A thoroughly illuminating and thoughtful deep-dive examination of a verse that was published in my journal @dadakuku.bsky.social by Petra Schmidt, reflecting the urgency of now. Thank you to the writers who contributed their readings that unpacked the complexity that such a micropoem can contain.

Many thanks to editor Paul Miler for selecting my verse for rhe latest issue of Modern Haiku, can't wait to settle in and dig into the rest of it. Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear! 👋 Verse: searching for assisted suicide windborne leaves

A new one from me, I response to the horror show of our politics:

Post-ku is now open for submissions thru Feb 15! post-ku.com

Many thanks to Robin for taking in a couple of wee verses of mine for smols! As much as I love getting things in print, online journals such as smols are crucial for publishing of-the-moment verses while the impact is still fresh Read more here: smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com

Oh look, it's my trajectory 😬😭😂

The first issue of my new journal Post-Ku is now available! Post-ku on postcards! I won't show the verses, instead here's the other side just waiting for your address, so it can show up in your actual physical mailbox and you can see for yourself! Order/subscribe: post-ku.com

Thank you so much to editor Seth Copeland of @petrichorlit.bsky.social for accepting a trio of verses for no. 29, Vol. 6 of Pebbles (which is also the name of a great series of 1960's freakbeat/garage-rock)! Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear! petrichormag.com/29-pebbles-v...

Many thanks to editor Johannes S. H. Berg for accepting a couple of monoku for The Other Bunny! TOB is back, and has expanded the scope beyond haibun to include other short forms, reclaiming some of the space left behind when Bones closed up. Check it out! theotherbunny.blog

Those who create and nurture our humanity are feared and targeted by those who seek to destroy it.

It's here! The biggest and best review of experimental micropoetry is now out in the wild!

My first verse of the new year!

A warm joyous thanks to editor @katherineewinnick for selecting my verse for the latest issue of @shadowpondjournal! I wish you all a bountiful holiday season and let's hope for a year with potential realized! shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/shad...

What a year of absurdity! Dadakuku is closed for the rest of the year, thank you to everyone for your support and submissions!

It's always an honor to appear in Modern Haiku, many thanks to editor Paul Miller for including my verse in the latest issue! Congratulations to everyone else who appears, it's a veritable who's who of contemporary English-language haiku.

Many thanks to guest editor Arvinder Kaur for selecting my monoku for commentary in this installment of Haiku Dialogue, using the theme of those who work the soil. Hello and congrats on the others who appear! 👋 thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

Many thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson, the tireless editor of smols, for including a couple microverses of mine in today's release of nanopoems: * birds falling silent shadow docket * police state the obvious * smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com

Many thanks to @teatimehaiku.bsky.social and the rest of the editorial team at Frogpond for selecting my verse for the latest issue, jam-packed as always with a who's-who of contemporary haiku, haibun, linked verse, and literary discourse on the forms.

Many thanks to @michelerule.bsky.social and Sally Quon for selecting my verse for The Solitary Daisy's theme of music in Issue 64!

Sometimes I doom-write instead of doom-scroll....

Many many thanks to @komadorihaiku.bsky.social and Kat Lehmann for including a couple verses in the latest issue (no. 14) of @whiptailjournal.bsky.social as well as for the honor of the "headstone" verse in being nominated for the Touchstone Award! www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

Many thanks to the new editors of @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social, @pippaesque.bsky.social, and @orrinonline.bsky.social, for selecting my verse. I love what they've done with the latest issue, and there is so much stellar work within! Check it out! prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/11/30/i...

I am thankful for editor Roberta Beach Jacobson for selecting these verses for today's round of itchy poetry at Five Fleas! Congratulations to everyone else! fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/11/morn...

Many thanks to guest editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for selecting my verse for this week's prompt at Haiku Dialogue (by @haikufound.bsky.social) of music and the spiritual path. Hello and congratulations on the rest who appear! 👋 thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

I came across an insightful interview with Richard Gilbert from 2005 that laid out some key points about modern contemporary haiku that I had been trying to formulate myself, especially about haiku and its development in conversation with modern art and lit. livinghaikuanthology.com/poets-on-hai...

A new one from me inspired by, well, this whole year...

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

I've started up a new journal! POST-KU will be a journal of post-ku that comes out every two months on a postcard. Submissions will open up in December, first issue will be out in January.

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...

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-...

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

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.

A new verse from me befitting the times. I'm getting my signs ready for today.

A shot I took from a little walk around Quebec City about a week ago.

Horror Senryu Journal is back from being on hiatus! Many thanks to Thomas Tilton for running my verse as the first one out of the gate!

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

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! 👋

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

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...

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...

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

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!

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

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. 🤞

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...

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!