HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
And welcome Pubbers to the final edition of the Chatter for 2016!
Grab some champagne or sparkling cider, if you like, and pull up your chair and we will get underway.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
First off, a standing ovation and three cheers are in order for our very own Bill Temple, as he has finished the 200 poem challenge AGAIN!!! That's right Bill wrote 400 poems in just under 60 days!! This is an amazing accomplishment, so raise your glasses to Bill!!
Hip Hip Hooray!!
Hip Hip Hooray!!
Hip Hip Hooray!!
This challenge will be coming to a close on the 31st, so I would like to offer up another round of applause to everyone who participated:
@BillTemple1957
@MystresMyna
@Ms_Meg
@MeghanBarnhouse
@Anjalisinha
@AutumnElf555
@TheWizardStyles
@RIS1958
Whether you finished the 200 poem challenge or not, I am proud of everyone who gave it a try!
SUBMISSIONS:
We are still taking submissions for the following collections:
2016 Collection
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/Yi7AEfoZmy
A Pub Christmas
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/KNQr8zhZmy
2017 Resolutions
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/liECArqJkz
You still have a bit of time to get your submissions in for these collections, so please don't hesitate to send them in.
As always please Private Message any entry you wish to share to @PoetsPub and be sure to include the name of the collection you want it added to, your screen name and the title of the poem. For a complete list of Pub rules and regulations see "Behind the Bar" which can be found here:
Behind the Bar
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/WNPV0gm58y
Finally remember to send us any personal announcements you would like me to include in the Chatter, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, etc. Just message me here at the Pub and I will be sure to get it in the Chatter.
PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
One of our dear members AmbergrisJane let me know that her town was hit by a typhoon on Christmas night. She said that everyone was alright, but things are quite a mess so she would not be able to join us as frequently for awhile. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
OLD BUSINESS:
The 2016 Pubber of the Year competition is done!! All of the votes have been tallied and we are awaiting the announcement of the winner.
For the first part of the competition we do have a list of the top five favorite poems. They are, in no particular order:
A Man of No Consequence...okneyman
Slough...RichardHigely
Be Not Afraid...AmbergrisJane
Redemption...MystresMyna
Carved With Idiosyncrasy...RanjuVel
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!! The final announcement will be made by Bill, soon.
I personally would like to offer a huge congratulations to all who participated! The amount of talent gathered here at the Pub is truly amazing and humbling. I am honored beyond words to be counted among you all!
NEW BUSINESS:
To finish off the year I thought I would bring you some history on one of the, if not the, most famous New Year's songs "Auld Lang Syne." This was a poem originally written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788. The story goes that he took the first parts of the poem from some old word of mouth stories passed down over the years, the phrase "auld lang syne" was commonly used as far back as the late 1500's. He then added the rest and it was later put to music.
Of course we use it to say good bye to the old year and ring in the new one, but it is also commonly used for graduations, funerals and by the Boy Scouts to end their jamborees.
I have included below the English translation as well as the original Scottish version.
English-translated version of the Auld Lang Syne lyrics (Scottish to follow):
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you'll buy your pint cup !
and surely I'll buy mine !
And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we've wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine† ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there's a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o' thine !
And we'll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
Scottish version of the Auld Lang Syne lyrics:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp !
and surely I'll be mine !
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu'd the gowans fine ;
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot,
sin auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn,
frae morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
sin auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere !
and gie's a hand o' thine !
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.
PROMPT:
For this week's prompt I challenge you to write a poem in the style of Auld Lang Syne, one to say good bye and hello at the same time. Be creative, write it as a poem or as a song!
Well that brings us to our final thought for this week, if you haven't checked out what is happening at the Gulch, you need swing by and say hello. I believe there is a New Year's Eve party going on and I am sure they would be glad to see you at the storytellers_saloon. You can check it out here:
storytellers_saloon
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/9PFen5t48y
Busted Gulch can be found here:
Busted Gulch Vol. 3
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/qKQ1BoI3py
I hope everyone has a safe and fabulous New Year!! I wish you many blessings and great things for the year to come! Here at the Pub we will have new challenges as well as new contests for you! It is going to be a GREAT NEW YEAR!!!! 2017 here we come!!
Stick around as long as you like, introduce yourself to someone new and have a drink on the house as always!!
Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna
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