Tags
A warm greeting to you, my fellow poetry writers, readers and appreciators! My name is Natasha Head, and I am beyond honored to welcome you to The d’Verse Poets Pub OpenLinkNight. We invite you to pull up to your favorite bar stool, order your poison, and settle in for what promises to be a wonderful evening of fantastic poetry and fellowship amongst peers.
Last week saw Brian and Claudia put together a hopping opening night for us, and completing the festivities were over 160 poets from around the world! Is that not amazing! If we needed proof that poetry was something the world was crying out for, then together, we certainly proved it when the doors were opened! And its all up from here!
Gay and Luke came together later in the week to treat us to a wonderful introduction to Crit Friday, and while many of us were nervous…we all left with better pieces than we had when we started. There’s no better example of a living, breathing community, alive with poetry, than that. This coming Friday, Gay is going to treat us to Form. I can vouch for her amazing skills, and owe her huge thanks for all the learning I’ve been able to take advantage of because of her.
Saturday saw Brian present to us a fun and beyond inspiring prompt for Poetics, and I have to say, I so enjoyed reading all the different responses. What a brilliant bunch you are! I cannot wait to see what this week brings.
Thank you again, for the amazing show of support, the wonderful writing and most of all, for spreading the poetry love!
I now invite you to take to the stage, step up to the mic, and speak your words loud and proud! Here’s how…
- Post a poem to your blog Don’t forget to let your readers know where your linking up! Feel free to include a link to dVerse in your post!
- Link your poem (1only) using the Mr.Linky button on our site. Don’t forget to include your name. (Click the Mr. Linky button below to open a new screen. If you’re already linked up, this is the screen you will use for choosing your reading as well)
- Once you have pasted your blog url and entered your name, simply click submit.
- Visit as many other poems as you like, commenting as you see fit.
- Spread the poetry love! Tweet and share till your heart’s content.
- Remember, we are community! Engage your fellow poets, talk, chat, comment, let the world know we’re here!
dVerse 
I do not want to be first…Anthony where are you???…bkm
Can’t wait to read your post! So happy to have you here 🙂 Yay!
welcome to OpenLinkNight everyone! Thank you to Natasha for being the host tonight. Give her some love, she is going to do a great job! Be making the rounds…see you on the trail.
Hey hey! Big day… back soon with my reading glasses on and my cocktail glasses poised
Pingback: wilma mankiller | that's mrs. mediocrity to you
hahahahah…. Yahtzee!!
Just couldn’t wait to poem in! :)) LOVE Y’ALL!!!
kavita, you just nicked me…ha…nice…and enjoyed your verse tonight…
nice recap of d’Verse’s first week, Tash, and thanks for hosting this week! Can’t wait to read what everyone offers.
And what an awesome first week it was! Big shout outs to everyone who joined us!
Holy smokes, Poets! 15entries before me…and I was on the inside track! Last time I sneak outback 😉
woot! week 2! im excited… have fun my friends 🙂
what a wonderful week it was ~
looking forward to reading and sharing poetry ~
heaven you are awesome…se you everywhere…
nobody can beat you Brian in bloggerland *what a feast tonight*
I’m only here to learn his secrets, the poetry’s my cover! 😉
LOLOL Guess I wasn’t too late for the party today!
Looks like I was first to get through the doors.
Kicked off me shoes, got me a bar stool, lager in hand and…
Looking forward to another fun week! On my post this week I raise a question about explaining (or not) your poetry. Would love to hear what everyone else thinks!
I’m loving this dverse pub 🙂
And dVerse is loving all of you!
Away we go, Poets! Here`s to poetry! Raise your glass 🙂
Great job of getting the word up, Natasha. I’ve been rewriting and trashing poems all day but think I finally got it together. Looking forward to another fun evening lifting a glass of vintage verse with this talented crowd.
Back for week two, whoo hoo
Pat Hatt in the dVerse House! Show this cat some poetry love!
be back for some verse readin’ later tonight….
Thanks Natasha and hello all
I posted 2 verses from the long piece I’m working on
I’ve already had a couple so forgive me if I don’t respond to quick 😉
-joshuA
We got your back! 😉
Let’s belly up to the bar and get drunk on poetry …
I`ll drink to that!
thanks to Lyn for sending me an introduction to y’all. I’ve posted my most recent weekly poem– #145– a villanelle. Looking forward to reading this evening as I recognize many names already.
