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Thought I better get round to writing a bit about myself.

I'm married and live on the Isle of Man

My poetry journey began in November 2013 after my husband was diagnosed with cancer. The first poem I wrote was called was Splendid Isolation. This was written after we returned to the Isle of Man after his surgery in England. I felt so alone and vulnerable in the accommodation - all I really needed was someone to talk to face to face and maybe have a hug! I posted a few poems on a friends facebook page - mainly humerous poems . An on-line friend Jenny Brewer saw my poems and kept telling me to join here. It took about 3 weeks of her asking me if i had joined to pluck up the courage to finally post and 'Just Desserts' was the first poem I posted here - it is based on a true experience! Since then my life has been a whirl. In Jared Pickett's collaboration I teamed up with Darren Watson and we wrote together collaboratively as JaDazzle United.

I adore penguins - the animals not the biscuits!
Loveeeee tall men with greying hair
I love baking/cooking
I like to potter in the garden - need more time to commit to it but have an aged mother who needs me more than my garden does
Adore most types of music - will give anything a listen
Best ever gig - Knebworth 1986 when 'Queen' headlined

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My Next Contest

Blog Posted:7/11/2023 8:34:00 AM

I’m delighted to announce I am re-running the ‘Away in a Manger’ contest which was pulled by the previous sponsor after 6 entries had been posted.

If those poets wish to re submit their original poems to my contest, I intend to give each of them an automatic 1^st place in my contest and then judge completely new entries according to my rules.

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Mark
Toney

Date: 7/12/2023 3:09:00 PM

Jan, if you go to the “Member Admin Area” and look in your personal member home, and select “My Contests,” the eighth bullet point under “Things to Remember when Hosting a Contest” states: “ You may only run one contest at a time (You must FINALIZE and close your current contest before starting a new one).”

Mark Toney
Date: 7/13/2023 9:11:00 AM

Thank you, Tania.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 7/13/2023 4:01:00 AM

Mark that is true, I contacted TPS about this issue and their response was that I could choose to remove or change my poem from the contest. Nothing reflected in their response regarding their contest rules.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/13/2023 12:47:00 AM

Perhaps if we ask admin they will consider it! hugs jan xx

Mark Toney
Date: 7/12/2023 7:21:00 PM

You’re right. A clear rule would be best.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/12/2023 6:45:00 PM

Unfortunately Mark the rule doesn't say that the sponsor can't change their mind on a whim after a few entries have been submitted and totally change the contest from the original theme. When WE enter a contest we have to abide by the no names etc rule, so I think it would be prudent if there was a clear rule for sponsors to finish the original contest they started, and if they don't like entries then to simply n/a them. Its really quite unfair not to give a poem a chance when poets work hard to write for a specific contest and theme. I am so grateful to you for allowing me to use your poem as an example, its really fabulous:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/11/2023 3:30:00 PM

I really thought it was a cool topic for a parody poem so I will check out your contest

Jan Allison
Date: 7/11/2023 4:24:00 PM

as long as you follow the 6,5,6,5 you have free rein with themes but i have given some suggestions i dont think its as rigid in topic as the original contest. hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/11/2023 4:13:00 PM

I have an idea. I like that there are so many ways to go with this.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/11/2023 3:38:00 PM

Hope you will take part Andrea, i did 2 parodies, away in an asylum which i submitted to the original contest and then away to La senza which i put in the humour contest:-) hugs jan xx

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 7/11/2023 12:56:00 PM

That’s such good news Jan, I look forward to the challenge… Belle

Jan Allison
Date: 7/11/2023 1:04:00 PM

Thanks Belle, Ive just had confirmation from Mark Toney that I can use his poem as an example, it was an excellent poem and I am delighted he is entering the re run contest . hope you get inspired to write. hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 7/11/2023 10:15:00 AM

I am glad to learn those 6 poems are going to be acknowledged in your contest, Jan. I know you’d never change themes in mid stream.

Lin Lane
Date: 7/11/2023 10:49:00 AM

Surely, it should work both ways.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/11/2023 10:47:00 AM

Hi Lin, There will only be 5 people who it applied to as I was the 6th and of course I won't enter my own contest. I wish admin had a rule that once a contest was posted the sponsor had to stick to the theme and simply N/A any poems they didn't like and not change it on a whim. . We have to adhere to rules when we enter a contest, surely it works the other way too. hugs jan xx

