Pub Chatter (2nd Edition)

Thankful For You - November 25, 2016

Hello Pubbers,

I hope all of you have had an amazing week!! For those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving, we want to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. All of us here at the Pub want every one of you to know how grateful and thankful we are to have you!

Lets jump right into announcements!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Biggest Competition Ever is still in it's judging phase, but here is a list of the winners so far:

Week 1 Winner – A Moment In Time – By @MystresMyna

Week 2 Winner – Father – By @meahrey

Week 3 Winner – Reminisce – By @glassEyed

Week 4 Winner - Kiss - By @ArcadiaM

Week 5 Winner - Dido of Carthage - By @AmbergrisJane

Week 6 Winner - Lesson - By @TheGeekestGirl

Week 7 Winner - Dreams - By @Andrewagreen

Week 8 Winner - A Lifetime of Advancement - By @RichardHigley

Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you again to everyone who participated.  Check back soon for the finally results. Also all of the winners need to let us know if you will be competing in the Pubber of the Year competition.

It is coming down to the wire to get your submissions in to the Poets Pub 2016 Collection.  We have received some amazing entires!  When you have a chance head over there and peruse them; I am sure they will give you the inspiration to write a wonderful piece to add to this collection.  The 2016 Collection can be found here:  http://my.w.tt/UiNb/Yi7AEfoZmy

We are also still accepting submissions for A Pub Christmas, which can be found here:
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/KNQr8zhZmy

OLD BUSINESS:

The 200 poem challenge is still in full swing! Our very own @BillTemple1957 has reached the goal of writing 200 poems and has now set out to see if he can make it to 400 poems by December 31. Let's all throw our family support behind him along with everyone else that has taken on this challenge.  Show them some love by stopping by their profiles and checking out their progress.
Here is a list of those who are participating:

@BillTemple1957
@MystresMyna
@Ms_Meg
@MeghanBarnhouse
@Anjalisinha
@AutumnElf555
@TheWizardStyles

a note from Bill : I know this challenge looks formidable to most. But the point of this challenge was not to have you pulling your hair out to complete the 200 poems. It was about learning to use all and any inspiration that was available to you. It was about looking around and writing about whatever came to mind. Finding the hidden inspiration in ever speck of dust in the sunlight, to children playing in the garden. Learning to write with no editing, no second guessing. Just whatever came to mind.

But most of all, it was simply about writing Poems. No matter if you wrote 200 or you only wrote 20. At least you were writing. There is still a month left to be a part of this. Join us and challenge yourself to one (12 line) poem a day.

NEW BUSINESS:

This week I would like to feature the Japanese style of poetry known as the Haiku, which is the subject of the Poets Pub Collection -

Tanka/Haiku/Senryu,
which can be found here:
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/rt6TUVAFBy

Last week we discussed the limerick which has a specific rhyme pattern, however the haiku has a specific syllable count.  The haiku is traditionally a poem about nature with 3 lines and the syllable pattern of 5-7-5.  The original incarnation of this elegant form of poetry was called the waka and it consisted of 5 lines and 31 syllables broken down in to a 5-7-5-7-7 pattern; this form dates back to the 7th century.  In the eighteen hundreds the haiku as we know it, was born when the poet Masaoka Shiki revised the waka and focused on the first three lines, wanting to bring perfection to this short poem.