dadakuku 3
Welcome to the the third volume in the dadakuku anthology series. As usual, it is jam-packed with the best of experimental short-form poetry conjured by the international avant-garde literary community, collecting a vast array of the shortest weird verses and the weirdest short verses.
This collection features 657 verses from 239 authors which were published across the year 2025 in the online version of the journal dadakuku, and includes an introduction by Jerome Berglund.
From the beginning, dadakuku combines the brevity of Japanese short-form poetry with the weirdness of dada and surrealism, pushing the creative boundaries of micropoetry, haiku, and other ultra-brief forms, carrying on the urgent spirit of dada and surrealism. In the years since, dadakuku has grown to become the largest, most active, most comprehensive, and the best contemporary repository of baffling brevity.
Against a backdrop of turmoil and tumult, this journal has continued to be a place of creative refusal—a stubborn insistence on play, strangeness, and meaning-making that doesn’t ask permission. Dadakuku continues to be an outlet for the short, the weird, the liminal, and the unruly, especially in times when the world feels increasingly hostile to ambiguity and joy. Enjoy Volume 3 as the year-long work now begins on Vol 4!
313 pages, paperback, $17.00
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dadakuku 2
The second yearly print anthology of the online journal dadakuku, collecting all the works published online during 2024 combining the freedom and weirdness of Dada and surrealism with the minimal aesthetics of micropoetry. This second volume builds upon the work of the first one in representing the growing shared community of outsider verseplay. Featuring 622 verses, from 218 authors both new and established, there is no other series of poetry collections like this, offering continual bafflement, untertainment, and humorment. A beacon in a glut of self-important and serious verse, this collection brings back a sense of play and absurdity. Life is short and weird, poetry should be too. Includes an essay and foreword by petro c. k., and an introduction by Noah Berlatsky.
310 pages, paperback, $16.00
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dadakuku 1
The debut anthology of the journal dadakuku, collecting all the works published online during 2023 combining the freedom and weirdness of Dada and surrealism with the minimal aesthetics of micropoetry. Featuring 475 verses from 169 authors, the first year of dadakuku proved to capture many imaginations, and now it’s combined in a handy volume to capture yours. Includes a foreword and an essay by petro c. k., and an introduction by J. D. Nelson.
242 pages, paperback, $12.00
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Merch
Dadakuku has a merchandise store! Check out what’s available with designs based on the covers of the print anthology, as well as other related designs by petro c. k.
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