dadakuku
banner
dadakuku.bsky.social
dadakuku
@dadakuku.bsky.social
Life is short and weird, poetry should be too 🙃
EIC: petrock.bsky.social
Submit at dadakuku.com
A new verse from returning contributor @funnyfrogget.bsky.social:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴

Har – Puh
Har – Puh – Eh
Mjamm – jamm – jamm
Har – Puh – Eh
Har – Puh
[da capo al fine]

— Oliver Kleyer
The fury of snoring
after Kurt Schwitters Har – PuhHar – Puh – EhMjamm – jamm – jammHar – Puh – EhHar – Puh[da capo al fine] — Oliver Kleyer
dadakuku.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Angelo "NGE" Colella:

𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀

the glazed shepherd
routinely empties moths in the parcel
then marches toward the drained metaphor.

— Angelo “NGE” Colella
wounded teapots
the glazed shepherdroutinely empties moths in the parcelthen marches toward the drained metaphor. — Angelo “NGE” Colella
dadakuku.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A new verse from returning contributor dan smith:

terse verse
hearse worse

— dan smith
terse versehearse worse — dan smith
dadakuku.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Richard Magahiz:

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴

slide into eclipse man leave some light for me

— Richard Magahiz
Been waiting long
slide into eclipse man leave some light for me — Richard Magahiz
dadakuku.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Of course, gratitude should be a daily thing, but in this season of giving thanks, I am thankful for every one of you who has ever read and/or submitted to this journal. It is because of your support that this survives. Thank you for all the kind words given & all the weird verses entrusted to me.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Curt Linderman:

hope is
a bag of wet cement
with feathers

— Curt Linderman

𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯
hope isa bag of wet cementwith feathers — Curt Linderman after Emily Dickinson & Les Nessman
dadakuku.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A new verse from new contributor GJ Welsh:

𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘆

Neurosurgeons found it in the brain of a dying girl; despite its appearance, it was not a pair of pants made for a fish.

— GJ Welsh
It hurts when I try
Neurosurgeons found it in the brain of a dying girl; despite its appearance, it was not a pair of pants made for a fish. — GJ Welsh
dadakuku.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Patrick Sweeney:

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Was ‘no back’ done to you
more than you did ‘no back’
to others?

— Patrick Sweeney
Question
Was ‘no back’ done to youmore than you did ‘no back’to others? — Patrick Sweeney
dadakuku.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Edward Cody Huddleston:

columbine seeds growing the algorithm

— Edward Cody Huddleston
columbine seeds growing the algorithm — Edward Cody Huddleston
dadakuku.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A new verse from new contributor and middle school student Jackson Piper:

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗺𝗲!

I was forced to make a poem. to make a poem is what I do. this poem took a long time and I hope it’s good for you…

— Jackson Piper
Please don’t accept me!
I was forced to make a poem. to make a poem is what I do. this poem took a long time and I hope it’s good for you… — Jackson Piper
dadakuku.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Mark Young:

𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘀

I love how it turned out, a
mesmerizing world of glitch
that is now considered one
of the top ten best piercing
salons in Ozaukee County.

— Mark Young
positronic bagels
I love how it turned out, amesmerizing world of glitchthat is now considered oneof the top ten best piercingsalons in Ozaukee County. — Mark Young
dadakuku.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Nicholas De Marino:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳

Abraham Lincoln starved to death with a simple memory of baby in French Switzerland “jazz-hot” …

— Nicholas De Marino
How to Wolf
Abraham Lincoln starved to death with a simple memory of baby in French Switzerland “jazz-hot” … — Nicholas De Marino erasure from “How To Cook a Wolf” by M.F.K. Fisher (“The Art of Eating,” Wiley …
dadakuku.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A new verse from returning contributor @tracyroyce.bsky.social:

𝗦𝗹𝗮𝗽 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿

Gimme that glorp!
So what if I mooch
your munch, splooch
half-chewed food?
I’m in the mood
to slop some slorp.

— Tracy Royce
Slap It in My Slopper
Gimme that glorp!So what if I moochyour munch, sploochhalf-chewed food?I’m in the moodto slop some slorp. — Tracy Royce
dadakuku.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new verse from returning contributor @nberlat.bsky.social :

𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻

I am not, I don’t think

— Noah Berlatsky
Anxious Cartesian
I am not, I don’t think — Noah Berlatsky
dadakuku.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A new verse from returning contributor J. R. Wilkerson:

𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵

for a
lifetime
he’ll remember
to
take the
cannoli

— J. R. Wilkerson
give a man a fish
for alifetimehe’ll remembertotake thecannoli — J. R. Wilkerson
dadakuku.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Rawnah:

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗴𝗼

Look, there goes an intestine.

𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩

— Rawnah
That Small, Downy Man is a Falcon Eviscerating Your Squirrely Ego
Look, there goes an intestine.      dedicated to David Lynch — Rawnah
dadakuku.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Scott Metz:

ust, an

. Ear

. Mixed int

. The ic

. Wate

, mirro
iet willo

— Scott Metz
ust, an      . Ear                        . Mixed int . The ic            . Wate     , mirro                iet willo — Scott Metz…
dadakuku.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Joshua St. Claire:

we’ve always been at war with Eastasia yellow violets

— Joshua St. Claire
we’ve always been at war with Eastasia yellow violets — Joshua St. Claire
dadakuku.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Peter Jastermsky:

i n . t e r r o r . g a t e

— Peter Jastermsky
i n . t e r r o r . g a t e — Peter Jastermsky
dadakuku.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Joseph Tate:

𝗜𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲

6C 6F 6E 65 6C 79 0A
61 73 20 61 20 63 6C 6F 75 64

— Joseph Tate
It Should Be Allowed to Roam the Countryside
6C 6F 6E 65 6C 79 0A61 73 20 61 20 63 6C 6F 75 64 — Joseph Tate The title is from Alan Turing’s 1948 paper “Intelligent Machinery”: “In order that the machine should have a chance…
dadakuku.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Eavonka Ettinger:

once bitten
twice shy
Eve’s apple

— Eavonka Ettinger
once bittentwice shyEve’s apple — Eavonka Ettinger
dadakuku.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A new pwoermd from returning contributor Helen Buckingham:

thebeastacostlygasguzzlingcarbuncle

— Helen Buckingham
thebeastacostlygasguzzlingcarbuncle — Helen Buckingham
dadakuku.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A new verse from new contributor Alex Drogin:

straw about the cage a book of Basho

— Alex Drogin
straw about the cage a book of Basho — Alex Drogin
dadakuku.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Seth Copeland:

distant wave forms garum aromas

— Seth Copeland
distant wave forms garum aromas — Seth Copeland
dadakuku.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Alex Calderwood:

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀é

expos expose anti-aunties possibly posi-posses. Stashes. Caches in snitch’s stashes.

— Alex Calderwood
Explosé
expos expose anti-aunties possibly posi-posses. Stashes. Caches in snitch’s stashes. — Alex Calderwood
dadakuku.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM