!!!!!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!!!!

The Poets Pub would like to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to all the moms and grandmas out there!!

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Message from MysteriousDryad

It's been a year or two since I joined PoetsPub as a beginning poet. Most_bay introduced me it too when I was a begging poet and well, here I am.
Never did think I would be joining a community like this but I'm glad I did.

I'm so grateful to be apart of this community of Poets. I've learned so much from it and met so many amazing poets as well. I'm also grateful to be celebrating the 5th anniversary with everyone here. It's a huge honor to be apart of it and to be surrounded by magnificent poets.

As I continue to slowly grow in this art that we all share, I want to also celebrate all the poems every poet has written! Each poem is filled with such outstanding beauty, I could never compare too! It's an absolute pleasure to be apart of a community where poets grow daily! And while I have not been here long, I couldn't imagine another home away from home!!

For the rest of the month, let's join our virtual hands together and celebrate as one big happy community! Let's remember our home away from home, our safe haven! Let's remember PoetsPub for as long as we live and let it forever grow as Bill and Myna continue to run this site!

Thank you everyone for making PoetsPub what it is today! Without members like you, it wouldn't be PoetsPub!

Happy 5th anniversary PoetsPub and here to many years forward!!!

APRIL CONTEST WINNERS

After much consideration our judges have come to their decision. It was not easy by any means, and that is just how we like it!! The poems you sent in for the April contest were some of the most poignant and heartfelt poems we have ever had!! It is just more evidence that the members of the Poets Pub are not only stellar poets but amazing people!! Thank you to each and everyone of you!!

1st Place - @aMusedAndPoetic

2nd Place - kpmoulton

3rd Place - @ifana8

Honorable Mention - @ImperfectPsychotic04

Honorable Mention - @Hobilovessprite_

"The Builders"
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.

Nothing useless is, or low;
Each thing in its place is best;
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest.

For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filled;
Our to-days and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build.

Truly shape and fashion these;
Leave no yawning gaps between;
Think not, because no man sees,
Such things will remain unseen.

In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the Gods see everywhere.

Let us do our work as well,
Both the unseen and the seen;
Make the house, where Gods may dwell,
Beautiful, entire, and clean.

Else our lives are incomplete,
Standing in these walls of Time,
Broken stairways, where the feet
Stumble as they seek to climb.

Build to-day, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;
And ascending and secure
Shall to-morrow find its place.

Thus alone can we attain
To those turrets, where the eye
Sees the world as one vast plain,
And one boundless reach of sky.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about where you think you will be in ten years.

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PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT -

We are thrilled to announce our very own Ruechari now has her book "A Reluctant Angel" up for sale as an Ebook on booknet.com.  Congratulations Ruechari!!!!

"A Reluctant Angel"

Progressive Properties is aggressively taking over where small neighborhoods once flourished. Now Angelique's Shelter, St. Gabriel's, is under attack. Who shows up at her door to deliver the news? John McDougal, now a prominent property attorney, and once love of her life, who broke her heart into a million pieces.

John never meant to hurt Angelique. Hiding from a past filled with pain, John did what was necessary to protect those he loved, a decision that left him utterly alone, but now he hopes to save the one he let get away.

Angelique is in danger of losing the shelter, forever, but something bigger underlies these events and those closest to Angelique are in danger. A stranger has come to reveal a secret about Angelique's past. To save those she loves she must remember who she is.

https://booknet.com/en/book/a-reluctant-angel-b226624

MAY CONTEST –

Our May contest is open for submissions.  This month's theme is "FORWARD TO THE FUTURE"!!  We spent last month looking at our past and remembering out history, I think it is only fair that we take some time to look forward to the future!! Check out this month's contest book for all the details! Our second prompt will be open for submissions next Sunday, May 17th.

POETS PUB 5TH ANNIVERSARY –

May is the Pub's 5th Anniversary!!! It wouldn't be an anniversary celebration without a 5th Anniversary Collection. We have over 6000 members and we would like to challenge all of you to fill this collection!! We will be promoting our 5th Anniversary collection throughout the rest of the year, so be on the look out for extra challenges going forward!

5TH ANNIVERSAY "VIRTURAL" BLOCK PARTY –

As a part of our Anniversary celebrations we are going to be throwing a "virtual" month long block party!!! All members are invited and encouraged to participate. 

BLOCK PARTY CHALLENGE #1 – This week we want you to send in your favorite memories from the last 5 years.  This can be in poetic or prose form!!

BLOCK PARTY CHALLENGE #2 – Send in a poem about another Pub member that has inspired you and we will dedicate it to them.

Our ongoing challenge, we would like to ask ALL OF PUB MEMBERS to send in a poem to be included in this collection.  It should be a poem that represents you as a poet. 

FOUNDER'S CHALLENGE #2 –

Our second Founder's Challenge is in full swing!! For this second challenge we want to know how you like to ESCAPE.  How or where do you find time to refuel or recharge?  Do you have a special place, physical or mental, that brings you peace and allows you to seek out inspiration? Check out the challenge book for all the details.  You still have some time to get your poems in for this challenge, we will be accepting submissions until May 17th.

