petro c. k.
@petrock.bsky.social
Stay-at-home astronaut. I write short and often weird poetry. https://petrock.bio EIC: dadakuku.com @dadakuku.bsky.social EIC: https://post-ku.com
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...
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...
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!
Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️⚧️♿@sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 3w agoThis week’s Fallen Petals post, featuring commentary on Bluesky Haiku and Senryu. Featuring poets: @asurashaiku.bsky.social @petrock.bsky.social @orakdubwa.bsky.social @jotter111.bsky.social @njbarico.bsky.social #poetry Beloved wives and data centres open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...
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...
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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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
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...
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.
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.
dadakuku@dadakuku.bsky.social · last mo.A new verse from yours truly @petrock.bsky.social: dadakuku.com/2026/06/25/8...
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...
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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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...
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
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
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
pearly dewdrops drop I can't see through the haze of your words #TankaThursday #MayTanka #NaTankaMo
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.
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...
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...
Post-ku is open for submissions! Send over your fringiest haiku! post-ku.com/submit/
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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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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...
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!
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.
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.
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.
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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
Post-ku is now open for submissions thru Feb 15! post-ku.com