WELCOME TO THE PUB-VERSE

Hey Pub-Verse!! How's it going?!?!  I hope your summer has been super-duper fantastic!! As we come down to the end of our Achievement Hunter Challenge and 100-Poem Challenge, I just want to remind everyone that you have until August 31, at midnight MST to get all of your entries in.  For those of you doing the 100-Poem Challenge we will be validating your entries on September 1st.  To do this we will be checking the book from your profile that you submitted at the beginning of the summer, and we will be counting the poems as well as making sure that each of them are at least 8 lines long.

No Man Is an Island
By John Donne

No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.

Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem from the point of view of your hair.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

2021 SUMMER POETRY CHALLENGES:

We have decided to do something different for the Summer.  As such THERE WILL BE NO MONTHLY CONTESTS FOR, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.  We have prepared two HUGE challenges for you!! And here is how it will all work:

For full details on these two challenges, you can check out our books:

Achievement Hunter – Poets Pub 2021 Summer Challenge

Achievement Hunter Vol. 2 – Poets Pub 2021 Summer Challenge

Achievement Hunter Vol. 3 – Poets Pub 2021 Summer Challenge

Also, a reminder that everyone, especially those new to the Pub, you can join in the Achievement Hunter and 100 Poem challenges at any time. 

NOTE: WE HAVE ALREADY FILLED OVER HALF OF VOLUME 3 SO THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A VOLUME 4 IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO!!!

ACHIEVEMENT HUNTER LEADER BOARD

LEADER BOARD for August 15, 2021

If you find any mistakes, please DM me here at the Pub and I will get the corrections made.

NEXT WEEK I WILL GIVE YOU THE OVER ALL TOTALS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE AT AS WE COME DOWN TWO THE END OF THE CHALLENGE.

June Leader Board

July Leader Board

August Leader Board

POEM A WEEK CHALLENGE:

The purpose of this challenge is to simply encourage writing, taking the time, at least once a week, to get a poem from your brain on to paper.  If you would like to participate, the "how to" is below.

2021 Poem-a-Week Participants

A Paintbucket of Words by nubivagant_words

Genteel Reveries of an Outrié Poetess by MystresMyna

Petals of a Rose by Alkymarz

A New Leaf by most_bay

Five Drops of Ink by je2suisChris

Woven Threads by enchanting_figments

My One Last Gasp by BillTemple1957

Even As We Speak by MichaelTyger

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 Thirty-Three Prompt
Write a poem about a really bad movie or book.
====================================

storytellers-saloon

Busted Gulch Vol. 15 Update:

Denver told his family a story, in an answer to Bart's question, about how the Deep Pool mining outpost was created. 

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem about an act of kindness that you have witnessed.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fog
By Carl Sandburg

THE fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

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

Summer Stars
By Carl Sandburg

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

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

Happiness
By Carl Sandburg

I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell
me what is happiness.
And I went to famous executives who boss the work of
thousands of men.
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though
I was trying to fool with them
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along
the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with
their women and children and a keg of beer and an
accordion.

Well, we have come to the end/beginning of another week here at the Poets Pub!!  I bid you all to hold tight to positive thoughts, share kindness whenever the opportunity presents itself and know that you all mean the world to us here at the Pub!!

Remember to... 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 the first day of school.