Sound the trumpets and give us a drum-roll!!

Join us in

CONGRATULATING OUR JUNE CONTEST WINNERS!!

1st Place - @mayastra

2nd Place - @Schwethz

3rd Place - @AwSprite

Honorable Mention - @crazyp01

Honorable Mention – @MichaelTyger

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED!!!!
YOU HELPED BRING SO MUCH JOY AND SILLINESS TO THE PUB!!

CROSSOVER CONTEST
between the
Poets Pub
storytellers-saloon
flash-fiction-forum
IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

It will be a three-part contest with each site hosting one leg of the contest.  There will be a set of basic rules that will apply overall, but each site will have a prompt that is unique to that site.

A poem for the Poets Pub

A short story for the Storytellers-Saloon

A flash fiction story for the Flash-Fiction-Forum

All of the prompts will be based on a selection of Brothers Grimm Fairytales.

We will be using the same book cover on all three of the sites to help you find the contest easier.

There will be a winner for each site, chosen by YOU.  We will also have an overall winner, but to be eligible for the overall winner you MUST participate in all three parts of the contest.

This contest will be open, on all three sites, on July 12, 2020 and will be accepting submissions through August 15, (five (5) weeks).

Invite all your friends and followers to join in!!!

AWARDS TO BE GIVEN:

Reader's Choice Awards (chosen for each site)
1st - 3rd place will receive a sticker associated with the site.
Shout-out in Chatter and on all three sites.

Over-All Winners: (chosen from those that entered all three contests)
1st-3rd place will receive a sticker
Shout-Out in Chatter and all three sites
Shout-Out on social media accounts
1st Place will receive a certificate.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem a personification poem about your favorite snack food.

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JULY CONTEST –

Our July 2020 contest has been AMAZING SO FAR.  Our second prompt will be open for submissions NEXT WEEK!!  We already have some fantastic poems, please come by and read them, get inspired and then send in your own submission.

Our July contest features Mythology!! The mythology of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings and more will be open for your creative juices to latch on to and explore in verse.  Check our contest book for full details!

GRIMM TALES REDUX –

This is the prompt for the Pub's part of the crossover contest

Choose any character from two (2) different Gimm Tales below (i.e. Rapunzel and The Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood) and write an ACROSTIC poem using their two names to write about a tea party in the Brothers Grimm world. PLEASE HEAD ON OVER TO THE CONTEST BOOK FOR FULL DETAILS!!

You must use two of the stories listed here:

Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Tom Thumb
Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose)
Snow-white
Rumpelstiltskin

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

To Be a Poet by ElizabethAndersonJr

Words of Yesterday by Mysterywriter_007

To be a Poet by ElizabethAndersonJr

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 Twenty-Eight Prompt
Write a poem about a having lunch with Zeus.

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storytellers-saloon

MAY CHALLENGE –

We won't have a new Write The Story prompt for you this month, however we are thrilled to be apart of the CROSSOVER CONTEST
GRIM TALES REDUX

We will be accepting submissions for the crossover starting next Sunday, July 12th.  We invite all of you to join in the fun! If you know anyone who would be interested in this challenge, then send them on over to the Saloon.

Storytellers-Saloon Prompt

You must use two of the stories listed here:

Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Tom Thumb
Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose)
Snow-white
Rumpelstiltskin

It is a Fairytale Mash-up pick any of the two stories above, and mash them up into one story. You must include the following words in your story:

fireplace
sword
grove
stoke
underbrush
mourn
seven
friendship
cardboard
giver

Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

Reagan was finally killed but not before he injured Brandy. Colton picked her up and took her to some place Jacob and Bruce couldn't go. Jacob did try to go with Colton, to keep his promise, but Colton refused. While Myna and Lorne took time off, AJ, Loren, and Gyn ran the café in Myna's absence. After some time passed to mourn Uncle Bubba's death, the married couple got back to work. And the latest edition of the Golden Pillars is out, with great articles on all the happenings in Busted Gulch.

Thank you MysteriousDryad for another great update!!

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about the sound of an alarm clock.

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flash-fiction-forum

JUNE CONTEST –

The winner of the June contest is

@nubivagant_words

All of the submissions were excellent, and it was hard to choose just one.

GRIMM TALES REDUX -

Please join us for our next contest!! A CROSSOVER CONTEST, with the Poets Pub and Storytellers-Saloon!  Submissions for the GRIM TALES REDUX, will be open on Sunday, July 12th.  The contest will run for 5 weeks!! Please check out our contest book for full details!! Oh, invite all of your friends and followers to join in as well!

Flash Fiction Forum Prompt:
The hero/heroine in one of the tales writes a journal entry in their darkest hour.
What does it say?

You must use one of the stories listed here:

Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Tom Thumb
Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose)
Snow-white
Rumpelstiltskin

SOCIAL MEDIA –

POETS PUB -

We encourage everyone to like/follow us, it will help you to stay in the loop.

Poets Pub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poets_pub/

Poets Pub Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/Poets-Pub

Poets Pub Twitter: https://twitter.com/pub_poets

STORYTELLERS-SALOON –

Storytellers-saloon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Storytellers-Saloon-1106601872685988/

Storytellers-saloon Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/storytellerssaloon/

We have an extra poem from last month's contest from @MichaelTyger, enjoy...

The Plan
MichaelTyger

Shaking his little mousey head
"No! No! No Tom!" Jerry said.
"Wait until she has the cheese
and I run under her knees
We can share what she spills once she's in bed."

Personification is used everyday and all around us.  "Mother Nature" and "Father Time" are two common examples of personification.  Attributing human qualities to non-human "things" allows us to not only describe these things in a more relatable fashion, it gives humans the ability to quantify the affects and effects of events that are out of our control.  

We experience a terrible storm, hurricane, or tornado, we say "Mother Nature" can be harsh.  We experience a beautiful relaxing Spring day, birds chirping, flowers blooming, the sun warming, we say "Mother Nature" can be loving.  "Loving and harsh" are both attributes we can apply to "mother" or "nature" but they bring to the forefront of our minds the same emotional response and gives us a basis to understand the "inanimate" through our experiences with the "animate". 

In terms of poetry this opens a huge wealth of possibilities.  The use of personification in poetry is literally infinite! I challenge you to take a few moments to look around you and find the most mundane objects and see how you can use them in a personification poem.

She sweeps with many-colored Brooms
By Emily Dickinson

She sweeps with many-colored Brooms —
And leaves the Shreds behind —
Oh Housewife in the Evening West —
Come back, and dust the Pond!

You dropped a Purple Ravelling in —
You dropped an Amber thread —
And how you've littered all the East
With duds of Emerald!

And still, she plies her spotted Brooms,
And still the Aprons fly,
Till Brooms fade softly into stars —
And then I come away —

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Double Mega Poetry Challenge
In the comments below
write a four-line PERSONIFICATION poem
about the first thing you see to your left.

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Here are last week's
Double Mega Poetry Challenge Submissions
In the comments below write a four-line PERSONIFICATION poem about the Poets Pub.
and
In the comments below, write another limerick verse for the "Man from Nantucket" saga.

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Schwethz

Poetspub is a queen having high significance,
And out of all people, I love to be with her.
Highness makes my life to go on an adventurous ride with words,
As she is always ready to solve the mystery behind my poetic mind.

lyttlejoe

Our weary old man from Nantucket
Placed all his cash in the bucket
But such was his fate
The weight was too great
So, he hired a fellow to truck it

I hope everyone has an AMAZING WEEK!! Stay cool and keep those pens and keyboards flying!

Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna

P.S. – Children's Poetry Corner by BB

Write a personification poem about your favorite toy.