Kala Ramesh is well known all over the world, but especially for her work in her home country of India. I first ‘met’ her on the Internet almost two decades ago, and we have been friends since. Her work has been published in many journals, and she has been a speaker at many haiku conferences and gatherings. Besides being a wonderful poet she is an energetic and positive supporter of haiku in all its forms, and of other poets. Thank you Kala!!!

Kala has also premiered recently this video, which is a collaboration with Masood Hussain! Give it a listen!

Well, they got me into this, and I enjoyed it immensely! Got some things out of me I don’t think many folks have heard before. Enjoy!

A HUGE thank you to Susan Burch for being the ‘guest’ Failed Editor for this issue, AND for allowing us to showcare Kyoka with some of the best practitioners. Thanks to everyone who submitted their work to this issue!!!!

http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue63.pdf

I also want to point you all the Failed Haiku YouTube site for interviews with Ron C. Moss, Susan Antolin, and Roberta Beary. We will be doing more interviews, many more reviews of books, as well as reading from our monthly submitters work. PLEASE Subscribe to our channel!

Bryan Rickert and Michael Rehling (both Failed Editors)

Ron and I are friends, and we have known each other for over two decades. He lives in Tasmania, Australia, and is a successful practitioner of haiku, senryu, haiga, linked verse. He is a wonderful person.

Listen and learn and enjoy!!!

Mike Rehling

I had the honor of Interviewing Susan Antolin, current editor of Acorn Haiku Journal, one of my favorite poets/editors. Her many kindnesses and encouragement to others are truly admirable. Please take the time to listen to her talk with me about her own haiku journey. Enjoy.

Mike Rehling interviews Roberta Beary haiku poet and haibun editor for Modern Haiku. Wide-ranging you will learn her views on the form and all facets including haiku senryu, haiga, and haibun. She is also the Haiku Ambassador for The Haiku Foundation. Currently, she lives with her husband in Ireland. Roberta has published two books, one ‘The Unworn Necklace’ is in its fifth printing, and ‘Deflection’ a very personal collection available from Accent. She has also worked with two other established poet/editors Kala Ramesh and Ellen Compton to put out an anthology titled ‘Wishbone Moon’. She has also been a ‘guest editor’ of Failed Haiku in the Haibun issues. See her work on Twitter daily under the handle @shortpoemz. You can buy her book ‘The Unworn Necklace” here: https://robertabeary.com/book/the-unw…​ Her book Deflection can be purchased at Accents: https://robertabeary.com/book/deflect…​ Thanks, Roberta for spending time with us! Mike Rehling

This issue has over 200 pages of haiga, haibun, senryu, linked verse, and kyoka. There are so many good poems here that I would just suggest you sit down and read at your pleasure.

http://haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue62.pdf

HOLD your submissions for next month as we have a Guest Editor!

Also, please NOTE THAT WE NO LONGER ACCEPT WORD DOCUMENTS. Their added code is not transferable so please send us ‘plain text’ if at all possible.

Bryan and Mike ‘Failed Editors’