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A Song for Merry Harvest
Eliza Cook - 1818-1889

Bring forth the harp, and let us sweep its fullest, loudest string.
The bee below, the bird above, are teaching us to sing
A song for merry harvest; and the one who will not bear
His grateful part partakes a boon he ill deserves to share.
The grasshopper is pouring forth his quick and trembling notes;
The laughter of the gleaner's child, the heart's own music floats.
Up! up! I say, a roundelay from every voice that lives
Should welcome merry harvest, and bless the God that gives.

The buoyant soul that loves the bowl may see the dark grapes shine,
And gems of melting ruby deck the ringlets of the vine;
Who prizes more the foaming ale may gaze upon the plain,
And feast his eye with yellow hops and sheets of bearded grain;
The kindly one whose bosom aches to see a dog unfed
May bend the knee in thanks to see the ample promised bread.
Awake, then, all! 'tis Nature's call, and every voice that lives
Shall welcome merry harvest, and bless the God that gives.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem for our Holiday Challenge.
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POET OF THE YEAR CONTEST  –

Week one of our Poet of the Year contest is now finished.  If you haven't had a chance to check out the entries, we encourage you to do so.  Don't forget to vote and comment on your favorite poems.

Week two is now open for submissions. 

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.

2020 Poet of the Year Participants

aMusedAndPoetic

AwSprite*(2)

Caffeine_Dreams

fender_bender2020

Gadralneure

Gwenda5*(4)

ifana8

ImperfectPsychotic04

lyttlejoe*(4)

Mayastra

MichaelTyger*(3)

MysteriousDryad

naomimrshl

nubivagant_words

-Nynaeve*(3)

orkneyman

Ruechari

Schwethz

BillTemple**

MystresMyna**

*Those poets with an asterisk have more than one win and will be eligible to enter more poems during the contest.
**These poets may enter but will not be eligible to win.

HOLIDAY CHALLENGE –

We are going to be bringing you one final Challenge for the end of the year.  This will be our Holiday Challenge and it will begin on November 22 and run through the end of the year.  Our year in Holiday Challenge is going to be an opportunity for all Pubbers to share some HOLIDAY SPIRIT with each other.  We encourage EVERYONE to join in and share as many poems as possible!! Maybe we can even fill our Holiday Book by the end of the year!!

We challenge all Pub Members to write GIFT poems to other Pub members or to the Pub in general.  If you would like to tag or dedicate another member you can do so or it can remain anonymous.

1. Write a "GIFT" poem either, to another Pub member or, to the Pub in general.

2. The poem can be any style, form or length.

3.  You can submit as many poems as you like but only ONE PER DAY.

4. The poem can be dedicated to a specific Pub member, please let us know who, when you submit the poem. ONE dedication per poem please.

2020 YEAR END AWARDS –

For our first ever Poets Pub Year End Awards, we are going to need your help!! We have not finalized our list of awards, but we do have a few we that we know we want to include.  They are

~~ Pubber of the Year ~~

~~ Poem of the Year ~~

~~ Poetry Book of the Year ~~

For these awards we need your help with nominations.  (All nominees must be members of the Pub)

Poet of the Year Nominations:

1. Someone that has had a large presence at the Pub.

2. Someone that has shown kindness to other Pubbers, with a willingness to help, support and encourage fellow members.

3.  Someone that participates in most of the contests and challenges, votes and comments on submissions.

Poem of the Year Nominations:

These will be chosen out of the First Place Winners through out this year.  You can find all of the poems in our book 'The Winner Is...Poets Pub Contest Winners'.  ONLY THE POEMS POSTED FOR 2020 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS AWARD.

******* PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S BIGGEST COMPETITION EVER HAVE NOT BEEN ADDED TO THIS BOOK YET BUT THEY WILL BE ADDED THIS WEEK. ********

Poetry Book of the Year:

In an effort to help promote one another's work we thought it would be a great idea to help you all promote your own collected works.  For this award we would like all of you to nominate your own poetry books or those of your fellow Pubbers. 

1.  You many nominate your own poetry book for your own original poems.

2. You many nominate poetry books of other Pubbers, as long as they are original work of the poet and they are also members of the Pub.

3. PLEASE INCLUDE A LINK TO THE BOOK YOU ARE NOMINATING. 

NOMINATIONS START TODAY AND WILL RUN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PUB IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE.

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

Lingering Thoughts By Cheryl325

Peaches n Brew's By Eerierosse

Autumn By PriscillaYiadom4

Poetry Book By RhysWatts

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-Seven Prompt

Write a poem about being "thankful".

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Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

Myna told Billy and 3Gun Land's tale, having a bad feeling about it all. 3Gun then told Billy CG's tale. When William left the Mayor's office, he ran into the sheriff and his deputy. William threw a punch at 3Gun when he mentioned CG. 3Gun returned the punch and the battle went out until he got squared in the chin. William's men led him away after that.

Thank you for the Busted Gulch MysteriousDryad!

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a about pumpkin pie.
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November Contest/Founder's Challenge –

This month we are doing a picture-based challenge. For each week, we will present you with 2 different photos and you must write a story based off those photos. You are allowed to send in two entries for the course of the week. These pictures are random and do not stick to a certain theme.

Thanksgiving Day
Lydia Maria Child

Over the river, and through the wood,
  To grandfather's house we go;
       The horse knows the way
       To carry the sleigh
  Through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river, and through the wood—
  Oh, how the wind does blow!
       It stings the toes
       And bites the nose
  As over the ground we go.

Over the river, and through the wood,
  To have a first-rate play.
       Hear the bells ring
       "Ting-a-ling-ding",
  Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river, and through the wood
  Trot fast, my dapple-gray!
       Spring over the ground,
       Like a hunting-hound!
  For this is Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river, and through the wood,
  And straight through the barn-yard gate.
       We seem to go
       Extremely slow,—
  It is so hard to wait!

Over the river and through the wood—
  Now grandmother's cap I spy!
       Hurrah for the fun!
       Is the pudding done?
  Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie!

We would like to raise a glass and sing a Cheer for those celebrating Thanksgiving this week!! We want all of you to know that we are eternally thankful for all of you!! You are the backbone of the Pub and we are grateful for each and everyone of you!! I hope you all have a safe and productive week!!

And remember to 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 THANKFUL.