Welcome to dVerse! We`ll have to send our thanks as well 🙂
it is great to see you here…smiles.
Back again for some fun. I’ll be over here sipping my wine as I read off and on through the day.
Thanks for joining us again Joanne! From the looks of things there`s going to be lots to keep us busy…the posts are amazing
Pingback: Reverse progression « How I write, is mine…How you read, is yours
i’m here, both as coal and as fireblossom.
i’ll just have a chocolate milk. my mind is a wild enough place without any more input!
I`ll vouch for that, brilliant soul! Welcome back!
wow.. they’re so fast… first time here… unable to get on last week co’z of the pre-board exam… now i’m on and sleepless…ehehe.. ’tis 3AM of Wed here… aww..
Tnx Natasha for hosting this week’s open link night.
Happy reading to all!!!:)
Some amazing poetry to be read today! You won`t be sleeping anytime soon!
aww.. i’ll try my hardest…heehee..(@__@)
Gosh, only the second week, and me–a newbie poet–feels SO at home. I learning here just by reading the great ones! Thank you SO much, Peeps!
Pingback: cinnamon dew | wayside word garden
I thought i would pop in and say hi
Hi! Good to see you! We love drop ins 🙂
have a great evening guys…and a lovely intro Tash….still woozy with the concussion so deffo not in a writing mood but just wanted to drop by and wish you well…think i should stick to the lemonades at the mo..
We have lemonade! And chocolate milk 🙂 Thanks so much for your kind words Pete! Means more than you know! Feel better…
Pingback: The Hanged Man « The World Poetized
OK, I’m linked up again. I’m enjoying my experience with dVerse–a great group.
Thank you!
Week 2 on the books! You all are doing so well, I think your new pub will be quite the smash 🙂 Look forward to reading all the great work this week! ~ Rose
Rose is a definite hit on the poetic circuit, dont miss her words…
Pingback: Heat Dome, Cracking | Oran's Well
I missed opening week’s open link, but here I am now. I look forward to reading some great poetry this week. Thanks!
FracturedPhrase in the Pub! So happy you made it…Yay!
kThank you again for this site.
Last week we had thunder storms and computer crashed a couple of times….cats peed on the electrical cord/outlet…that box on the floor, and we lost all power to the upstairs..
So, there are poets here I lost or forgot to read their sites…and I humbly apologize. I will try to do better this week!
Lady Nyo
smiles…hope the weather cooperates a bit more…wonderful piece tonight on the inquisition….
Hey everyone,
I am so happy to join you today. This is a great site and I am looking forward to reading wonderful work! I missed the first round and very happy to submit today.
Best wishes and good writing and reading to all!
Welcome! Glad you found your way to week two! 🙂
Got my poem in on time!!! Give it a read please:)
I just tapped in with my Sestina from my cell, I will add the dVerse link when I am in the same room as my laptop and read some of these offerings. Have fun!
It’s because of communities like d’Verse why poetry will continue to reign strong.
Thanks Natasha for hosting this week. I’m looking forward to another week of fine poetry.
Have another great week everyone!
I`ll raise my glass to that Andy! And it`s because of supporters like all of YOU that dVerse can be. Can`t have one without the other…can`t have either without poetry! Drinks all around! BTW…any volunteers for designated driver…I gotta get home from the office
Pingback: •Ϛ•ϛ∙ carpe diem baby ∙ϛ•Ϛ• | haiku love songs
Woo Hoo! over 50 links the first hour ~ it’s gonna be a parteeee! thank you, Natasha, and i love the mic! i hope to visit as many as possible tonight. {between the g & t’s}
guess we better seize the day eh dani…smiles.
Something very special to me this week. It could be considered sad, but I choose to think of it as a tribute to an incredible life. Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/dxEjiG
Off now to read the work of so many talented others. Best wishes to all at dVersePoets, James.
James! We’ll have you singing again this week! And I can’t wait…
Great response this week; bring on the poetry!
