A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ญ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ a bowling alley beating cost his merripen caused his merripen โ Bob Carlton
Eddie Gaedel, 1961: Fragment of a Gypsy Tale
a bowling alley beatingcost his merripencaused his merripen โ Bob Carlton
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A new verse from returning contributor Susanna Schantz: ๐๐๐บ(๐ฏ!) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐บ(๐ฏ!)๐ฒ๐ฟ Ratman and Bobin grump and bind crooks and nannies tough and rumbled tick and sired sure and pimple โ Susanna Schantz
Dum(b!) and Dum(b!)er
Ratman and Bobingrump and bindcrooks and nanniestough and rumbledtick and siredsure and pimple โ Susanna Schantz
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A new verse from new contributor Ken Chau: ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ is the least I can do โ Ken Chau
minimalism
isthe leastI can do โ Ken Chau
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A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ต exactually โ Bob Carlton
Out of Both Sides of My Mouth
exactually โ Bob Carlton
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A new verse from returning contributor Stephen Toft: the time it takes a moonbeam to smell of clams โ Stephen Toft
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the time it takesa moonbeamto smell of clams โ Stephen Toft
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A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ burn ed incense ed โ Bob Carlton
This Whole Thing Stinks
burnedincenseed โ Bob Carlton
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we sing to make breathing interesting enough to continue
A new verse from new contributor Petra Schmidt: ๐ง๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ NO(T)ICE โ Petra Schmidt
Twin Cities
NO(T)ICE โ Petra Schmidt
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Ida Lupino as nightclub singer Petey Brown in โThe Man I Loveโ (1947) โ on TCM Tuesday morning 9:15am CT. #TCMParty
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.
Anybody see Southside 1-1000? The nightclub scene: is the waitress not Beverly Michaels?
A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐บ with a one word title โ Bob Carlton
Poem
with a one word title โ Bob Carlton
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Dadakuku is now back open for submissions, with a new working submission form! Give it a go! dadakuku.com
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microdadaism, nanononsense, minisurrealism
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A new verse from returning contributor Peter Jastermsky: on ce IN A blu e MO On D y stop ia โ Peter Jastermsky
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once IN A blue MOOn Dy stopย ย ia โ Peter Jastermsky
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A new verse from returning contributor Sean G. Meggeson: ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ or er os โ Sean G. Meggeson
err
oreros โ Sean G. Meggeson
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Even among the usual standout quality of poetry concentrate on offer at Five Fleas, these really stand out. I don't know who Mathew Borczon is, but he knocks it out of the park. And an absolutely gorgeous haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello. And that is barely scratching the surface, so to speak.
Living one: you move among many/dancers and don't know which/you are the shadow of Denis Johnson
A new verse from returning contributor Lucien Levant: Surreal is m is direction โ Lucien Levant
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Surreal is m is direction โ Lucien Levant
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A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ a few dozen donates and a couple cops of ICE cuffinโ โ Bob Carlton
Breakfast of Trumpians
a few dozen donatesand a couple cops of ICE cuffinโ โ Bob Carlton
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Just in case there's anyone out there who's not absolutely clear on this. No. No kings. Never.
A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ call me robert call me bob โ Bob Carlton
Only Doctors and Bartenders
call me robertcall me bob โ Bob Carlton
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A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ flesh torn a part by a sent tense frag meant โ Bob Carlton
A Question of Capacity
flesh torn apart by asenttensefragmeant โ Bob Carlton
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Even when your own heart is your loom, / someone may have woven that textile before Lu Ji
That is the problem of silence: one cannot test one's ideas. Because they are not ideas, they are the truth. Louise Gluck
Thought for the day: responsibility is not infringement.