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

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

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

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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**NOTE: The last couple of weeks I had the "week number" wrong. 
I have gone back and fixed it, I apologize for the confusion.**

Poem-a-Week Prompt
Week Nineteen Prompt
Write a Cinquain about the Poets Pub.

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SOCIAL MEDIA –

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MAY CHALLENGE –

The May content is open and eagerly awaiting your submissions.  This month's prompt is, "On the Campaign Trail". You have the last two weeks of April and the entire month of May to get your stories in!

You would have to head over to the contest book to get the full details of this month's challenge.

We have received two entries so far by @lyttlejoe with "Stumping" and @ifana8 with "Campaign for Nature". Grab those pens, or pencils, and get writing Pubbers! Let's get those stories in!

If you haven't read any of the Write The Story submissions, I highly recommend you take a moment to check them out! Maybe even join in as well. If you know anyone who would be interested in this challenge, then send them on over to the Saloon.

Every month there will be a new contest posted along with a couple words to use in your story. The stories will completely vary in genres. Check out the contest book for more details!

Come on by and support your fellow Pubbers by reading, voting, and commenting, and then consider joining in as well!!

Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 14:

Bella went to go meditate at the waterfall and let her mind and soul be clean and clear. She experienced freedom from her past and was happy. Brody went to Rue to see why everyone has gone missing but the answers he got weren't ones he liked to much. Everything was happening across county lines so he couldn't do anything to help.

If you want to find out what happens next, head over to the Saloon and check it out for yourself! New chapters are posted daily, so don't forget to add it to your reading list!

Thank you MysteriousDryad for another great update!!

flash-fiction-forum

For the month of April, we are all gonna play the fool. We are asking everyone to send in your fav funny little story, poem, anecdote, sayings, jokes .... anything at all, that will give a laugh, a chuckle, or even a smile.

April is April's Foolishness month at the FFF and with respect to what is happening in the world, we feel we could all use a laugh. So, pop over to the FFF and become part of the April Foolishness.

You can send in something new every day. Come on Pubbers. Pop over to your sister/brother/undisclosed site and share a laugh with everyone.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem using all the following words: hope, future, science, invention, and destiny.

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The Cinquain form has been experimented with greatly.  Adelaide Crapsey original form lends well to gentle variations and there are many.  Here are some of the most noteworthy syllabic forms:

Reverse Cinquain: This form consists of one 5-line stanza in a  pattern of two, eight, six, four, two.

Mirror Cinquain: This form has two 5-line stanzas consisting of a cinquain followed by a reverse cinquain.

Butterfly Cinquain: This is a nine-line syllabic form with the pattern two, four, six, eight, two, eight, six, four, two.

Crown Cinquain: This is a sequence of five cinquain stanzas functioning to construct one larger poem.

Garland Cinquain: This is a series of six cinquains in which the last one is formed of lines from the preceding five, typically line one from stanza one, line two from stanza two, and so on.

Other accepted forms of the Cinquain are word counts and parts of speech.

Words Counts:
Line 1- one word
Line 2- two words
Line 3- three words
Line 4- four words
Line 5- one word

Example -
Make a Wish
By MystresMyna

Stars
Boldly dance
Silver lacy light
Falling from the sky
Silence

Parts of Speech:
Line 1- one noun
Line 2- two adjectives
Line 3- three -ing words
Line 4- a phrase
Line 5- another word for the noun from line 1

Example -
Flower Time
By MystresMyna

Flora
Colorful, winsome
Charming, exciting, inviting
Beauty, to be sipped slowly.
Garden

The Cinquain encompasses many parts of the poetic creative process and can be made simple enough that it would be a great introduction for those new to poetry, (words per line/parts of speech) and then be adapted for more seasoned poets (iambic meter/syllable count).

Continued Next Week...

Last Week's Double Mega Poetry Challenge
Leave a SEVEN-WORD poem in the comments below that describes the Poets Pub!!

Schwethz

Bustling,
Cosmopolitan.

Friendly,
Majestic.

Captivate,
Enlivening;

Word-fisher!

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aMusedAndPoetic

Wonderful writers
Astonishing club
Hail the PoetsPub

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NehpetsEnal

I Am Five

I
Am
Many
Faces
I'm
Valued
Everywhere

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ifana8

Peaceful
Open
Ever-loving
Tolerating

Pub
United
Bards

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lyttlejoe

Members great
Happy lot
PoetsPub
Welcome spot

Thank you all for your wonderful mini-poems!!

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Double Mega Poetry Challenge
Tag a Pub Member down in the comments and let them know how they have inspired you with their poetry.

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Well dear friends, this brings us to the end of another Chatter!! I hope everyone has a super-duper week ahead!! I pray you all stay safe and well.   And remember to keep those pens and keyboards flying!!

Cheers from you Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna

P.S. – Children's Poetry Corner