Diary of a Mad Editor

Hi j.,

You just sent me four(4) letters of rejection, using the exact
same words and phrasings.

I would think that anyone dealing with poetry would have
more than ringy-ding verse at his disposal.

Perhaps a better familiarity with the language might help!

—huey—

Well, far be it for me to challenge a guy who is unembarrassed to call himself “Huey”, but who the hell does this guy think he is?

Yes, I rejected his work. Yes, I deliberately sent four identical form rejection replies to four individual poems. Why did I reject his work? Easy. His poems were quite odious, each one worse than the last. Why did I choose a form rejection as opposed to something more personal and constructive? I didn’t feel that “Huey” would appreciate the effort and preferred to use my time more wisely. Why did I send four individual copies of the same rejection note? “Huey” had sent four individual emails. Now, I would normally send one blanket rejection to cover all of the poems (the last time “Huey” had submitted 10 poems in 10 individual emails and I certainly wasn’t going to reply ten times), but I figured sending him four copies of the same rejection was the surest way to rid myself of him.

So far, so good!