WELCOME TO THE PUB-VERSE

Welcome to November!!! I hope everyone had a Spooktacular Halloween!

We have come to the end of our 5th Annual Biggest Competition Ever

and we want to send out a huge;

YOU ALL MADE THIS YEAR'S BCE THE BEST YET

The quality of the poems was exceptional, our judges really agonized over some of their decisions.  Bill, Dryad and I want to personally thank all of you who participated in anyway.  As we close out this year's BCE we are thrilled to present to your our week 7 winners.

We have the WINNERS for WEEK SEVEN for you....

THE BIGGEST COMPETITION EVER 2020.....

********** 1st Place **********

@AwSprite with Seeking Sunrise

********** 2nd Place **********

@orkneyman with Mourning Dreams

********** 3rd Place **********

@MichaelTyger with Eight Ball

***** Honorable Mention *****

@AayZuh with CATCHING THE SPARKLES

***** Honorable Mention *****

@aMusedAndPoetic with Dream Big

BRAVO AND CONGRATULATIONS to our winners and a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone that participated!!

WEEK EIGHT is going to be a READER'S CHOICE week.  All of you will be voting for the winner of week EIGHT.  Submissions will close for week EIGHT on October 31st at midnight MST.  Voting will start on November 1st and run for ONE WEEK!!

HOW TO VOTE:

1. You must be a Pub Member to be eligible to vote.

2. To vote, choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, place and two (2) Honorable Mentions. 

3.  Send your votes to the PoetsPub in a Direct Message (DM).

4.  All votes must be received by Saturday, November 7th by 12 midnight MST.

5. Note: Please remember to check to make sure that the author has answered the comments on their poem.

Autumn Fires
By Robert Louis Stevenson

In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a haiku about fall.
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5TH ANNUAL BIGGEST COMPETITON EVER (BCE) –

We have come to the end of this year's Biggest Competition Ever.  Now we ask all of you to help choose the winner of week eight; below is how it will work:

WEEK EIGHT is going to be a READER'S CHOICE week.  All of you will be voting for the winner of week EIGHT.  Voting starts today, November 1st and runs for ONE WEEK!!

HOW TO VOTE:

1. You must be a Pub Member to be eligible to vote.

2. To vote, choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, place and two (2) Honorable Mentions. 

3.  Send your votes to the PoetsPub in a Direct Message (DM).

4.  All votes must be received by Saturday, November 7th by 12 midnight MST.

5. Note: Please remember to check to make sure that the author has answered the comments on their poem.

POET OF THE YEAR CONTEST –

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.  Here is the list of qualified participates as of today's date:

2020 Poet of the Year Participants

aMusedAndPoetic

AwSprite

Caffeine_Dreams

fender_bender2020

Gadralneure

Gwenda5 *(4 wins)

ImperfectPsychotic04

lyttlejoe *(3 wins)

Mayastra

MichaelTyger *(2 wins)

naomimrshl

-Nynaeve *(2 wins)

Orkneyman

*Those poets with an asterisk have more than one win and will be eligible to enter more poems during the contest.

NOTE: This is NOT the final list and is subject to change.

FOUNDER'S CHALLENGE –

We will be posting another Founder's Challenge soon as well as a Year End Collection. 

We do have some other year end contests and awards planned so stay tuned for more information.

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

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-Four Prompt

Write a poem about the life of a single snowflake.

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Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

William went to the café and said a few words to Myna but it left suspicions in her mind. He also offered his services with the LB but the Mayor refused. William told Lorne that his men are available whenever they are needed, but he would be out of town himself.

Thank you for another amazing update MysteriousDryad

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about the first snow fall.
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October Contest –

Our October contest is now closed, and it is up to you to help decide our winner!! Come on by and let us know what you think.  Check out our contest book for all the details on how to vote.  Show our authors some appreciation and let them know how they did.

Camomile Tea
By Katherine Mansfield

Outside the sky is light with stars;
There's a hollow roaring from the sea.
And, alas! for the little almond flowers,
The wind is shaking the almond tree.

How little I thought, a year ago,
In the horrible cottage upon the Lee
That he and I should be sitting so
And sipping a cup of camomile tea.

Light as feathers the witches fly,
The horn of the moon is plain to see;
By a firefly under a jonquil flower
A goblin toasts a bumble-bee.

We might be fifty, we might be five,
So snug, so compact, so wise are we!
Under the kitchen-table leg
My knee is pressing against his knee.

Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,
The tap is dripping peacefully;
The saucepan shadows on the wall
Are black and round and plain to see.

The Pub is growing by leaps and bounds, we have more and more new members every day.  This community has truly fulfilled the dream that Bill had in creating it.  We have become the safe haven for ALL poets, that he had envisioned.  We have all of you to thank for that and we have Bill to thank for fighting to keep his dream alive!! Please know that we are grateful for EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!! We are inspired by you all and we look forward to growing and evolving as we look forward to 2021.

I hope everyone has a fantastic, productive and safe week!! And keep those pens and keyboards flying!!

Cheers from you Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna

P.S. – Children's Poetry Corner by BB

Write an acrostic poem using the word AUTUMN.