Greetings All,

I hope you all have had an amazing week!!  I am so glad to have you all here as we say good-bye to March and welcome April.  Be on the lookout for those April fools jokes tomorrow!

If everyone will take your barstool and quiet down we will get this meeting started.

MARCH CONTEST WINNER:

The March 2017 contest has come to a close and I have to say even though the submissions were down, the quality of the poems was just exceptional, which in turn made it very difficult to judge. Drum Roll Please!

Our March 2017 Contest Winner Is:

MSQuigg

Both of his poems were just phenomenal! Congratulations MSQuigg!!!

MSQuigg is now eligeble to participate in the 2017 Pubber of the Year contest and we hope to have an interview with him for our Pubber Interview collection soon.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New Members:

We have quite a few new members and I would like to first welcome them to the Pub.  We are excited you are here and look forward to reading your submissions.

If you are a new member please take a moment to read our rules and regulations and please take note of how you are to format your submissions.  All submissions should be done in the following format:

1. They must be sent to us in a private message, DO NOT send us a link, you must either type your poem into the message or copy and pastes it. We cannot post your poem from a link.

2. All of your submissions need to look like this:

Screen Name: MystresMyna

Collection you wish it to be posted to: Poem-A-Day

Poem title: This Is How You Do It

Then the poem: XXXXXXXX

All of our rules can be found here:

Behind the Bar
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/WNPV0gm58y

We also would like to encourage you to add the Pub Chatter to your reading list so that you can keep up with all that is going on in the Pub.  Monthly contest, prompts, special announcements, etc.

Pub Chatter
https://www.wattpad.com/story/89841868-pub-chatter-2nd-edition

Poem-A-Day:

We have had a new member take up the poem-a-day challenge:

kookie_owns_me

I encourage you to stop by her profile and support her, along with all the other members who have taken this challenge.  Writing a poem a day is not always an easy task, with life getting in the way, so some encouragement is always welcome.

As you know the Pub's Poem-A-Day collection is open for submissions from all members, so if you have a poem you would like to share feel free to send it in.

Poem A Day Challenge - 2017
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/LTEVSTLvTz

Writer's Handbook:

I have also posted a new article in the Writer's Handbook.  This article was written by yours truly and it gives practical tips and tricks on writing poetry. You can find them all here:

Poets Pub Writer's Handbook
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/0fEkMARseB

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:

New Members Collections:

poeTRY
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/fWPk7NawTz

10 Things About Me
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/bwOvuPewTz

Everyone:

Poem A Day Challenge - 2017
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/LTEVSTLvTz

Pub Chatter Poetry Prompts
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/MKzIiX7JgA

Family Treasures
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/nKeUJYJKgA

We have several other collections that are open for submissions, if you have any questions about any of our collections, please do not hesitate to ask!

As always please Private Message any entry you wish to share to the Poets Pub 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

Personal Announcements:

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.

OLD BUSINESS:

Last week Bill mentioned that we are looking for a few new people to help out with the Pub. We are looking for a new host/hostess to help with new members and just spreading cheer through out the Pub. We also need a new graphics designer to help with designing cover art.

I also want to remind you that you can keep in touch with what is going on with the Pub, by following and liking us on Facebook and we will soon have a Twitter account. You can find our Facebook account here:

Poets Pub on Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/Poets-Pub-251659181858864/

NEW BUSINESS:

Our April 2017 contest will be announced tomorrow.  We have a really fun contest in store for you in April, so get your pens and paper ready we would like to have submissions from everyone!!

MYNA'S MUSINGS:

April Fool's Day is upon us, it marks the day when we can become a trickster and play pranks on those around us.  April fools has an extensive history dating back hundreds of years.  The first written acknowledgement of and April fools prank appears in Geoffery Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), when he wrote of the cock Chauntecleer being tricked by a fox.  Many other great authors have written about the subject of April fools. 

Here are some of the most famous April fools pranks or hoaxes, in 1992 it was announced in a "surprise move" Richard Nixon was running for president again, 1989 a "UFO" landed outside of London.  Then there is what is considered the most famous hoaxes, in 1957 the BBC news show Panorama reported on the bumper crop of Swiss spaghetti, it included pictures of Swiss peasants picking spaghetti off of trees.

So let's write some poems about April Fools Day!

Poetry Prompts:

Prompt #1 – Write a poem about having a prank played on you or vice-versa.

Prompt#2 – Research famous April fools pranks or hoaxes and do a poem that retells the story of one of these epic pranks.

DOWN AT THE SALOON:

As always there is plenty happening down in Busted Gulch!  The town was recently compared to a wild west version of Peyton Place, (if that tells you anything!)  So think about stopping by and see what is happening in this not so sleepy western town.

Busted Gulch Vol. 4
http://my.w.tt/UiNb/3IspjXWseB

The storytellers-saloon has many other great collections for you to read.  Most of them are open for submissions so stop on by and see what they have to offer!

MEETING ADJOURNED:

ALL LINKS FOR THIS EDITION OF THE CHATTER WILL BE POSTED IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.

I believe that is it for this week.  I hope all of you have a safe and productive week as well as a fun and relaxing weekend.  Keep your pencils sharpened and your paper handy, you never know where or when inspiration will strike!!

As always stick around as long as you like, introduce yourself to someone new, remember the drinks are always on the house!

Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter
MystresMyna