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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 3h

A new verse from new contributor Bie Yining:

=𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀=

E locus sequence
sssamor vaporing
mindicity strenuo
beautiful petty gluck

— Bie Yining

E locus sequencesssamor vaporingmindicity strenuobeautiful petty gluck — Bie Yining

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 3h

A new verse from returning contributor Eli S. Evans:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗹𝗶 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗜 𝗔𝗺

The other one –
he’s dead

— Eli S. Evans

How I Know Which Eli Evans I Am

The other one –he’s dead — Eli S. Evans

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 3h

A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman:

truth be trolled winter's here

— LeRoy Gorman

truth be trolled winter’s here — LeRoy Gorman

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 3h

Dadakuku is now back open for submissions, with a new working submission form! Give it a go!

dadakuku.com

microdadaism, nanononsense, minisurrealism

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

A new verse from new contributor Michelle Farrell:

undoing our doings undoing us

— Michelle Farrell

undoing our doings undoing us — Michelle Farrell

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

A new found verse from new contributor Ross Webster:

We found a dead woodcock on the roof of a City block

— Ross Webster

We found a dead woodcock on the roof of a City block — Ross Webster found verse from an online archaeology thread

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

A new verse from returning contributor Debbie Strange:

𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁

they say it’s her fault the (basal) cleavage (of mica)

— Debbie Strange

Clothing Does Not Equal Consent

they say it’s her fault the (basal) cleavage (of mica) — Debbie Strange

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe a tinkered tanka? 😄

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

A new verse from returning contributor @thehaikutec.bsky.social:

moving around regret milk
carton label
wind-flought with sparrows
K-rations
how giraffes know trees talk up to them
two by two

— Alan Summers

moving around regret milk carton labelwind-flought with sparrowsK-rationshow giraffes know trees talk up to them two by two — Alan Summers

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 12d

A new pwoermd from new contributor Chad Lee Robinson:

carniviral

— Chad Lee Robinson

carniviral — Chad Lee Robinson

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 12d

A new verse from returning contributor Robert Hunt:

𝟮 𝗕 𝗨

I N V U Y

O U R 4 N

N 2 X I L M I

C U 1

— Robert Hunt

I N V U YO U R 4 NN 2 X I L M IC U 1 — Robert Hunt

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 13d

After a very busy summer I am taking a much-deserved break. I will be on vacation, so dadakuku will be closed for submissions from now until October 10. I will publish verses from my queue in the next couple of days, but after that I will see you on the other side!

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 13d

A new verse from new contributor Liam McLean:

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 14d

A new verse from returning contributor Tiffany Rindler:

𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

with the thought of dying. The roughness
of her hands

— Tiffany Rindler (née Elise)

you become comfortable

with the thought of dying. The roughness of her hands — Tiffany Rindler (née Elise)

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 14d

A new verse from new contributor Vita Tate:

𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝘇𝗼 𝘁𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗮

frying figs fur
fanksgiving foo
foo fiddle foo

— Vita Tate

tzelegram tzo tzara

frying figs furfanksgiving foofoo fiddle foo — Vita Tate

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 15d

A new verse from returning contributor Roberta Beach Jacobson:

𝗮 𝗮

america’s autocrazy

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

america’s autocrazy — Roberta Beach Jacobson

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16d

A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰

just sticking it in
to those poor baby centaurs
a worm ate my brain

— John Hawkhead

𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

The Banarnia Republic

just sticking it into those poor baby centaursa worm ate my brain — John Hawkhead To be read aloud with quavering inflections.

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16d

A new verse from returning contributor Keith Snow:

go gin and toxic water fall out shutters up the ying yang

— Keith Snow

go gin and toxic water fall out shutters up the ying yang — Keith Snow

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 17d

A new verse from returning contributor Ernesto P. Santiago:

“𝗱𝘆𝗲𝗱-𝗶𝗻-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗹”

still not open as a bottom of a mountain hill

— Ernesto P. Santiago

“dyed-in-the-wool”

still not open as a bottom of a mountain hill — Ernesto P. Santiago

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 17d

A new verse from returning contributor Helen Buckingham:

lobstertelephone
Talks
potkettle

— Helen Buckingham

lobstertelephoneTalkspotkettle — Helen Buckingham

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18d

A new verse from returning contributor Heath Brougher:

𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗲

Loonmocks the gimcracks
of dayfade with iron thick
persuasions’s flyswattersweater

— Heath Brougher

Loonmocks the gimcracksof dayfade with iron thickpersuasions’s flyswattersweater — Heath Brougher

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18d

A new verse from new contributor Darian Johnson:

𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀

I’m dead on days
when the clouds
don’t rule the sky.

Meaning I barely live,
even on days
I die.

— Darian Johnson

Kill me with Clouds

I’m dead on dayswhen the cloudsdon’t rule the sky.Meaning I barely live, even on daysI die. — Darian Johnson

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18d

A new verse from returning contributor Richard Magahiz:

𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

children’s ativan
children’s chopsaw –
it’s how they learn

— Richard Magahiz

get with the program

children’s ativanchildren’s chopsaw – it’s how they learn — Richard Magahiz

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 21d

A new verse from new contributor Norbert Kovacs:

𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗦

He couldn’t run but crawled, burning.

— Norbert Kovacs

He couldn’t run but crawled, burning. — Norbert Kovacs

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 21d

A new verse from new contributor Angela Kubinec:

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘅

Hate reads dying going I know
despise not a something allowed anyway
to go to church kiss his
voice to husband aloud tell man

— Angela Kubinec

Hate reads dying going I knowdespise not a something allowed anywayto go to church kiss hisvoice to husband aloud tell man — Angela Kubinec