Message from Bill

For the most part, Wattpad has all but ignored the Poetry community. With the acquisition of Wattpad by Naver, in South Korea, which owns Webtoons, I can only imagine that the Poetry platform on Wattpad will only become significantly less important.

In the past I have attempted to talk to Wattpad about declaring the Poets Pub as the premiere Poetry site here, but they would not provide any support what so ever. Yet, at the same time, I was interviewed by Wattpad, at which time they wanted to know how I had made the Poets Pub such a success.

The future of the Poetry community here on Wattpad is at a definite crossroads and it seems that no matter which direction we go in, we will find a dead end.

If you are like me, then you do not want this to happen.

I have attempted to affiliate other Poetry site with the Pub, but the much smaller sites wanted to keep their own identity. I understand that, but I also understand that many of these smaller sites no longer exist.

The only way to ensure the future of Poetry, on Wattpad, is to have a united front and a unified voice.

With this in mind, I am making one last attempt to create a Poetry super site.

@PoetsOnWP is an attempt, once again, to create a site, not only for individual Poets, but for all Poetry sites to come together under one banner.

There are many advantages to having such a site.

For one, it will offer all Poets a larger audience for their own personal Poetry collections.

It will give all Poets a chance to see what sites are available to them, here on Wattpad.

It will allow the opportunity for cross site competitions, further uniting the Poetry community.

It will give all Poets a new source of information, support and inspiration.

It will give a strong voice in dealings with Wattpad.

It will allow the opportunity for a new set of Awards for Poets. Awards created by Poets, for Poets.

It will show that the Poetry community is indeed a family.

I have many plans for this new site, but before anything can happen, we have to quickly put together key people to manage and recruit.

I am asking all our Pubbers to support this new site and follow @PoetsOnWP . It would benefit the site if our Pubbers could give a shout out to the new site.

I am also looking for interested Poets, who will help recruit new members, by looking around Wattpad and finding these smaller Poetry sites and getting them to come on board.

As the site grows, more ideas will come into play and once we have a committee formed, from a member from each Poetry site and influential Poets, we will have a strong enough voice to once again approach Wattpad.

If you are interested in helping me in this challenge, the please go to the new POW site and leave me a message.

Thank you.

Bill

Sunset
E. E. Cummings

Great carnal mountains crouching in the cloud
That marrieth the young earth with a ring,
Yet still its thoughts builds heavenward, whence spring
Wee villages of vapor, sunset-proud.—
And to the meanest door hastes one pure-browed
White-fingered star, a little, childish thing,
The busy needle of her light to bring,
And stitch, and stitch, upon the dead day's shroud.
Poises the sun upon his west, a spark
Superlative,—and dives beneath the world;
From the day's fillets Night shakes out her locks;
List! One pure trembling drop of cadence purled—
"Summer!"—a meek thrush whispers to the dark.
Hark! the cold ripple sneering on the rocks!

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write an acrostic poem using the words,
Cupid's Arrow.
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JANUARY 2021 CONTEST:

Today is the last day to get your entries in for this month's contest.  If you have not submitted your prompts for Week 1-2 you still have until the end of the month.  Check out our contest book for full details.

We will be announcing our winner's in next week's Chatter.

FEBRUARY 2021 CONTEST:

Our February contest will be open for submissions tomorrow, please remember to add the contest book to your library so you will not miss any updates or submissions.

POEM-A-WEEK:

Starting January 1, 2021, we will be starting the challenge over again, so anyone that would like to either continue participating or join in anew, please let us know as we will start with a new participants list.  I have some new ideas to spice up the challenge for next year, so I encourage everyone to join in!!

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.

HERE IS HOW IT WILL WORK:

1. Anyone that would like to join in needs to use and existing book or create a new book on  their profile to post their poems in.

2. Send us a PM with a link to the book you will be using and let us know that you have joined the challenge.

3. We will post the cover of your book in the Chatter as well as here to let others know that you are participating.

4. Send us copies of your poems at least once a month, to post here in this collection.

5. Check the Pub Chatter 7th Edition each week for prompts for the challenge.  The prompts given in the Chatter are only suggestions, you can always write any kind of poem that you like for this challenge.

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!

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Poem-a-Week Prompt
Week Five Prompt
Write a conversation poem.
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storytellers-saloon

JANUARY 2021 CONTEST:

The first contest of the year is open and eagerly awaiting your submissions. This prompt for this month is, "A Bartender's Best Night". You have the entire month to get your stories in! You will need to head over to the contest book to get the full details of this month's challenge.

If you know anyone who would be interested in this challenge, then send them on over to the Saloon.

Every month there will be a new contest posted along with a couple words to use in your story. The stories will completely vary in genres. Check out the contest book for more details!

Come on by and support your fellow Pubbers by reading, voting, and commenting, and then consider to join in as well!!

Busted Gulch Vol. 15 Update:

Jacob went to go have dinner with Sallie and his sister where they met up with Rue and Jasper. Everyone was properly introduced to one another. But, things didn't go as smoothly as Jacob would have liked. CG went to a building labeled Gus, Gabe and Sons in Carson City. Inside, she met up with a guy by the name of Drover.

Thank you MysteriousDryad for another great BG update.

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Random Poetry Prompt
Write a poem that includes a line from your favorite song.
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-flash-fiction-forum

The Forum will be publishing a contest book for February very soon. Please stay tuned!

January 2021 Challenge:

The Flash Fiction Forum has their newest challenge up and running! Please make sure to read the rules before joining the contest.

Our theme this month is all about technology coming alive. If this is something you would be interested in, come on over to the Forum!

More Poetry Fun Facts:

* 'Metromania' is the term used for someone that has the compulsion to write poetry.

* Herman Melville's 1876 work Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is the longest published poem in American literature; almost 18,000 lines, longer even than the Iliad.

* 'Rhapsodomancy' is divining the future by picking a passage of poetry at random.

* The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making.'

* French essayist and poet Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

* E. E. Cummings self-published his book of poetry "No Thanks," (it was financed by his mother). In the book, he listed the 13 publishers who rejected his work, which would later become a classic.

* William Shakespeare is the best-selling poet of all time. With over 4 billion book sales globally.

Well, we have successfully made it through the first month of 2021!! February brings us the month of love and I hope everyone is up for writing some love poems!! Always remember love is infinite, free, and never comes back void.  I hope you all have a SUPER-FANTASTIC 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 a poem about living in the jungle.