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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 10d

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

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 20d

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! 👋

Cover of Trash Panda Haiku #9, painting of a racoon by artist Olha Kovalchuk, Kyiv, Ukraine

dust brushing the eyes of nowhere else to go

— petro c. k., Seattle, WA

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 28d

The latest from me on @dadakuku.bsky.social:

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 28d

A new pwoermd from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social:

shottenfreude

— petro c. k.

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shottenfreude — petro c. k.

dadakuku.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you!

petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 29d

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/

The Solitary Daisy, issue 58: Newcomer Haiku

warm winter
putting up
paper snowflakes

– petro c. k., Seattle, Washington (USA)

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Sep 3

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...

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Aug 17

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.

👇
archive.org/details/hete...

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Aug 1

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!

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Jun 23

Life has sidelined my momentum in writing and submitting, but here's a poem processed out of another unfinished work of mine:

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · Jun 23

A new verse from yours truly:

𝗗’𝗶𝗿𝘁

As cosunt, urnal.
Then’t a
crewmemberg
easingly ingreed.
Motivize the vowen
Togather.

— petro c. k.

D’irt

As cosunt, urnal.Then’t acrewmembergeasingly ingreed.Motivize the vowen Togather. — petro c. k.

dadakuku.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Jun 5

As much as I really want to go to the HSA Conference this year, I don't think it's in the cards for me, which is a shame since it's relatively close to me (on the same coastline at least). I might be able to swing the Seabeck Conference again this year though, so we'll see. 🤞

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Jun 4

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...

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · May 15

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!

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · May 3

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!

dandelions in the address field autofill
— petro c. k.

Cover of Kingfisher, issue 11, with an illustrious by David Lasky of a kingfisher with a colored mohawk and punk jacket

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Stone Corpse Press @stonecorpse.com · May 3

...!botApart by petro c.k. @petrock.bsky.social is available for preorder
stonecorpse.com/petro-c-k/

"petro c.k.’s latest explosion of joyful nonsense confirms that chaos and absurdism are alive and well,"

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · May 1

Enjoy the madness! 😄

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Stone Corpse Press @stonecorpse.com · Apr 29

"...!botApart by @petrock.bsky.social mines thoughtfully into the rigorously bound expectations and what results is an orgiastic fervor of pandemonium, an avant-garde concept album from a poet at the top of his genre." —Jerome Berglund @jeromeberglund.bsky.social

stonecorpse.com/petro-c-k/

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 28

Many thanks to @stonecorpse.com for publishing my latest chapbook, ...!botApa̲r̲t̲
It is a reaction and a sublimation of the rise of dreamslop, as it gets mulched into another form of literature outside of the purview of AI, one of abstraction and chaos.
Come join in the absurdity!

petro c.k.

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stonecorpse.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you, honored to be a part of it all!
Here's a link that works:
stonecorpse.com/petro-c-k/

petro c.k.

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stonecorpse.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thank you for submitting! 🙏

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 17

👋😄

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 17

I've been itching to get back at writing, here's a trio of monostiches in Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) today, appearing alongside some dadakuku alum. Many thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for selecting these!

Morning of April 16, 2025

fivefleas.blogspot.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thanks Keith! 😁🙏

petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thank you! 😁 I didn't make the cut to the short list, but I'm glad it got another shot at something.

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