Welcome to another week here in the Pub Universe!
Myna here! I have to say, I think this has been our best BCE ever!! The quality of poetry and the participation from all of you amazing Pubbers has just been phenomenal!! I cannot emphasize enough how heartwarming and humbling it is to work behind the scenes here and see the interaction between all of you. Every member of the Pub is uniquely beautiful!! Each of you, bring your own bit of spice to this melding pot and boy what a great pot of "stew" we have created!! Let's keep on cookin' guys!! And remember there is always a place at the table here at the Poets Pub!! CHEERS!!
HELP ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR WEEK FOUR WINNERS!!
WEEK FOUR WINNERS
1st – An Oncoming Darkness by @AwSprite
2nd – The Alien by @Nyhterides
3rd – I'm Perfect by @Humna20
Honorable Mentions
Perhaps by @emily-ada
Reflections of a Woman by @spacetodream
FEATURED POEM
Hallowe'en Charm
Arthur Guiterman
Fern seed, hemp seed, water of the well,
Bark of wizard hazel-wand, berry of the bay,
Let the fairy gifts of you mingle with the spell,
Guard the precious life and soul of him that's far away!
Oak slip, thorn slip, crystal of the dew,
Morsel of his native earth, shoot of mountain pine,
Lend his arm the strength of you, let his eye be true,
Send him like the thunderbolt to break the foeman's line!
Rose leaf, elm leaf, kernel of the wheat,
Airy waft of thistledown, feather of the wren,
Bring him peace and happiness, let his dream be sweet,
Take my secret thought to him and call him home again!
PUB-VERSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Poets Pub
OCTOBER – There will be no regular contest this month, because we are holding our 4th Annual Biggest Competition Ever that started on September 8th and will run through November 2nd.
4TH ANNUAL BIGGEST COMPETION EVER –
4TH ANNUAL BIGGEST COMPETITION EVER
IS NOW ENTERING
WEEK NUMBER SIX
AND HAS MOVED TO
VOLUME TWO
The Biggest Competition Ever (BCE) is an 8-week poetry challenge, with a new prompt posted every Sunday! It is a gauntlet style contest, so we will have weekly winners as well as an overall winner. All (weekly and overall) winners, along with the winners of our regular monthly contests will be eligible to participate in our final competition of the year, the Poets Pub Poet of the Year 2019!!
This year we will have a participation sticker for everyone that joins in and we will also have stickers and shout-outs for the weekly winners.
Send us a PM and we will get you the link.
Let's continue to spread the word about this year's BCE, give the Pub a shout-out if you feel so inclined.
HALLOWEEN COLLECTION – Just for fun we will be issuing some Halloween flavored prompts each week, to add to our Halloween Collection! Check out the Poetry Prompts below for this week's prompt!
31 Days of Horror Challenge – We are challenging all Pubber to join in on our 31 Days of Horror Challenge!!! What is this mysterious 31 Days of Horror Challenge? I am so glad you asked!! Here it is:
1. Start a new book on your own profile and tag it with #poetspub31daysofhorror
2. Write a Halloween themed poem every day during the month of October.
3. For an extra challenge make sure that each poem is only 31 words long. (optional)
4. Let us know in the comments or by PM that you have joined in and we will promote your book here in the Chatter.
Come on everyone!! Join in!! Let's see who has the scariest stories to tell!!
We have two people who have decided to take on the 31 Days of Horror Challenge!! Stop by and show them some love!! Let us know if you join in and we will feature your book here.
@NehpetsEnal
POEM A WEEK –
Let us know if you are going to take on the Poem a Week/Day Challenge. All you need to do is create a book on your own profile for the challenge, let us know what book it is and then 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.
Our October challenge is now up and ready for you to take on. We have a whole new set of words to inspire you!!
If you haven't stopped by to read our Write the Story entries yet, I would highly recommend that you take a moment to check them out!! Then consider send us your entry as well!! If you know anyone that might be interested in this challenge, please, don't hesitate to pass on the information.
