Hello Friends, New and Old!!

We Welcome You to this Week's Edition of the Pub Chatter!!!

Let's start this week off with a Mini-Challenge!!! In the comments below leave ONE (at a time) Kenning and let's see if people can guess what you are talking about!

Thorkild's Song
Rudyard Kipling

There's no wind along these seas,
Out oars for Stavanger!
Forward all for Stavanger!
So we must wake the white-ash breeze.
Let fall for Stavanger!
A long pull for Stavanger!

Oh, hear the benches creak and strain!
(A long pull for Stavanger!)
She thinks she smells the Northland rain!
(A long pull for Stavanger !)

She thinks she smells the Northland snow,
And she's as glad as we to go.

She thinks she smells the Northland rime,
And the dear dark nights of winter-time.

She wants to be at her own home pier,
To shift her sails and standing gear.

She wants to be in her winter-shed,
To strip herself and go to bed.

Her very bolts are sick for shore,
And we—we want it ten times more!

So all you Gods that love brave men,
Send us a three-reef gale again!

Send us a gale, and watch us come,
With closecropped canvas slashing home!

But—there's no wind on all these seas,
A long pull for Stavanger!
So we must wake the white-ash breeze,
A long pull for Stavanger!

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Random Poetry Prompt – Write a poem about a random act of kindness.

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FEBRUARY CONTEST –

The 2nd prompt of our February contest opened for submissions.  Our theme for the month of February is Humans Loving Humans.  Our first prompt is to write a love poem to all the people of the world.  Our second prompt is to write a Kenninng poem describing the word LOVE.  See our contest book for full details.

FOUNDER'S CHALLENGE –

Our Founder's Challenge is open for submissions!! It is a beautifully simple challenge and it is open to all members.  We encourage everyone to jump in and participate.

POEM-A-WEEK –

To participate 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

Poems & Writings inspired by Webster's Dictionary by aMusedAndPoetic

Sillage by -Nynaeve

Weekly Whimsy by Anneshiningstar

Poem A Week - 2020 by most_bay

Concours by Schwethz

The Quantum Journal by MichaelTyger

Poetry Beans by undoubtedlymine

Pieces of Me by ShaunAllan

Pastel Paean by ImperfectPsychotic04

Nature Poems by Lexigreats

Narrow Feelings by SoulFarAway

Beautifully Mysterious by MysteriousDyrad

Genteel Reveries of an Outrié Poetess by MystresMyna

Rhyming Feelings by EmLover123

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 Seven Prompt – Write a kenning poem about Cupid.

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If you haven't read any of our Write the Story entries yet, I would highly recommend that you take a moment to check them out!!  Then consider send us your entry as well!! If you know anyone that might be interested in this challenge, please, don't hesitate to pass on the information.

Every month I will be posting a new short story writing prompt along with several words to use in the story.  The stories will completely vary in genres.  Please check out our contest book for full details!

We hope too that you'll join us this month for ... A Suspected Affair.

We have two entries so far:

A Suspected Affair by lyttlejoe
Don't Eat the Mango Chutney by MystresMyna

Come on by and support our participants, read, vote, comment and then consider sending in your own entry!!

Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 13:

Bella and Brody enjoyed the Gala exchanging gifts; Bella admitting that this was her best Christmas ever.  Jacob went back to the Gala and danced a bit longer with several ladies.  He had a chat with a young lady named Mary Sue, she invited him to spend the night with her, he declined.  However, when he got back to the hotel and found out that Rue had gone to the Tent City with Billy, he proceeded to get drunk and made his way to Mary Sue's room.  Denver, though enjoying the Gala, turned back to Talulah Grey, and how she became the woman she was.  Bishop DoRito made it to town with gifts for the kids but he had some trouble getting there.  A mysterious man named Slim helped the Bishop and ended up leaving 8 goats, as a gift for the town of Busted Gulch.  3Gun was still feeling uneasy about this person Land and whatever he is doing out west of town.  He asked Buck to do some nosing around and see what he could find out.  Not only is this person, Land, related to CG but rumor has it that "Land and Denver are cozy".  Bruce is still trying to process the fact that Lou is gone and that he is now married to Brandy.  Brandy returned to the house in Tent City, in a bit of a panic, asking about Bruce's twin.  There may be trouble brewing.  Jacob was late for his first day of work with Petra, Petra was not pleased.  She picked up on the fact that he had not only gotten drunk after the Gala but had spent the night with someone.  Petra tried to convince Jacob to have a talk with Billy, to find out what really happened.

If you want to find out what's next, head on over to The Storytellers Saloon and check out Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 13!!  Don't forget to add it to your reading list, new chapters are posted daily!

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Our first competition for 2020 is now up and running. The theme for February 2020 is, of course, Love.

We are looking for your little love stories. There is a 300-word limit to tell your story, but you can make as many submissions as you want. And let's see some originality. Love takes many forms and I know there are many stories floating around in those creative minds. So put these stories down and send them in.

We have 9 entries!!! Thank you!!!  Please stop by and show them your support and consider sending in an entry of your own!!

Made To Last – Ruechari
To Love Again – Ruechari
The Visit - lyttlejoe
To Back There – naomimrshl
Perpetual Love - Schwethz
two blue lines SoulFarAway
My Masterpiece - Ruechari
Reverie – lyttlejoe
My Book Lover - Ruechari

PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

FROM @orkneyman

In honour of the month of Love, I would like to extend an invitation to read my book "Love in all its Colours"

Because poetry is meant to be a layered-cake and a mask-of-many-face, the use of kennings in word-dancing is a natural fit.  The kenning is another nail-mover in the poet's tool-pouch.  Average everyday words can become so much more when they are turned into a kenning.  The Norse poetry was littered with these brilliant turns of phrase:

"Frozen road"—ice-covered river.

"Green clearing"—shaman's gathering place.

"Northern kiss"—cold wind.

"River-bone"—rock.

"Ship of night"—the moon.

"Sky's black cloak"—nightfall.

"Swan-road"—the sea.

"Thor's laughter"—thunder.

"Whale-way"—the sea.

Here is an excerpt from THE RIDDLES OF KING HEITHREK

GESTUMBLINDI said:
"That would I have which I had yesterday;
heed what I had:
men's hamperer, word's hinderer,
and speeder of speech.
Aright read now this riddle, Heithrek!"

HEITHREK said:
"Good is thy riddle, Gestumblindi,
and guessed it is:
give him ale! That hampers many a man's wits; by it, some become talkative, but other men's wits are mazed."

(I encourage you to look up the full text of this poem, it has some amazing examples of kennings.)

This is but one example of how the Norse poets incorporated kennings into their writings.

The modern-day Kenning poem has exercised the kenning from its surrounding verbiage and condensed it into its purest form, using only kennings to present the poet's thoughts and ideas.

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Double Mega Poetry Challenge – Write a Kenning Poem as a riddle and send it in to be included in our With Style Poetry Collection.

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Well Ladies and Gents, that is all I have for you this week!! I hope everyone has a super-fantastic week! Remember to keep those pens and keyboards flying!!

Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna