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Why Didn'T He See It Coming

It was late on Saturday night, the girls were out for fun. We were in fancy dress costumes - I was dressed as a nun! We had got our seats booked to see a psychic medium. We’d had a busy week, so could escape from tedium. Heading off to a bar, we looked such an amusing sight, sipping cocktails in our costumes - we gave so much delight! We giggled like schoolgirls, but soon time came for us to go. We walked to the venue to see our pre-booked psychic show. But much to our chagrin, we found that it had been called off due to ‘unforeseen reasons’… at this “psychic” we did scoff! Contest Pink Dominoes sponsored by Sara Kendrick syllable counter used how many syllables 8,6,8,6. lines 2 and 4 rhyming 07~21~16

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Anisha Dutta

Date: 7/30/2016 8:49:00 AM

Congrats JAN to win. Love

Jan Allison
Date: 7/30/2016 3:15:00 PM

Thanks so much Anisha:-) hugs jan xx

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/30/2016 8:44:00 AM

Your wonderful work got my attention! I am so glad to place it in the winners’ list..Congrats to you. Sara ..I guess it just wasn't written in the cards for him to see the unexpected event..LOL..

Jan Allison
Date: 7/30/2016 3:15:00 PM

LOL love that comment Sara:-) hugs Jan xx

Karam Misra

Date: 7/30/2016 7:04:00 AM

Congrats on your win, Jan. It was a difficult contest no doubt.(at least for me) ~karam~

Jan Allison
Date: 7/30/2016 7:07:00 AM

Thanks Karam yes I too found it a challenge - my original poem I had 6,8,6,8 and not 8,6,8,6 syllables so I had to do a rehash lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/29/2016 3:22:00 PM

Hi Jan, I had a feeling you were going to be on the winner's list with this hilarious write. Congratulations on your win. It was well deserved: -) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 7/29/2016 3:47:00 PM

Thanks so much Alexis:-) hugs Jan xx

Phillip Garcia
Date: 7/29/2016 3:22:00 PM

Did you have trouble, as I did, switching back to normal rhyme mode after you wrote this?

Phillip Garcia

Date: 7/29/2016 12:10:00 PM

You had me at "I was dressed as a nun". Hilarious as always, Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 7/29/2016 3:47:00 PM

No I have no trouble ever writing with rhyme:-) hugs jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 7/29/2016 3:09:00 PM

Thanks Phillip - I had fun writing for the contest:-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/27/2016 12:37:00 AM

I like your entry, Jan:) Sounds real fun:) All the best:)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/27/2016 3:32:00 AM

Thanks Jo it was quite a challenge as I got the lines the wrong way round on my first attempt and had to do changes lol - need to read the rules more carefully next time!:-) hugs Jan xx

Old Man Emu

Date: 7/23/2016 10:06:00 PM

Cool Jan, love the title too. Very gifted you are. As always enjoy your poem

Jan Allison
Date: 7/24/2016 3:48:00 PM

Thanks Craig for your very kind comment:-) I do enjoy playing with the title - to me it is as important as the poem itself:-) hugs jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 7/22/2016 5:29:00 AM

Charmingly hilarious dearest, Jan! Certainly you have a fine talent for humorous writing! Enjoyed it and a seven!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/22/2016 7:15:00 AM

I love writing with humour Demetrios but I can turn my hand to write more serious poems too:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 7/21/2016 6:32:00 PM

ha! very funny, jan! my favorite part is the rhyme of medium and tedium - very clever!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 6:40:00 PM

Thanks Ilene - am in the process of amending it for the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/21/2016 6:10:00 PM

Ha ha, the physic should have warned you not to come.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 6:13:00 PM

Exactly lol - need to rewrite it for the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Paul Callus

Date: 7/21/2016 5:01:00 PM

What a hopeless psychic medium!! Should have seen that coming days before! Excellent, especially the last stanza. hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 5:11:00 PM

I wrote it for the contest then was advised I'd got the syllables the wrong way round 8,6,8,6 and I'd done 6, 8,6,8 - doh bird brain so I need to amend it :-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 7/21/2016 2:44:00 PM

lol...She should have known

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 2:46:00 PM

LOl - I wrote it for the contest then discovered it should be 8,68,6 doh - bird brain:-( hugs jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/21/2016 12:49:00 PM

Hi Jan, I'm not suprised that you nailed this difficult theme. Because you are one funny lady. I enjoyed the humor. Best of luck in the contest. A Big seven:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 4:24:00 PM

I did 6,8,6,8 it should be 8.6.8.6 - doh I didn't copy the rules properly lol hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.
Date: 7/21/2016 4:22:00 PM

It looked fine to me. I'm sure the revised version will be even better. :-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 2:19:00 PM

I've got the syllable count the wrong way Alexis! have a lot of editing to do to get it right for the contest so I've removed it for now:-( hugs Jan xx

Constance La France

Date: 7/21/2016 10:32:00 AM

Jan, well done, I like where you took this difficult theme, a BIG 7 ~

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 10:47:00 AM

Thanks Constance:-) hugs Jan xx