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I Drew a Blank

I picked up my pen and tried hard to write, words simply failed me and I drew a blank. The harder I tried the worse it became Where are the syllables when I need them? Not a limerick or rhyme will appear … my muse has gone on her spring holiday - when she will return I have no idea! I’m sad, how can I enter a contest that I have little chance of placing in... Oh well, I guess its another N/A to add to my expanding collection. N/A in contest finalised on 6/2/16 05~31~16

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Sneha Rv

Date: 6/2/2016 3:15:00 PM

Ooh, This is amazing!! So unique and wonderful.. Good luck in the contest, dear Jan!! :) :)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/3/2016 10:49:00 AM

I got an N/A lol but I was expecting to draw a blank with my entry lol:-) hugs jan xx

James Cottrell

Date: 6/2/2016 9:16:00 AM

Wow. Very nice poem. I can relate to this. Great work.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/3/2016 10:49:00 AM

Thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Thompson

Date: 6/1/2016 4:45:00 PM

Good luck to you Jan....

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 6:14:00 PM

Just a fun write Janis I wanted to fill the last place in the contest and went with a quick fun write lol:-) hugs jan xx

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/1/2016 1:54:00 PM

Jan, this is so well-written--and clever! I can add all my NA's to the MANY rejection notices I've received--by USPS in the long past, by e-mail now! Janice

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 6:13:00 PM

I have had a few haiku turned down by the haiku journal but had a couple published which was great:-) Am working on a humour book which I will self publish - unless there are any 'talent' scouts out there willing to fund me lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 6/1/2016 7:05:00 AM

Excellent. Well penned . No doubt you are a great writer. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 9:11:00 AM

Thanks Ravi I write for fun and this was just for the contest - a tongue in cheek write lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 6/1/2016 6:43:00 AM

The life of a poet Jan...there is always another contest coming your way.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 6:57:00 AM

Pure tongue in cheek write Tim I just wanted to fill the last place in the contest lol :-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel

Date: 6/1/2016 4:23:00 AM

Haha:) Very clever Jan:) all the best:)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 4:26:00 AM

Thanks Jo:-) hugs Jan xx

Joe Dimino

Date: 6/1/2016 4:12:00 AM

Love it! Can relate. Here, in Arizona, we call it summer, the heat even drying the words away:)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 4:25:00 AM

We get around 2 days of summer here - well maybe three if we are lucky no wonder my muse planned an escape lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Probir Gupta

Date: 5/31/2016 9:05:00 PM

Rich in your enviable sense of humour...but a very good poem simultaneously ... like it so much...

Jan Allison
Date: 6/1/2016 3:30:00 AM

Thanks Probir:-) I had to do a tongue in cheek write as i didn't know what John was looking for in the contest lol:-) hugs jan xx

Mike Hauser

Date: 5/31/2016 6:47:00 PM

You're a wonderful poet yourself!

Jan Allison
Date: 5/31/2016 6:48:00 PM

You are too kind Mike I've learned so so much since starting writing and joining soup in 2014:-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance

Date: 5/31/2016 6:15:00 PM

Muses muses...they are a fickle friend. Nice write, and hope not a NA :)

Jan Allison
Date: 5/31/2016 6:20:00 PM

They sure are fickle Cas lol I think mine is heading for sunnier climes or maybe she is escaping the Island now all the bikers are descending on us for TT:-) hugs Jan xx

Ina Nakagawa

Date: 5/31/2016 6:11:00 PM

This is a great blank verse! Nice work! ^_^

Jan Allison
Date: 5/31/2016 6:19:00 PM

I've never written this form before not sure if it is what John wants but I went for a fun write and sneaked the last entry in the contest lol:-) hugs jan xx

Bonnie Jennings

Date: 5/31/2016 6:07:00 PM

This poem expresses my sentiments at times. Humorous and catchy.

Jan Allison
Date: 5/31/2016 6:09:00 PM

Thanks Bonnie - there was one place left in the contest so thought i would pen a tongue in cheek poem:-) hugs jan xx