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/23/2024	Girl with a pearl earring	Free verse	art,beauty,identity,
5/12/2024	Ewe Called	Limerick	birth,farm,father son,
5/8/2024	Heather on the hills - BAWDY WARNING	Limerick	humorous,lust,
5/1/2024	Doggone	Limerick	anxiety,dog,humorous,
4/23/2024	Paper chase Ephemera	Free verse	love,
4/21/2024	Zephyr	Rhyme	joy,nature,wind,
4/16/2024	Yellow	Couplet	beautiful,color,uplifting
4/8/2024	HIGH TEA	Limerick	animal,food,fun,
4/7/2024	SOCK IT TO ME	Personification	clothes,humorous,missing,
3/26/2024	CAGE RAGE	Limerick	bird,cat,irony,
3/21/2024	Sun	Personification	sun,
3/17/2024	Blue	List	color,
3/16/2024	Uplifting	Acrostic	body,humorous,
2/27/2024	THE QUEEN OF POOP FIGHTS BACK!	Limerick	anti bullying,how i feel,
2/19/2024	Spring time	Etheree	flower,spring,
2/13/2024	When Trust Has Been Broken	Rhyme	betrayal,
2/9/2024	Pour reeding and righting	Limerick	for her,friend,words,
1/27/2024	Beach Bummer - BAWDY WARNING	Limerick	betrayal,holiday,humorous
1/23/2024	Autumn	Haiku	sunset,
1/22/2024	Precipice	Acrostic	dark,death,mother son,
1/21/2024	Valentines Day Dilema	Rhyme	anxiety,flower,valentines
1/20/2024	Moonlight Shadows	Fibonacci	moon,ocean,
1/16/2024	Tea Time	Personification	drink,
1/15/2024	Bouquet Blunder	Limerick	flower,humorous,valentine
1/11/2024	Winter Magic	Rhyme	snow,winter,
1/4/2024	Oblivion	Acrostic	devotion,memory,mental he
12/30/2023	Total transformation in 2023	Sijo	books,me,poetry,
11/28/2023	La Luna's Lure	Alliteration	butterfly,moon,
11/25/2023	DIVORCE	Acrostic	break up,conflict,divorce
11/18/2023	Remember Remember	Rhyme	age,humorous,memory,
11/17/2023	Sex Drive or dead end street	Haiku	humorous,word play,
11/17/2023	Wild Birds Poetry Contest	Personification	bird,
11/14/2023	DREAMS CAN COME TRUE	Rhyme	dream,poetry,
11/13/2023	Mother	Acrostic	i miss you,mother daughte
11/12/2023	Mr Spud head gets mashed	Limerick	body,
11/11/2023	WE WILL REMEMEBER THEM	Haiku	remembrance day,war,
11/9/2023	Remember Remember the 5th of November	Ninette	firework,
11/6/2023	Thanksgiving Trauma for Turkeys	Limerick	death,food,thanksgiving d
11/5/2023	Letter	Rhyme	identity,
11/4/2023	Going To the Chapel of Love - Tb	Than-Bauk	kiss,love,
11/3/2023	Harvest	Monoku	fruit,life,
11/1/2023	The Twelve Days of Christmas On the Isle of Man	Lyric	christmas,fun,home,
10/31/2023	Building Friendship	Monorhyme	children,friendship,fun,
10/30/2023	Knock	Senryu	drink,friend,health,
10/30/2023	Autumn	Monoku	autumn,
10/28/2023	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Senryu	cancer,health,
10/25/2023	Words - Lipogram Poetry Contest	Limerick	humorous,poetry,words,
10/22/2023	Forever Autumn	Quintilla	autumn,
10/21/2023	Qop Strikes Again With Another Poop Poem - For Deb M	Limerick	humorous,student,
10/20/2023	The Sound of Silence	Dodoitsu	humorous,senses,
10/19/2023	Silence Is Golden	Limerick	humorous,peace,
10/17/2023	Calmer Chameleon	Personification	animal,fun,
10/16/2023	Oh My Gourd	Senryu	autumn,food,humorous,
10/15/2023	She Walks In Beauty	Cinquain	beach,loneliness,sea,
10/13/2023	Chocks Away - Poop Poem Warning	Limerick	body,humorous,
10/12/2023	Autumn	Quatern	autumn,
10/11/2023	Trick Or Treat	Rhyme	halloween,
10/10/2023	Bloodsucker - Revised	Alexandrine	dark,
10/9/2023	The Unsupervised Stop Sign	Free verse	death,drug,
10/9/2023	Come Into My Parlour - a Collaboration Between Arlo Parker and the Mean Girls	Rhyme	humorous,lust,
10/7/2023	Poetry and Me	Free verse	how i feel,integrity,poet
10/2/2023	If I Only Had a Brain	Monoku	health,
10/1/2023	Green	Rhyme	color,conflict,
9/30/2023	Jennifer Aniston	Clerihew	break up,tribute,
9/27/2023	Pooh Dunny It - a Bowel Shatt-Ering Senryu	Senryu	humorous,
9/26/2023	Arthur Vaso	Monoku	friendship,tribute,word p
9/25/2023	Golden Shovel	Verse	change,
9/23/2023	Frost	Acrostic	winter,
9/22/2023	You'Re In Trouble - Bawdy Warning	Limerick	drink,humorous,
9/21/2023	What Was I Thinking	Monoku	confusion,humorous,intern
9/20/2023	Vampire	Pleiades	dark,gothic,
9/19/2023	It Happened On a Misty Morning	Verse	proposal,romantic,
9/18/2023	The Smell of Fear - Collaboration	Limerick	humorous,space,
9/17/2023	Fear of Abduction By Alien Life	Rhyme	fantasy,fear,
9/16/2023	You Can'T Stop the Music	Senryu	music,
9/15/2023	Piano	Pleiades	inspirational,music,sense
9/14/2023	Lie Detector	Senryu	humorous,political,
9/13/2023	We Must Talk In Hushed Voices	Rhyme	first love,trust,
9/11/2023	Emu	Pleiades	bird,
9/10/2023	Sunset Sadness	Free verse	i miss you,sunset,
9/9/2023	Albatross	Pleiades	bird,music,
9/8/2023	Dark	Senryu	dark,mental illness,
9/7/2023	I'M Feeling Impish	Rhyme	anti bullying,poetry,
9/6/2023	Autumn Leaves Fall	Rhyme	autumn,tree,
9/4/2023	It's a Wonderful World	Verse	bird,flying,sunset,
9/3/2023	Raspberries	Pleiades	fruit,
9/2/2023	Vile Vache	Acrostic	animal,conflict,humorous,
9/1/2023	Catastrophy	Footle	cat,humorous,
8/31/2023	My Favorite Soup	Free verse	how i feel,poetry,
8/30/2023	Laughter	Rhyme	life,smile,
8/28/2023	Colorful	Monorhyme	color,
8/26/2023	Pillow Talk	Senryu	childhood,cute,
8/24/2023	Broken	Senryu	feelings,growing up,me,
8/22/2023	Toilet	Personification	humorous,
8/21/2023	They Think It's All Over - It Is Now	Limerick	conflict,football,
8/20/2023	Pause For Claws	Rhyme	children,friendship,fun,
8/19/2023	Fruit and Nuts	Limerick	fruit,health,humorous,
8/18/2023	Bravo	Limerick	body,humorous,
8/17/2023	Winter Tableau	Verse	bird,food,winter,
8/16/2023	Xanthic	Rhyme	color,nature,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Few Steps Behind	I do not know?	sad,
The Naked Ramblers Society	Verse	funny,
The Allison Ellison Bond	Narrative	friendship,love,
Please Do Not Weep	I do not know?	absence,bereavement,
Sometimes We Just Have To Get Naked	Rhyme	life,
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
My Way	Verse	funny,
I'Ll Always Remember	Rhyme	lost love,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
Remembrances ---Tanka	Tanka	emotions,remember,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
Spring	Haiku	flower,nature,seasons,daf
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
Poor Man Rich Man	Free verse	heart,identity,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
Dancing Once Again With Words	Verse	love,
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
Ever-Bright Eyes	Quatrain	deep,feelings,heart,how i
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
It's Love, Pure Love	Quatrain	love,
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
Embers	Rhyme	bereavement,feelings,marr
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Limerick 3	Limerick	funny,
My Best Ever Love Poem	Verse	love,
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
Jan	Narrative	dedication,love,
- the Glory of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
Romance	Rhyme	romance,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
Breast Cancer Awareness	Narrative	cancer,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
Beauty Inside	Quatrain	beauty,
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Coverup	Rhyme	feelings,nature,
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
Daydream	Alliteration	beautiful,dream,flower,
She's Wet	Light Verse	beauty,creation,cute love
When I Am Gone	Epigram	inspirational,mystery,
Sister Jan	Limerick	humorous,
On Maydays Day	Sonnet	beauty,class,fear,history
Faith, Hope and Love	Tanka	life,
I Lifted My Oars	Rhyme	leaving,life,
Pretty Poet	Free verse	angel,how i feel,mentor,p
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
Lost	Dizain	death,heaven,loss,relatio
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
A Getaway To Ancient Venice	Prose	love,passion,
I Think of You - An Alternative Universe - 6	Prose Poetry	best friend,cute love,des
A Long Loud Sigh	Free verse	introspection,drug,
The Butterfly and Me	Rhyme	animal,butterfly,earth,in
My Heart Beats For You	Rhyme	bereavement,loss,love,