Our February contest was a resounding success!! We would like to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone that participated by submitting poems, reading and commented.  As always, our judges took on the daunting task of deciding on winners and their decisions have been made. 

We present to you our February 2020 Contest Winners

1st Place – @MichaelTyger

2nd Place – most_bay

3rd Place – @orkneyman

Honorable Mention – @aMusedAndPoetic

Honorable Mention – @Schwethz

Congratulations to all our winners!!!

Sea Rose
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Rose, harsh rose,
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,

more precious
than a wet rose
single on a stem --
you are caught in the drift.

Stunted, with small leaf,
you are flung on the sand,
you are lifted
in the crisp sand
that drives in the wind.

Can the spice-rose
drip such acrid fragrance
hardened in a leaf?

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a free verse poem using at least 5 of the words below.

Marshmallow
Daisy
Pool
College
Dusty
Wagon
Rainbow
Sand
Time
Bubbles

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MARCH CONTEST –

Our March 2020 contest is open for submissions!!  The March contest is going to have a free-flowing musical flair! You can find all the details in our contest book!! I hope all of you will join in!!!

We have had AMAZING submissions so far!! I highly encourage you to go check them out, if you haven't yet!

FOUNDER'S CHALLENGE –

Our Founder's challenge is now closed.  Thank you to everyone who participated, read and commented.  We truly appreciate your gift of time.  We will be announcing the winners here in the Chatter next week!!

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 Ten Prompt – Write a free verse poem about cats and dogs.

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MARCH CHALLENGE –

Our March Challenge is open for submissions, this month our prompt is "A Fortune Cookie Comes True", of course you need to head on over and check out our contest book for the full details of this month's challenge.

We already have our first entry!!

A Fortune Cookie Comes True (lyttlejoe)

Come on by and give it a read you won't be sorry!! Then consider giving our challenge a try!

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!

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

Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 13:

William continued with his plans, working his men hard to get the warehouse done.  Simon reported in, and William told him to continue to snoop around for more information.  Then finishing his drink, William headed over to CG's office to talk to her, however found her in the arms of the Sheriff.  Myna is on the war path after she suspected Simon of scaring the twins.  She let 3Gun know of her suspicions about Simon.  Tiger went looking for Raven and Stray Dog in Tent City; after almost getting captured he ran to Hilary, Cole Boon's daughter.  Alexander and his boss are still on track with their plans to come and take Bella's horses.  Jacob decided he needed to come clean to Rue, however Rue was having none of it and fired him.  Buck was shot and taken by a group of men, they left Petra, with a note, knocked out on the ground.  Shadow and Brett found her; Brett went to tell Denver and Shadow followed Petra, who went to find Brandy.  We got more of Talulah Grey's story, but Denver was interrupted by a commotion on the boat.  Missy had collapsed; she was receiving an empathic message about Petra and her situation. 

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 February contest is now closed, thank you to everyone that participated.  We will be announcing our winner soon.

Also, we hope to bring you a new contest, check back here for details.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about a song that has had a major impact on your life.

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As free verse poetry grew in popularity, it was met with some resistance and controversy.  Two camps began to form, those of the traditional forms of poetry and those who embraced this newfound poetic liberty.  Traditionalist like Robert Frost, felt that free verse was like "playing tennis with the net down."  Conversely, proponents of free verse felt that the form was liberating, allowing them to shed the "shackles" of meter, rhyme and traditional poetic rules affording them creative freedom. 

The "New Formalists" movement rallied to uphold the traditional forms of poetry, citing that long held structured rules of poetry were essential in creating emotionally engaging and musical poetry.  They felt that the systematic rules of traditionally structured poetry encouraged poets to move past the obvious and find creative ways to use words and themes.

However, other poets argued that free verse gave them the ultimate freedom to create, allowing them to leave behind archaic language and rules.  While others, like T. S. Eliot, felt that poetry should not be classified either way, ultimately embracing and mingling all forms of poetry.

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Double Mega Poetry Challenge –
Write 2 free verse lines in the comments below
and then add two lines to someone else's comment.

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Well, that is all I've got for you this week.  I hope everyone has a super-duper week ahead and remember to keep those pens and keyboards flying.

Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna