1. My Internet is back, although up and down. They ‘say’ that by the end of August they should have it ‘upgraded’ and ‘sorted’. They sound sincere, and at least now the interruptions are shorter in duration. I live in the woods, and this minor issue won’t change my love for the location. Thank you all for being understanding.
2. I love editing Failed Haiku. The poets that submit make me happy. I will continue to do it. The current format will remain through the end of the year. Then, I will ‘give this old dog a new collar’. No announcements yet, I just want everyone to keep me busy for the next few months, and then I will let you know what the future holds.
3. We accept, willingly and happily, PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK.  Please send me the ‘good shit’ that you have written, regardless of it appearing somewhere else prior. I have never understood the prohibition on work that has appeared in another journal, on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever. I am happy to give your contest winner, your editor’s choice poem, or work from print or online journals another home. We do not publish attributions (just too much hassle), but it is YOUR poem, so please feel free to share it. No need to tell me about prior publication though, since it has no impact on my selections.
4. People sometimes ask what I am looking for, and the answer is:  good poems! The niche we have chosen is:  ALL OF THEM!!! If you have something ‘senryuish’ that does not ‘fit’ somewhere else, send it in and give it a try! No one should consider this a slam at other editors, since every journal has to find it’s own way, and editors are only obligated to make clear what they are looking for, mine is a very open mind.

Peace

Mike

Poets, yeggs, and thirsties!!! If you are ready to ‘binge read senryu’, then this issue will fill you to the BRIM!

We have:

A short article by Anita Virgil!

A video of haiga by Alexis Rotella!

Almost 170 pages of sernyuish poems!

and last, but NOT least: THE RESULTS OF H. GENE MURTHA SENRYU CONTEST!

http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue19.pdf

My Internet is back, and I am ‘almost’ caught up!!! Reading and getting back to everyone in the next two days is the goal. Many of you already have your responses. Been reading all day and getting tired right now, and I NEVER read other people’s work when I am exhausted!

Will be back on the case tomorrow morning!

We WILL publish on time!!!

Some really great work coming in, and I am stoked to be reading your work!

Peace

Mike

My Internet provider is not providing the Internet to me with any regularity. Since I am a thirty minute drive from the ‘real world’ where the Internet is freely available and reliable I am having to ‘make do’.

For this reason I am behind any reading for the last three weeks, and will be imposing a HARD DEADLINE for submissions this month of:  June 25th at Midnight Eastern Daylight Time. We WILL publish on time, as usual, but I just need to have time to review everything.

Sorry for the delay folks, but I do ‘everything’ in the cloud, and have for years, so we just are where we are for now. For the record my provider ‘says’ they are ‘enhancing’ our system and it will be stable soon. 🙂

Some wonderful work coming in, and I thank you all for being understanding!

Peace

Mike

Folks,

Steve Hodge, editor of Prune Juice Journal, and I, have completed the judging for the contest! The the three prize winners have been sent email notifications! The poems will be published in the July 1 issues of PJ and FH.

This year, we decided to change things up a bit, and will be publishing the ENTIRE short list from the contest. There are four or five dozen poems on the ‘short list’, and we will include them when we release the results. In the next forty eight hours I will get the emails out to everyone, but since we judged this ‘blind’ I have to do a lot of back and forth to get the names attached to the poems correctly.

We just thought there were so many great senryu on the list that it did not seem fair to not acknowledge the work of those poets as well.

We want to thank EVERYONE who submitted, but you did make it tough on us to pick the winners. Some wonderful poets, and Gene would be very happy that all of you are carrying on the form that he loved so much.

Steve Hodge and Mike Rehling

Folks, I lost my Internet last week, and won’t have it back until the middle of next week. We live in a wonderland of nature, but not much technology (which is good sometimes), so just be patient with submissions and I will get caught up as quick as I can.

So sorry, but this happens every once in a while.

Peace

Mike

We have another new issue!

www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue18.pdf

Check it out and especially give yourself the treat of watching the Haiga Video by Carol Raisfeld!!!

Folks, submissions for the H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest will close at Midnight tonight, Eastern Daylight Time. We have a record crop of submissions, and judging will commence tomorrow. Thanks to ALL who have submitted!

http://www.haikuhut.com/H.GeneMurthaMemorialSenryuContest.pdf

Check out the link and get your submission ready!!!

Mike AND Steve

It is  time!!!