WELCOME TO THE PUB-VERSE

We would like to send out a HUGE HELLO and WELCOME to all our new members!! We would like you all to know that we are thrilled to have you here at the Pub and hope you will make yourself at home by sharing some of your poetry with us.  If you are new here please feel free to introduce yourself down in the comments. 

Here are a few of the books we recommend our new members take a look at. 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!!

We've had many wonderful submissions for week 6th our BCE!!
HOLY SMOKES we only have two weeks left!!
However, we would like to invite you all to congratulate our week 5 winners...

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

THE BIGGEST COMPETITION EVER 2020.....

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

@Gwenda5 with A Kingdom to Reign

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

@MichaelTyger with Caps Ready

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

@AwSprite with Years Past and The Years Beyond

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

@NehpetsEnal with Tempus est Opportunitus

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

@ImperfectPsychotic04 with Strive to Success

BRAVO AND CONGRATULATIONS to our winners and a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone that participated!!
Keep those SUPER-FANTASTIC poems coming!!

Love is life blinding
By @NehpetsEnal

Love is life blinding
My heart is, constantly pounding
It's why's and wherefores are bewildering
Falling in love is, simply amazing
Most of the time you feel like your dreaming
But when your other half falls out of love, it is, despairing
I am only half the man I was, so used to fifty-fifty, sharing
I do not know what to do with all my caring
So, used to our one on one, pairing
Learning to live without her love is, overwhelming
Feels like my soul is emptying
There is no answer, to the suffering
What is the purpose of living
Well, the alternative is, dying
An outlook that leaves me shivering
And I understand the pain caused by someone, leaving
My self-respect is dwindling
Followed by the self-loathing
The world around me is shrinking
Inside my mind, I am, hiding
The emotional rope is binding
I screamed and cried, help me I am, suffocating
Then one day I was captivated by someone, smiling
It gave me a warm, feeling
For the first time in years, my skin is, tingling
I find myself, smiling
The fever is, breaking
The dark clouds of doubt are, lifting
The sun is shining
Will it stop me sinking
There is no knowing
Love may not be spawning
But a new day is, dawning
Fingers crossed and lots of praying

F/N:  This feels like a song in my mind and would love to hear Arrested Youth singing it, try reading it with this track pounding in the background, it gave me a real kick, had it playing in a loop.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about a witch's brew.
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5TH ANNUAL BIGGEST COMPETITON EVER (BCE) –

We only have two weeks left in this year's BCE and we want to let you all know that WEEK EIGHT is going to be a reader's choice week.  All of you will be voting for the winner of week EIGHT.  We will give more information on how to vote at the end of the contest.

Week six of our BCE is now closed and we will be announcing the winners next week here in the Chatter, and week seven is open for submissions.  You can find all of the particulars here in our contest book Poets Pub 2020 Biggest Competition Ever Vol. 2.

DON'T FORGET TO ADD THE CONTEST BOOK TO YOUR LIBRARY'S, SO YOU NEVER MISS A SUBMISSION!

This contest will run for eight (8) weeks, September 6th through October 31st.  For those of you who are new to the Pub this contest is open to all Pubbers.  Each week we will be posting a new prompt that will be open for submissions for only a week.  We will be announcing a winner for each week and then overall winners at the end of the contest.  We invite you all to join in and be sure to invite your friends to join the Pub and participate in the BCE as well.  Please remember to give us a shout-out to let your followers know you are participating.

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_

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-Two Prompt

Write a poem about a haunted house.

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Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

The sheriff relaxed a bit while things were calm in town. He started falling asleep and his subconscious started playing tricks on him. Old Peso, a pianist, woke him up when started playing the instrument. Soon, 3Gun fell back to sleep and the dreams returned. Rue woke up with Jasper by her side. The dark spirit that was trapped in Rue was now in Jasper's ring. In a weeks' time, Jasper and Rue would return to town.

Thank you for another amazing update MysteriousDryad

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem inspired by a horror movie.
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October Contest –

With the start of October, we wanted to do a contest to match the Spooky Season! Since our first contest was a huge success, we are continuing the 4 prompts and the 100-word limit.

Week 3 is now OPEN for your werewolf stories!! Please don't send in any submissions for the previous weeks. I want to see your awesome werewolf tales!!

Week 3 submissions will close on October 21st at 12pm EST.

If you have not had a chance to stop by our new Flash Fiction Forum profile, we invite you to do so and follow us.  We have monthly contest and a fantastic group of authors to interact with.  As a matter of fact, our September contest is up and open for submissions.  The submissions, so far, have been outstanding!!! We encourage all of you to stop by follow us, read, vote, then send us a submission of your own.

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Double Mega Poetry Challenge
In the comments below
tell us what poetry means to you.
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The Roommate
By @Gadralneure

It starts to scratch each moonlit night.
Beneath my bed the chittering begins.
Sounds like drowning lovebirds
fill the room with high-pitched screams
and gurgles.

I brave a peek down to the floor
to catch a view of that old friend
who's followed me from bed to bed
since choosing me in childhood.

The silver light glints off its slimy carapace.
It's mandibles click hungrily,
hoping that I need to leave the bed.

It does not frighten me.
I don't have many friends
and scarred ankles are a small price
to pay for loyalty.

Thank you @Gadralneure for sharing your spooky poem with us!  If anyone else wants to share a scary poem with us we would love to share it here! I would like to challenge all of you to write your best scary poems and share them with us!!

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

Draw a Halloween picture and then write a poem to go with it.