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petro c. k.

@petrock.bsky.social
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Stay-at-home astronaut. I write short and often weird poetry. petrock.bio EIC: dadakuku.com @dadakuku.bsky.social EIC: post-ku.com

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 17h
Many thanks to guest editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for including my verse in Haiku Dialogue with this week's theme on the process of writing (in my case, of constant erasure of what was written, ha). Congratulations to everyone else who appears, check them out! thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
backspace backspace backspace resnowing the field

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Many thanks to editor Allyson Whipple for selecting my verse for the latest issue of Frogpond! It's an honor to be included in this abundant cast of contemporary haiku, and always pleased to do my part to push the boundaries and topics being represented. Hello and congratulations to everyone else! 👋
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Many thanks to Guest Editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for including my verse in this week's Haiku Dialogue at @haikufound on the theme of Meditation, hello and congratulations on everyone else! 👋 thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm a day late to post my latest verse here, but ya know what? The sentiment still remains the same 😄
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A new one from me, a bit of pop culture reference...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Many thanks to Patricia McGuire and the rest of the editorial team at Poetry Pea for including a couple verses of mine in the latest issue focusing on monoku! Hello and congratulations to the rest! 👋 Support the efforts of Poetry Pea, check out the current issue: buymeacoffee.com/poetrypea/e/...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Many thanks to guest editor Alex Fyffe for selecting my verse to be included in this week's commentary list on Haiku Dialogue's theme of Too Much Information. I enjoyed reading all the commentary and the rest of the verses, congratulations to the others! thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A new one from me, a bit of a concrete verse this go 'round:
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Many thanks to Charlotte Digregorio for featuring my senryu in her Daily Haiku showcase, which originally appeared in the Haiku Foundation's Haiku of the Day. Check out the ones from Kimberly Kuchar and Deborah Karl-Brandt also featured today: charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/t...
Charlotte Digregorio's Writer Blog

The Daily Haiku 

brief reflection
grandma polishes
her hip flask

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just now noticed this, but @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social featured a verse of mine in his Substack, and I couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful and thorough commentary to accompany it. Thank you Sean!
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Many thanks to guest editor @asurashaiku.bsky.social for selecting my verse for this week's @haikufound.bsky.social Haiku Dialogue commentary list. Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear! 👋 thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: lunar insufficiency wolf who cries deal — petro c. k.
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lunar insufficiency wolf who cries deal — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Complete the Haiga Prompt 158 @completethehaiga.bsky.social www.completethehaiga.org eye of Jupiter the spoils of war in the breeze — petro c. k. Haiga by @lessethereal.bsky.social
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Many thanks to the Energizer Bunny of haiku, Jerome Berglund, for inviting me to appear in this exemplary showcase of haiku dealing with more pointed subjects, with running commentary on each verse as a guest editor in Zen Space run by Marie Marshall. 👇 thezenspace.wordpress.com/experience/s...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Many thanks to Gilles Farbe and the rest of the editorial team at Seahores for selecting my verse for their latest issue! Always an honor to appear among everyone else, congratulations to you all! summer smoke the potato salad no one eats — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the shortest poem in the world is credited to Aram Saroyan, featuring an “m” and “n” mashed together into a single ligature, so it looks like a four-legged “m.” This is my challenge to the title, as this ligature occupies a space of a lesser width.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Many thanks to guest editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for selecting my verse for this week's Haiku Dialogue on the theme of alcoholic intoxication. Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear in the long list! thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
The Haiku Dialogue at the Haiku Foundation

today the drink I am tomorrow fading a golden sunset

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 dismantling the animatronic collapsing Berlin Wall diorama 𝘖𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘩! melting Bowie mid-hero — petro c. k.
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dismantling the animatronic collapsing Berlin Wall diorama Oh weh!melting Bowie mid-hero — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Many thanks to the whole cast of characters at @c22press.bsky.social for including me in the latest issue of eYeland, an experimental zine of weird lit and vispo with a DIY/dada spirit, my inclusion is a processed text pushed past the point of cohesion. c22press.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/e...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Many thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson for selecting a verse for smols, a journal of mini-micropoetry (5 words or less). Always a treat to get something smol featured! smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
warblersong lost in data centers