Hey all. Sorry to be a little late to the party, but glad to have made it through the door – looking forward to drinking in some vintage poetry tonight! Andrew.
oh you are not late at all…we are just getting started…31 more hours of poetry to come…smiles. the link stays open until midnite tomorrow so you can come back and bring friends…
Happy Open Link night everyone! 🙂
Governing By Tweet
It’s hard to know who to visit first. I posted a ditty about the static of summer in the country.
Wow! What a party! I’ve got some more reading to do….You guys rock!
Pingback: Out There « ZONGRIK
Hosted by Natasha~~ ❤ 🙂 I couldn't miss this one.
Thanks Brian and Claudia for starting this rockin pub for all us crazy poets to gather. 🙂 To all the rest of you- you rock too. 🙂
Oh I brought a bit of a dark piece tonight.
River’s in the house! Brilliant write tonight! You all must read…and give her props for bringing us The River Online Paper each week! This week’s just might feature someone special! 😉
nice….and dVerse will be in the River mag this week too so keep an eye out…just saying…
Pingback: Storms on the Edge of a Mind | Waabin Ozhibiiwin ~ Dawn Writer
Had a great time last week talking poetry over our drinks..looking forward to meeting more of you this time. Cheers..! My poem this time (Fatal 27) is hot off the press, written today…not sure it’s finished, but worth an airing.
nice…really enjoyed your verse tonight…
What’s a girl gotta do to get a drink around here? Good look on your first Open Link Night Natasha.
I meant luck not look – need to lay off the Pinot Grigio!
Pace yourself! lol We’ve got a great night ahead of us!
Pingback: Mirrors « Marousia
Taking it to the beach this week…. wow a lot of links and it’s only 6pm!
Finally got myself over here, as I missed the grand launch last week. I’ve been out of the online writing for about a month, but I’ve still been writing, of course! Happy to see some familiar faces from “OneStop” here, and I hope I get the chance to visit some of your blogs this evening. Tonight I went for one that I feel alot of us can relate to, that spot in your life when you know change is inevitable, but you just can’t seem/don’t know how to get there. I give to you : “Purgatorial Pissings”
http://quillsandquasars.blogspot.com/2011/07/purgatorial-pissings.html
See you on the blogs!
-Pounds (@pwn3ds)
The title alone is poetry to my ears! 🙂 Welcome! Can’t wait to work my way to your post
Hi! Brian…
Congrat! [ulation] on yours, Claudia, and the d”Verse crew…Second week it seem to be Off to a “flying” start…I’m proud to say that poetry…“rock!”
deedee 😉
hey deedee! we got a mention on another site by friends of deedees…will drop a link here in a bit…
Feeling a little under the weather this week, but had to stop by…I think a Coffee and Baileys is just what the doctor ordered lol! Great gathering at the pub tonight! Congrats to all at D’Verse… ♥ ஆ ~.^
Greetings all! Hope everyone is enjoying the Link!! Just don’t tell Zelda!
Nothing like a bad joke to clear the room…. 😉
haha….nice…legendary joke…smiles.
I wish the talent here would rub off on me. Still, I love reading the poems. Thank you all.
dont sell yourself short myrna…i read everything you write. ~b
Okay…I linked! Just driving my daughter to the movies, then I’m coming back to read ALL THE POEMS!!!!
I noticed # 89 Mindy Lee George, was not really linking a poem but her site.
Natasha – please edit *Link your poem (1only)* space in 1 only
I will be back for tomorrow for another round. A great night ~ thanks ~
thanks heaven….saw you all over the place tonight…good to keep bumping into you out on the trail…sleep well..
hey every one welcome to poets pub, week 2 Drinks on me. lol
Pingback: Memories of a Sister | Sandy Day
I’m out for now….but the bar stays open all night long! Here’s to poetry and to the poets that write it! (That’s all of YOU!)
sleep well tash…great job hosting…i will tend the pub for a bit….for the evening crowd…
Hope the late arrivals weren’t too rowdy with you! Only poetic muscle flexing please! 🙂
Thanks for posting everyone, this was fun!
most def sandy…and it goes on all through out the day tomorrow so check back in…
I’m Excited to read my fellow posters!!!!
So glad to have this time to write and become a part of all your inspiring poems.
