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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 8d

A new verse from new contributor Michelle Farrell:

undoing our doings undoing us

— Michelle Farrell

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undoing our doings undoing us — Michelle Farrell

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 8d

A new found verse from new contributor Ross Webster:

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

— Ross Webster

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 8d

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe a tinkered tanka? 😄

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 9d

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

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 9d

A new pwoermd from new contributor Chad Lee Robinson:

carniviral

— Chad Lee Robinson

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carniviral — Chad Lee Robinson

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 9d

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

2 B U

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 10d

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!

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 10d

A new verse from new contributor Liam McLean:

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

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)

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 11d

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 12d

A new verse from returning contributor Roberta Beach Jacobson:

𝗮 𝗮

america’s autocrazy

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

a a

america’s autocrazy — Roberta Beach Jacobson

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 13d

A new verse from returning contributor Keith Snow:

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

— Keith Snow

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 14d

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 14d

A new verse from returning contributor Helen Buckingham:

lobstertelephone
Talks
potkettle

— Helen Buckingham

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lobstertelephoneTalkspotkettle — Helen Buckingham

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 15d

A new verse from returning contributor Heath Brougher:

𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗲

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

— Heath Brougher

Flie

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16d

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16d

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18d

A new verse from new contributor Norbert Kovacs:

𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗦

He couldn’t run but crawled, burning.

— Norbert Kovacs

LIMITS

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18d

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

Four by six

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

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 19d

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

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆!

What can I say?

— Noah Berlatsky

Charlie Kirk Destroys Poetry!

What can I say? — Noah Berlatsky

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 19d

A new verse from returning contributor Salvatore Difalco:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘀

Fruit flies address
a fresh black banana.

— Salvatore Difalco

The World is a Carcass

Fruit flies addressa fresh black banana. — Salvatore Difalco

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 20d

A new verse from returning contributor Greyson Meyer:

𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗽 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗮

Cacao & acacia
atomize in tandem
between volcanic fingers.
A fragrant Kamchatkan tsunami
pummels Chuck’s berries
at our seaside dingaling singalong.

— Greyson Meyer

Swap a Sea

Cacao & acaciaatomize in tandembetween volcanic fingers.A fragrant Kamchatkan tsunamipummels Chuck’s berriesat our seaside dingaling singalong. — Greyson Meyer

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 20d

A new verse from returning contributor Peter Jastermsky:

on
ce IN

A blu
e MO

On D
y stop

ia

— Peter Jastermsky

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once IN A blue MOOn Dy stop ia — Peter Jastermsky

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