A new verse from new contributor Andrew Pineo: hand soup rusted no salt tomorrow has arrived — Andrew Pineo

A new verse from returning contributor @wanderstruck.blog: the sound of one hand clapping— hit the like & smash that sub — Ash Evan Lippert

I'm pleased to reveal dadakuku Vol 3! This anthology, with 657 verses from 239 authors across 313 pages, is the largest yet. As usual, it is jam-packed with baffling brevity from the international avant-garde literary community. Thank you for your support! a.co/d/8CpODc1

A new verse from returning contributor @jmartinpoetry.bsky.social: 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 dIaL > DiaL > dIAl > = did the warning invert itself , incognito? [apt vs. SPARK?] : : mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm — Joshua Martin

A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social: knock noctilucent clouds who’s there — John Hawkhead

A new veteran from returning contributor Nicholas De Marino: 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 apparatus on apparatus hallucinatory peristaltic her her technique — Nicholas De Marino

A new verse from @happymizer.bsky.social: 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 on the 7th day he is arrested — Stephen J. DeGuire

A new verse from returning contributor Zoe Eudene Grace: 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 repeat after me repeat repeat repeat re peat after me re — zoe eudene grace

A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘀 It’s all a Marsha Marsha Marsha Hoax!! — petro c. k.

A new pwoermd from returning contributor Peter Jastermsky: AOK-47 — Peter Jastermsky

A new verse from returning contributor Ronald J. Scully: herringbone I repeat myself — Ronald J. Scully

A new verse from returning contributor D Rudd-Mitchell: 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲 I count many Fictitious protagonists, amongst my real friends. On rereads I spare them From unhappy ends. I visualise unearthed sequels in which thought crime pays dividends. — D Rudd-Mitchell

A new verse from returning contributor Timothy Daly: 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗺 Charles Bukowski, Mike Wazowski Jiddu Krishnamurti bungee jumping — Timothy Daly

A new verse from returning contributor Mark Young: 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁 terse terser tercet — Mark Young

A new verse from returning contributor @nberlat.bsky.social: 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 schedule fun twelve steps for buy now intimacy until ATM campaign sink in top job picks per inscrutable Hobbit — Noah Berlatsky

A new verse from returning contributor Amber Winter: get the tray of nothing’s out — Amber Winter

A new verse from returning contributor @funnyfrogget.bsky.social: 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 Bring me the head of Pippi Longstockings! — Oliver Kleyer

A new verse from returning contributor @stephentoft.bsky.social: the dying octopus glowing like new mexico — Stephen Toft

A new verse from new contributor John J. Trause: 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻-𝗬𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 nobody,not even Dylan,has such small hands — John J. Trause

Happy weird year! Dadakuku is now back open for submissions, let the absurdity commence!

A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social. This will be the last verse for dadakuku this year, and it will be closed for submissions through Jan 1. Look for news on the print anthology soon! dadakuku.com/2025/12/19/8...

A new verse from returning contributor @tracyroyce.bsky.social; it is too sprawling to have a preview here, so you will have to click through to see it:

A new verse from returning contributor Angelo "NGE" Colella: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗽 a hkeae, hilde e srn. e ar d le; th o h cd sse, h h mn, hrg h vi in cont. — m s h e gs cdr! — Angelo “NGE” Colella

A new verse from returning contributor @blueiris5432.bsky.social: ̶W̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ Fool’s Gold House — Kimberly Kuchar

A new verse from returning contributor Robert Willis: 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗴 Sha wen sha pannu Nannu shen nannu Corfen sha tenzit Perditja. Harpen wen rasha Sha ballan ta kashka Corfen sha tenzit Chanukhta — Robert Willis

A new verse from returning contributor Mike Blottenberger: cave-aged cheese I miss the old me — Mike Blottenberger

A new verse from returning contributor Jerome Berglund: to the atheist: unseasoned greetings! — Jerome Berglund

A new verse from returning contributor Alex Calderwood: 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀– –knead the scene of bleeping high chides wind charms outta cahoots hills rolling stranger bedfellows need the seen — Alex Calderwood

A new verse from returning contributor John J. Dunphy: a just war just a war — John J. Dunphy

A new verse from returning contributor Django Nee: 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 I slit the sheet The sheet i slit And on my sleeted shit i- Damn it — Django Nee

A new verse from returning contributor naomi olivia: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀. we called her assless geranium well, cause, her name was geranium & she lost her ass once freak accident; shark took it right off real sad. — naomi olivia

A new verse from new contributor Morton Tel Mutillid: 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀 psychopomp pops pimple, pushing pinhead splotched w/ angels a-spinning. perseity seeps as pasty purulence, psychorrhagic… — Morton Tel Mutillid

A new verse from returning contributor @chadpoetforhire.bsky.social: 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 We know fascists are using this country. Whiteout keeps dropping on the streets. — Chad Parenteau

A new verse from returning contributor Elmedin Kardic: 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞 F rank? P rank? — Elmedin Kadric

A new verse from returning contributor Patrick Sweeney: 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼 Do Not Push — Patrick Sweeney

A new verse from returning contributor Mark Valentine: 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀/𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗷𝗻 (𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵/𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼) The delicate boys leading their peacocks through garden dew 𝘓𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘫 𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘫 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘫𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘫𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢 ĝ𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰 — Mark Valentine

A new verse from returning contributor Steven Minchin: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗲’𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 its : a hard color to pear — Steven Minchin

A new verse from returning contributor Greyson Meyer: 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀 If iffy enough of a stormfront, I’ll pop bubblewrap cumulonimbuses until the inbetween is iridescent enough to stump continuing wonderers. — Greyson Meyer

A new verse from returning contributor Lucien Levant: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Satisfighting Tranquarrel Content contention — Lucien Levant

A new verse from returning contributor @nberlat.bsky.social: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗲 The beetle? The beetle. The beetle? The beetle. The beetle? The beetle. — Noah Berlatsky

A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman: 𝗱𝗮rk geno𝗺e wi𝗻ter — LeRoy Gorman

A new verse from returning contributor Joshua St. Claire: 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲 Second frost, iconic section of geese mandarin day moon becomes dusk moon, painted bunting song Uncountable nouns Mandarin — Joshua St. Claire

A new verse from new contributor Gabriel Bates: daydreaming home like no place is there — Gabriel Bates

A new verse from returning contributor Sam Miller: 𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 Impertinent pertinence in perpetuance — Sam K Miller

A new verse from returning contributor Keith Snow: Strawberry lightning bolts of melon collie. Lasso, come here girl Timmy isn’t well! — Keith Snow

A new verse from @mamajoules.bsky.social: P𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤 Ocean — Julie Bloss Kelsey

A new verse from new contributor Heather Joy: 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘆 Witnessing made me an accomplice; participation made it less conspicuous. — Heather Joy

A new verse from returning contributor @wanderstruck.blog: dull anhedonia mind virus / brain rot a bed of spring flowers under the floorboards — Ash Evan Lippert

A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: pardon me I am too big to fail — petro c. k.

A new verse from returning contributor C. X. Turner: 𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 for the forest leans closer every time I pass the fallen mushroom white half-moon bright as milk teeth cupped in my palm distant bell the silhouettes lean closer — C.X. Turner