Cool, a lock in, is anyone still awake? 😉
Oh boy, already daunting. A merlot might calm me fears mates.
Kinda late posting, just wrote this poem. I was surprised I could write after 12 hours of work and 2 hours on the road. Thankful for a place to share poetry
And we’re very thankful you’re willing to share it
Kind of late posting, long day at work, fresh poem however
Love the fancy mic icon!
Pingback: Compromise — the halfway point
And I have gate crashed ….. Anne perconti’s post on fb helped me get here 🙂
cheers!!!
good morning everyone! got my coffee and reading poetry…looking forward to catching up and seeing who joins the fun today as well.
Keep spreading the poetry love! We’re open all day, spread the word…and bring your friends for lunch 🙂
Finally stop by since you opened the place. Can’t wait to read more.
Such a lovely place to share poetry. Here is my latest.
Ode to Amy
we really need to get together one day the whole lot of us
Wouldn’t that be awesome!
that would be so cool…lets name a place and set a date…smiles.
Well, I finally found the comment link…didn’t see that it was right out there as you come through the pub door. Just goes to show my vast experience with pubs 🙂 My poem ‘s on a quiet back corner table, if anyone needs a break from the boisterous bar. Thanks for the invitation – happy there’s room for everyone.
By the way, I forgot to compliment Natasha on the great introduction she wrote this week, and the gold mike.
Thanks Anne! Appreciate that immensely! I can get used to quite corner tables too 🙂 And we have Brian to thank for the awesome mic shot…though I’d love to take the credit! 🙂
If I’m hosting next week, it’ll be like me coming onstage with a kazoo after Lady Gaga. I’d better start polishing my glib insincerity now. 😉 Natasha, you are a beautiful force of nature, dear heart! What a fabulous week!
Joe! I can’t wait 🙂 I got your back, coach! 😉 (and a kazoo, too!)
Oh so this is the new place! wow …. looks like I have missed a lot of happenings as I hardly came to blog thanks to the rat race of life ….. quite a heedy feeling at the pub … will wear my reading glass and come back to go through all the great poems at leisure. all the best.
great to see you here…look around…i know you will enjoy yourself…
Had a blast reading from last week’s list…but a bit of trouble commenting. Sometimes because I was gobsmacked and didn’t want to just say “wow” and sometimes due to a blogger technical glitch that I think has been fixed now. *crosses fingers*
Thanks for the opportunity to expand my reading circle.
:0)
I’m a fairly new blogger and am joining in this week…she said shyly.
I really enjoy the diverse (pun intended) poets here.
nice…well welcome to our small corner…smiles.
Some techy trouble getting here..but here I be. As the British say, I need a cuppa and a lie-down. I’m wordless…
I didn’t forget your opening, just been swamped lately. I’m so excited about what you’ve done and look forward to hangin’ out with all of you.
It’s so exciting! I don’t suppose I’ll have time to read everyone, but so far I have found some absolutely wonderful poets previously unknown to me – one of my greatest thrills in life. Also it’s fun to be getting the comments on my offering.
I think we’re even topping last week as to the quality of poetry you guys are posting! Amazing journeys and adventures! Thank you all for sharing with us…Y’all are blowing my mind!
Pingback: Bagordare | Chronicles of Illusions
Great to be back again this week. Fun, fun, fun
Hey there, Heaven referred me to this site and I have to say, I love it… However, I’ve clicked the Mr Linky button and it just throws up the list of those already uploaded, with no means for me to upload my own URL? It says ‘widget expiration date: 2 hours ago.’
I’d love to take part – am I just being stupid or is there really a problem?!
Rebs
Nice to see you here. Yes, the widget expired already. Please drop by again later (3pm EST) for another round of poetry sharing.
Please refer to the top link – This is Us – for our weekly sharing/activities.
I missed out once again guys.. but I’ll keep the tag still 🙂 My post is here if anyone wishes to read:
Vicissitude of thought…
We’ve got Gay coming up at 3pm today EST with Form! Stay tuned….
Pingback: Nirvana « Olivia's In- Mind Whirls..
Ok my apologies for something, I guess my link was taken away and my post above which was approved is now gone as well. Oh well it was fun while it lasted…. I guess.