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POETS PUB YEAR END AWARDS

Okay Pubbers we really need your help on this one!!! We want our first ever POETS PUB YEAR END AWARDS to be a great success, but we can't to it without your help!!! We need nominations from you!

Here are the categories we need nominations for:

~~ Pubber of the Year ~~

~~ Poem of the Year ~~

~~ Poetry Book of the Year ~~

(All nominees must be members of the Pub)

You can find more about how to nominate someone down below.

A Friend's Greeting
By Edgar Guest

I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that you've been
always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.

I'd like to do the big things
and the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray out of your skies
and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things
that I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've stirred.

I'd like to give back the joy
that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need
I hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel
as rich as I, who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours
with you to lean upon.

I'm wishing at this Christmas time
that I could but repay
A portion of the gladness
that you've strewn along the way;
And could I have one wish this year,
this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem for our Holiday Challenge and..
Then tag another Pub Member in the comments of your poem
and challenge them to write a holiday poem!
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2020 YEAR END AWARDS –

For these awards we need your help with nominations.  (All nominees must be members of the Pub)

Poet of the Year Nominations:

1. Someone that has had a large presence at the Pub.

2. Someone that has shown kindness to other Pubbers, with a willingness to help, support and encourage fellow members.

3.  Someone that participates in most of the contests and challenges, votes and comments on submissions.

Poem of the Year Nominations:

These will be chosen out of the First Place Winners through out this year.  You can find all of the poems in our book 'The Winner Is...Poets Pub Contest Winners'.  ONLY THE POEMS POSTED FOR 2020 WILL BE ELIGBLE FOR THIS AWARD.

Poetry Book of the Year:

In an effort to help promote one another's work we thought it would be a great idea to help you all promote your own collected works.  For this award we would like all of you to nominate your own poetry books or those of your fellow Pubbers. 

1.  You many nominate your own poetry book for your own original poems.

2. You many nominate poetry books of other Pubbers, as long as they are original work of the poet and they are also members of the Pub.

3. PLEASE INCLUDE A LINK TO THE BOOK YOU ARE NOMINATING. 

NOMINATIONS WILL RUN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PUB IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE.

POET OF THE YEAR CONTEST –

Week three of our Poet of the Year contest is now finished.  We encourage all of our members to stop by and read, vote and comment on this year's submissions!! Let's show our fellow Pubbers some love!

The final week is now open for submissions.  This year's contest has been absolutely OUTSTANDING!!

Our annual Poet of the Year contest will begin November 15th and run through December 12th.  Only those members that have qualified by winning one of our contests throughout the year will be eligible to enter.  Check out our contest book for the list of the qualified poets.

HOLIDAY CHALLENGE –

We are going to be bringing you one final Challenge for the end of the year.  This will be our Holiday Challenge and it will begin on November 22 and run through the end of the year.  Our year in Holiday Challenge is going to be an opportunity for all Pubbers to share some HOLIDAY SPIRIT with each other.  We encourage EVERYONE to join in and share as many poems as possible!! Maybe we can even fill our Holiday Book by the end of the year!!

We challenge all Pub Members to write GIFT poems to other Pub members or to the Pub in general.  If you would like to tag or dedicate another member you can do so or it can remain anonymous.

1. Write a "GIFT" poem either, to another Pub member or, to the Pub in general.

2. The poem can be any style, form or length.

3.  You can submit as many poems as you like but only ONE PER DAY.

4. The poem can be dedicated to a specific Pub member, please let us know who, when you submit the poem. ONE dedication per poem please.

POEM-A-WEEK –

As an encouragement to all of our members that have joined in on the Poem-a-Week challenge I would like to invite all our Pub members to stop by and check out our Poem-A-Week challenge book, read some of the poems and leave a comment for those participating.

To participate in the challenge, all you need to do is create a book on your own profile or use one of your existing books, then let us know what book it is and start writing.  You can also send in your poems to include in our collection here.  Please PM us if you take on the challenge so we can add your name to the participants list and send you a link for the participant sticker.

2020 Poem-a-Week Participants

Musings by aMusedAndPoetic

Sillage by -Nynaeve

Weekly Whimsy by Anneshiningstar

Twenty-twenty's Poetic Bounty by most_bay

Concours by Schwethz

The Quantum Journal by MichaelTyger

Poetry Beans by undoubtedlymine

Pieces of Me by ShaunAllan

Pastel Paean by ImperfectPsychotic04

Narrow Feelings by SoulFarAway

Beautifully Mysterious by MysteriousDyrad

Genteel Reveries of an Outrié Poetess by MystresMyna

Rhyming Feelings by EmLover123

THAT SCHEME IN OUR MINDS by user42439792 (Mina)

That Orange Energy by gemkawiraa

Void of Morsels by AbhayDavid

Ragtag Poetry by NAGAdventures

Reverie by Gadralneure

A Paintbucket of Words by nubivagant_words

Words of Yesterday by Mysterywriter_007

To be a Poet by ElizabethAndersonJr

A geek's musings... by KrishnaVashisht

Roses and Thorns By wambuinjau_

Poetic Diversity! By General_Dyer

MUSINGS.. A collection of poetry By AayZuh

melancholy soul By AtypicalJello

A Poem For Each Thought By annahmbui

Written Feelings By EyvindrAstrophel

Tell Tales By pOetbysOuL

Lingering Thoughts By Cheryl325

Peaches n Brew's By Eerierosse

Autumn By PriscillaYiadom4

Poetry Book By RhysWatts

Please stop by and check out their books, show them some Poets Pub love!

IF I MISSED ANYONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST!

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Poem-a-Week Prompt
Week Forty-Nine Prompt
Write a poem about Santa's elves.
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Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

Sallie the goat escaped and Bella went in search for her. Upon her search, she heard voices and had to get a closer look. When Bella did, Ewell and his men kidnapped her and shoved her in the trunk with CG. Billy and 3Gun went after William at his warehouse in Tent City but came face to face with another battle. 3Gun asked William where CG was but that didn't end well with him. The battle ended with William being shot and two of his men. Sallie tried to get Jacob to play her games but he wasn't having it. When Josie saw her, she wanted to cry. Sallie spewed more lies towards the girl and Josie didnt think any of it was true. The pregnant woman said some things to Jacob that played with his fears. He knew that he needed to figure out a way to get her to leave BG.

Thank you for the Busted Gulch MysteriousDryad!

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write an acrostic poem using the word joy.
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November Contest/Founder's Challenge –

The Founder's Challenge's final is now closed, and we will be announcing a winner soon. 

December Challenge –

Our December Challenge is now open for submissions.  We are offering up 6 opportunities for you to share Christmas cheer!  Come on by to check it out, join in on the fun and invite your friends to participate as well!

A Message from NehpetsEnal -

I may not be in the years POTY but I'm still taking part by publishing my own parody, aptly named PARODY and would appreciate if you gave it a look, it's only for fun. ;0))) Take care Steve

The Year
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That's not been said a thousand times?

The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.

We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.

We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.

We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead.

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of the year.

Can you hear them folks?  Can you hear the jingle bells!!! Christmas lights are going up, trees are being decorated and little ones are writing their letters to Santa!! It is a time to spread joy to all with abandon!! Joy and cheer are absolutely free and infinite, share it with those around you, check on people you know and make sure they are okay, lend a helping hand, a kind word can change someone's day!! Embrace the spirit of giving and let it grow within you!!

And remember to keep those pens and keyboards flying!!

Cheers from you Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna

P.S. – Children's Poetry Corner by BB

Write a poem with your parents.  You write a line and then your mom and or dad writes a line.