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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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FIVE FABULOUS FUN FOOTLES - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS TITLE

Blog Posted:6/5/2015 6:04:00 PM

I HAVE POSTED A CONTEST FOR FIVE FABULOUS FUN FOOTLES - BUT OF COURSE YOU CAN WRITE MORE THAN FIVE WHICH IS THE MINIMUM

MAKE SURE YOU READ THE RULES ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE TITLE - I DO NOT WANT TO READ ANY ENTRIES BEFORE THE CONTEST CLOSES

I HAVE POSTED A FOOTLES POEM TODAY - IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF THE TYPE OF POEM I AM AFTER PLEASE PASTE THIS LINK INTO GOOGLE

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/spoilt_brat_footles_679893

I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE SO MANY ENTRIES BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THE TITLE IS AS ABOVE - I HAVE SOUP MAILED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE - I DO NOT WANT TO READ ANY ENTRIES BEFORE THE CONTEST CLOSES

PLEASE JOIN IN THE FUN

HUGS JAN

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Tim
Smith

Date: 6/7/2015 2:54:00 PM

Funny? They are supposed to be funny? ....lol

Jan Allison
Date: 6/8/2015 6:38:00 AM

I know Tim - (it's my British sense of humour) lol lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith
Date: 6/7/2015 2:59:00 PM

I was joking Jan...lol

Jan Allison
Date: 6/7/2015 2:57:00 PM

I would prefer them to be .. then again not everyone understands my British sense of humour lol:-) hugs jan xx

Tim
Smith

Date: 6/7/2015 2:43:00 PM

Was able to put a string together between ballgames Jan....you have your work cut out for you....Many good ones I have read already.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/7/2015 2:51:00 PM

Oh that is brilliant thanks Tim i am looking forward to seeing the poems - am so glad I opted for a contest title makes it impossible to know who wrote what - do put a funny title on with the body of the poem if you want so you can change it later:-) Hugs jan xx

Kp
Nunez

Date: 6/7/2015 7:18:00 AM

Hi Jan. Here to show my support. Haven't gotten to writing one much more five, but will certainly give it a try. HUgs!

Kp Nunez
Date: 6/7/2015 7:49:00 AM

Already did yesterday, lol! Also left a comment. Another poem was waiting to be posted though. Thanks! will drop by again. hugs some more!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/7/2015 7:43:00 AM

Do give it a go Kim once you start you will find it hard to stop. Do have a look at my 'spoilt brat' footles that will give you an idea of what I am looking for - the funnier the better:-) Hugs jan xx

Brian
Strand

Date: 6/6/2015 3:06:00 AM

Thanks Jan for promoting my footle poetry form.Folk may read more of this fun form in my kindle ebooks thereon on Amazon just 99c each.Rgds Brian

Jan Allison
Date: 6/6/2015 4:30:00 AM

Oh Brian thank you for inventing it - I have so much fun with the poems - you have made my day by commenting on my blog:-) Hugs Jan xx

Constance
La France

Date: 6/6/2015 2:10:00 AM

Jan thanks for sponsoring another great contest

Constance La France
Date: 6/6/2015 2:13:00 AM

So true

Jan Allison
Date: 6/6/2015 2:12:00 AM

I just want people to have fun Broken Wings - so many things are taken too seriously and life is all to short not to find time to have a bit of fun:-) Hugs jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/5/2015 11:04:00 PM

I see people are doing it already!! You will enjoy them, Jan!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/5/2015 11:09:00 PM

I just hope people have fun - I do adore this form so few words really can say so much:-) Hugs jan xx

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
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,
8/15/2023	An Old Shovel	Personification	humorous,work,
8/14/2023	Whisperings	Acrostic	angst,betrayal,
8/13/2023	Spring	Ninette	flower,garden,spring,
8/10/2023	Violinist	Rhyme	music,tribute,
8/8/2023	Away At a Strip Club	Rhyme	clothes,drink,humorous,
8/7/2023	Trust	Acrostic	betrayal,internet,
8/6/2023	August	Acrostic	august,holiday,seasons,tr

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Fav Poems

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