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Many thanks to editor Tanya McDonald for selecting a couple verses of mine for the latest issue of Kingfisher! It's always a treat to get in a favorite journal, hello and congratulations to the rest of everyone who appear! 👋 kingfisherjournal.com
Cover of Kingfisher Issue 13, April 2026,
with a painting of a kingfisher on a cherry blossom branchyou could be a winner! emerging clover

by petro c. k.tear gas
disappearing
an empty car

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Issue 3 of Post-ku is now in the hands of the postal system and heading towards supporters and contributors! Thank you to everyone for the accolades and encouragement, it's a fun and rewarding project. The next submission window is June 1-15, I look forward to your avant-garde 'ku! post-ku.com
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
pearly dewdrops drop I can't see through the haze of your words #TankaThursday #MayTanka #NaTankaMo
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Many thanks to Patricia McGuire and the rest of the editorial team at Poetry Pea 🫛 for including a verse of mine in the latest issue of the Poetry Pea Journal, honored to appear! the past year fitting my hand perfectly golden potato – petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Many thanks to guest editor Carole MacRury for selecting my verse in the latest Haiku Dialogue about finding sanctuary in sight and sound. Hello and congratulations to those who appeared as well! thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
rain murmur overhead a moment with mom

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Seattle, Washington
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Many thanks to guest editor John Pappas for featuring my verse in the "Poetry of Resistence" spotlight in Triveni! one poet sho(r)t Originally published in smols, Jan 22, 2026 www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Post-ku is open for submissions! Send over your fringiest haiku! post-ku.com/submit/
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Post-ku is looking for post-ku. Post-ku is haiku that strays so far off the beaten path most people wouldn’t recognize it. It sits in the grey area between free-verse micropoetry and conventi…
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: don’t tread on the snake oil swasticolon — petro c. k.
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don’t tread on the snake oil swasticolon — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Many thanks to editor Shloka Shankar for including my verse in the latest issue of Sonic Boom! Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear! Check out the rest 👇 sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
Sonic Boom Journal, March 2026

the days I have left. Behind every construct

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What a pleasant surprise to be included in the Red Moon Anthology of 2025! This verse originally appeared in @prunejuicejournal issue 45, many thanks for their nomination and to jim kacian and the rest of the editorial team of Red Moon for selecting it. Such an honor to appear!
Cover of Turtle Dreams: The Red Moon Anthology of English- Language Haikuverse from Turtle Dreams: The Red Moon Anthology of English- Language Haiku

arctic-tick-tick-tick

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello for selecting my verse for the new issue of tsuri-dōrō! Always an honor to appear among friends and community! tsuri-dōrō, issue 32 aura farming a red cardinal in the selfie — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Many thanks to new editor Tom Sacramona for carrying on the torch for Bottle Rockets, and for selecting my verse to appear in the latest issue! Hello and congratulations to everyone else who appears! Bottle Rockets # 54 bringing us together the incompetence of our therapist — petro c. k.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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.
thehaikufoundation.org
re:Virals 542 - The Haiku Foundation
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A new one from me, I response to the horror show of our politics:
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Post-ku is now open for submissions thru Feb 15! post-ku.com
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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
two nanoverses from smols journal:

one poet sho(r)t

all-life crisis 

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Oh look, it's my trajectory 😬😭😂
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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...
baleful stares I don't say hi to the butcher

by petro c. k.blue glow left to my own devices

by petro c. k.deep field
creasing the folds
of another bird

by petro c. k.Cover of Pebbles Vol. 6 featuring a vintage black and white photo of people holding signs in front of a house
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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
Two poems published in The Other Bunny:

eating a tree the Buddha grows to death

snowgrazing milk for two

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Those who create and nurture our humanity are feared and targeted by those who seek to destroy it.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It's here! The biggest and best review of experimental micropoetry is now out in the wild!
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
My first verse of the new year!
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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...
Publushed in Shadow Pond Journal Issue 6, 2025:

winterloam all the potential I have

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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
What a year of absurdity! Dadakuku is closed for the rest of the year, thank you to everyone for your support and submissions!
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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.
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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...
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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
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petro c. k. @petrock.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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.
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