Every month I will be posting a new short story writing prompt along with several words to use in the story. The stories will completely vary in genres. Please check out our contest book for full details!
Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 12:
It seems there is a group of kids on Devil's Mountain that need some help, Raven is looking into it. Leo's girlfriend Patty finally made it to BG to take Leo home. Coal Boon threatened Raven, wanting to know the whereabouts of Tiger. Myna is having some crazy cravings and decided to make a batch of potato, tomato soup with pickles. Rue and Jacob spent an afternoon together at the circus, Rue was able to heal one of the big cats. Then they had a picnic out at the spring, Jacob's intentions seemed very clear, but Rue isn't going to be hurt again. Strop's razor stopped just short of really hurting Harriet, as she pulled a gun on him. He explained everything to her and apologized. However, Harriet's reaction to the situation was unexpected. Rue and Jacob shared their stories with one another and realized they could only be friends.
If you want to find out what's next, head on over to The Storytellers Saloon and check out Lyttlejoe's Busted Gulch Volume 12!! Don't forget to add it to your reading list, new chapters are posted daily!
We all fear something, some of us have much more deep-rooted fears, but in general we all have fear. Even if you don't, you have, at some point in your life had the sensation of fear.
This month's challenge will be a crossover with the Poets Pub and in keeping with the tradition of the Pub, we will be offering a unique challenge.
You have just 300 words to give us your story of fear. Any kind of fear.
You can write in the traditional flash fiction form, but for this challenge we will be offering you the opportunity to write in Poetry form. Extra consideration will be given to stories written Poetically. You can use any form you want to and the more creative the better.
It will not be the basis for the winner, but you will get extra brownie points for writing in a Poetry form and we will post all Poetic stories in the Halloween collection at the Poets Pub.
The winner of this challenge will also be eligible for the Poet of the Year contest at the Poets Pub.
So pop over to the FFF and become a part of this challenge and help us save this fledgling site. We really need your support.
OLD/NEW/CONTINUING WORKS
A Message from @MysteriousDryad
In the beginning of Week 5 (September 30th) of this poetry challenge, I moved to volume 2. Couple days later I wrote 15 poems one day and met my goal of 50 poems by the end of the week, to which I'm proud of. Currently there is 83 poems in my second collection and in total I have written 283 poems since the first of September. Honestly, I would not have gotten this far without Bill for which I'm very grateful for.
If any of you Pubbers want to do a collaboration with me, feel free to shoot me a couple lines. I like to read and work with other poets because of everyone writes. Every poem, every poet is different from one another that's why I like looking and working with others to see how everyone writes. Anyways, poet or not, if you wanna send me a few lines and let's see where our creativity takes up, I don't bite ;)
If any of y'all are interested in Bill and I's progress in this challenge feel free to check out collections.
Happy reading Pubbers!
If you would like to share any of your old/new/continuing works on your personal profile, please send us a private message and we will include it here.
PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you would like to share any personal announcements, birthday, anniversary, Wattpad anniversary, new books published or anything else, please do not hesitate to send us a Private Message and we will get it in here.
WORLD POETS
Nicaragua
Nocturne
By Ruben Dario
Silence of the night , a sad, nocturnal
silence--Why does my soul tremble so?
I hear the humming of my blood,
and a soft storm passes through my brain.
Insomnia! Not to be able to sleep, and yet
to dream. I am the autospecimen
of spiritual dissection, the auto-Hamlet!
To dilute my sadness
in the wine of the night
in the marvelous crystal of the dark--
And I ask myself: When will the dawn come?
Someone has closed a door--
Someone has walked past--
The clock has rung three--If only it were She!--
POETRY PROMPTS
Prompt #1 – Write an acrostic poem using the word HALLOWEEN.
Prompt #2 – Write a poem about a witch's brew.
Prompt #3 – Write a poem about surviving a zombie horde.
We find ourselves at the end of another Chatter!! I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe week!! Please remember to keep those pens and keyboards flying!!
Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna