the latest issue of Kingfisher! As always, an honor to appear, and a shout out to local Seattle artist @davidlasky.bsky.social for the great cover!
A pleasant surprise to learn that one of my verses from last year was nominated for the Touchstone Award and it made the long list! Many thanks to the awards board for selecting it, and to whoever submitted it! When I wrote this verse I had no idea it would have legs! 😄
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A pleasant surprise to learn that one of my verses from last year was nominated for the Touchstone Award and it made the long list! Many thanks to the awards board for selecting it, and to whoever submitted it! When I wrote this verse I had no idea it would have legs! 😄
Many thanks to editors P.H. Fischer and Antoinette Cheung for selecting a pair of monoku for the current issue of Prune Juice Senryu Journal!
Congrats and hello to all else who appear! 👋
prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/03/31/i...
Congrats and hello to all else who appear! 👋
prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/03/31/i...
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Many thanks to editors P.H. Fischer and Antoinette Cheung for selecting a pair of monoku for the current issue of Prune Juice Senryu Journal!
Congrats and hello to all else who appear! 👋
prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/03/31/i...
Congrats and hello to all else who appear! 👋
prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/03/31/i...
Some necessary reading...
March 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Some necessary reading...
Glad to be in the debut issue of Pfudalmda Dadamag! This journal focuses on pwoermds, or single word poems, each month on a specific theme, this issue on "warfair."
Check out the rest of the issue and submit for the next one!
www.pfudalmda.xyz
Check out the rest of the issue and submit for the next one!
www.pfudalmda.xyz
March 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Glad to be in the debut issue of Pfudalmda Dadamag! This journal focuses on pwoermds, or single word poems, each month on a specific theme, this issue on "warfair."
Check out the rest of the issue and submit for the next one!
www.pfudalmda.xyz
Check out the rest of the issue and submit for the next one!
www.pfudalmda.xyz
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello for selecting a verse of mine for the latest issue of tsuri-dōrō! Hello and congratulations to everyone else who appears! 👋
tsuridoro.org/issue-26-mar...
tsuridoro.org/issue-26-mar...
March 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello for selecting a verse of mine for the latest issue of tsuri-dōrō! Hello and congratulations to everyone else who appears! 👋
tsuridoro.org/issue-26-mar...
tsuridoro.org/issue-26-mar...
Another verse using MapQuest's "Gulf of..." renaming generator:
Gulf of deadnames
a thousand cuts
to agency
Gulf of deadnames
a thousand cuts
to agency
February 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another verse using MapQuest's "Gulf of..." renaming generator:
Gulf of deadnames
a thousand cuts
to agency
Gulf of deadnames
a thousand cuts
to agency
I used MapQuest's "Gulf of ..." renaming generator to create a haiku/senryu:
February 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I used MapQuest's "Gulf of ..." renaming generator to create a haiku/senryu:
Many thanks to editor Paul Miller for selecting my verse in the latest issue of Modern Haiku, always an honor to appear!
February 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Many thanks to editor Paul Miller for selecting my verse in the latest issue of Modern Haiku, always an honor to appear!