WELCOME TO THE PUB-VERSE

GOOD MORNING/EVENING ALL YOU AMAZING PUBBERS!!!
I HOPE WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THIS WIDE, WIDE WORLD YOU ARE WELL AND SAFE!!
It has been an exciting week here at the Pub!

A message from our Founder

Hello all you wonderful Pubbers. I hope that all of you are well and staying safe in these very trying times.

This time of the year has always been very exciting here at the Poets Pub, as we have our Biggest Competition Ever (BCE), followed by our annual Poet of the Year contest.

In the past, the BCE has been a monumentous event that attracted the largest number of entries of all of our competitions. This year, I see a different trend. We have had the smallest number of participants that we have had practically since the BCE started.

I find this rather troubling, as I wonder if the Poets Pub has lost its appeal. I know there are a number of other Poetry Clubs here on Wattpad now and even though, member wise, we are the largest independent Club, we have less than 1/2 of 1% of our members participating in many of our competitions.

What I have also found, as I judge this year's BCE is the lack of participation by some of the competitors. I see many comments that are unanswered and this has caused me, in particular, to adjust my voting on some of the entries.

I know we all have our own sites to upkeep and we have our own reading lists and novels and poetry collections and so on, but I have seen, in the past, that the Poets Pub has been a definite kickoff for many aspiring Poets out there and has welded friendships between many Poets that has lasted for years.

It saddens me to see the trend that the Pub seems to be following. And it makes me wonder what the future holds for the Poets Pub.

With this in mind, I am putting it out there, to all Pubbers.

What can Myna and I do to bring the excitement back to the Poets Pub

and

just as important

What can each and every Pubber out there do to fill the Pub again with drinks, laughter and words

???

The Poets Pub has been a cornerstone of the Poetic Community here on Wattpad for the past five years and I know, personally, that I would like for that trend to continue for the next 5 years and far beyond.

But it will take a Community effort to make it grow. There is an old saying:

'Oran a azu nwa'

which means

'It takes a village to raise a child'

~~~~~

The Poets Pub is the child and all of you Pubbers out there, form the village. Let us work together to continue to raise our child.

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

THE BIGGEST COMPETITION EVER 2020.....

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

@fender_bender2020 with Bobby & Bobbi

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

@MichaelTyger with Best Friend Beezie

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

@Mysterywriter_007 with My friend, Jake

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

@NehpetsEnal with Their Imaginary Friend

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

@AwSprite with Never Ever Alone

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

The Little Ghost
By Edna St. Vincent Millay

I knew her for a little ghost
That in my garden walked;
The wall is high—higher than most—
And the green gate was locked.

And yet I did not think of that
Till after she was gone—
I knew her by the broad white hat,
All ruffled, she had on.

By the dear ruffles round her feet,
By her small hands that hung
In their lace mitts, austere and sweet,
Her gown's white folds among.

I watched to see if she would stay,
What she would do—and oh!
She looked as if she liked the way
I let my garden grow!

She bent above my favourite mint
With conscious garden grace,
She smiled and smiled—there was no hint
Of sadness in her face.

She held her gown on either side
To let her slippers show,
And up the walk she went with pride,
The way great ladies go.

And where the wall is built in new
And is of ivy bare
She paused—then opened and passed through
A gate that once was there.

*************************************
Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about a graveyard.
*************************************

5TH ANNUAL BIGGEST COMPETITON EVER (BCE) –

We want to first thank everyone for your amazing submissions.  Everyday is a treat, being able to read all of the creative and inspiring poems you share with us!!  This truly is the best poetry community ever!!

Week four of our BCE is now closed and we will be announcing the winners next week here in the Chatter.  The end of week four marks the halfway point of our competition as we start week five, we move into a new direction.  You can find all of the particulars here:

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!

***************************

Poem-a-Week Prompt
Week Forty Prompt

Write a spooky Halloween poem.

**************************

storytellers-saloon

Busted Gulch Vol. 14 Update:

Bruce watched Colton carry Brandy away and wished he could save her. He soon went to go find Donovan and rounded up the men to go to BG. Buck woke up to Conan, Missy and Shadow around him. Petra told Buck that Bruce was heading to town and that Doc UB would fix him up, once they get to BG. Sister Mary went to the café and met up with Aunt Sue, asking for a basket of muffins for the Bishop. Aunt Sue offered up her house as a place to stay for the Bishop, after hearing where he was going to be staying.

Thank you for another amazing update MysteriousDryad

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem the differences between a sunrise and a sunset.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

-flash-fiction-forum

September Contest –

Our first contest (in our new home) has been a HUGE SUCCESS!! We want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU, to everyone that has joined in with a submission, read, commented and liked the stories.

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR SEPTEMBER CONTEST:

1st Place - @Schwethz

2nd Place - @fender_bender

3rd Place - @Silenttomorrows

Honorable Mention - @NehpetsEnal

Honorable Mention – @SoulFarAway

October Contest –

With the start of October, we wanted to do a contest to match the Spooky Season!

Our second contest is now up and running!!

To start off October, I bring you a challenge to match the Spooky Season!

Since our first contest was a huge success, we are continuing the 4 prompts and the 100 word limit.

Are you up for the challenge?

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.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Double Mega Poetry Challenge
In the comments below write a four-line poem
about a ghost.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ghost Music
By Robert Graves

Gloomy and bare the organ-loft,
Bent-backed and blind the organist.
From rafters looming shadowy,
From the pipes' tuneful company,
Drifted together drowsily,
Innumerable, formless, dim,
The ghosts of long-dead melodies,
Of anthems, stately, thunderous,
Of Kyries shrill and tremulous:
In melancholy drowsy-sweet
They huddled there in harmony.
Like bats at noontide rafter-hung.

October is upon us any you know what that means.... Spooky, Scary Poetry time!! I would like to encourage all of you to write your best Halloween themed poems and share them with us!! For those of you participating in the Poem-a-Week challenge you can always send in your spooky poems for the challenge.  We also have our Cornucopia Collection that is open to all Pub Members and all types of poems, please do not hesitate to share your creations with us!!

I hope everyone has the best week EVER and keep those pens and keyboards flying!!

Cheers from you Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna

P.S. – Children's Poetry Corner by BB

Write a poem about being a King/Prince or Queen/Princess.