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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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SIMPLY BLOWN AWAY WITH FOOTLE ENTRIES

Blog Posted:6/11/2015 2:46:00 PM

I was simply blown away by the quality of the footles poems - it was such fun judging the contest . Thanks to everyone who took part - I do hope you had as much fun writing them as I had reading them.

Hugs Jan xx

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Viv
Wigley

Date: 6/19/2015 8:10:00 AM

Great competition, Jan, good fun. If you're anywhere nearby, I could do with another toilet roll. Viv x

Jan Allison
Date: 6/19/2015 9:06:00 AM

I get my sis to bring them over from Derby they are much cheaper in home bargains than we can get them lol - :-) Hugs jan xx

Carrie
Richards

Date: 6/11/2015 10:35:00 PM

Thank you, Jan !! Fun reading the footless .....everyone has a good sense of humor !!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/12/2015 12:01:00 AM

I had a great time judging laughter was flowing:-) hugs Jan x

Sneha
Rv

Date: 6/11/2015 8:44:00 PM

Congrats to all the fantastic fabulously funny footle winners!!! :D :D :D

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

It was fun Sneha:-) Hugs Jan xx

Constance
La France

Date: 6/11/2015 8:40:00 PM

Jan, your contest was fun to write for and thank you for my wonderful placement and congratulations to all your winners

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

Thanks for taking part was a great fun contest:-) Hugs Jan xx

Casarah
Nance

Date: 6/11/2015 4:53:00 PM

Its great to bring so much humor to the site, thanks for sponsor a fun contest Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 11:59:00 PM

Was great Cas - yours took the bacon:-) Hugs Jan xx

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 6/11/2015 4:31:00 PM

i had a wonderful time making myself laugh by piecing together those limericks, jan... thank and the pleasure was mine... cheers to all your participants!.. huggs

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 4:35:00 PM

My aim was for people to have fun with the footle form I truly was blown away by the fun entries:-) hugs jan xx

Skat
A

Date: 6/11/2015 3:38:00 PM

Congratulations..... SKAT

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 3:44:00 PM

Was a great fun contest Skat:-) Hugs Jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/11/2015 3:34:00 PM

thanks, Jan, you were very generous in giving wins!!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 3:43:00 PM

It was hard to place apart from 1st and second Andrea - some great fun poems and that was what i was after people having fun - so glad you took part:-) hugs jan xx

Paul
Callus

Date: 6/11/2015 3:23:00 PM

Hi Jan! I have just noticed that you had this blog up; on reading I realize that the results are out. Will now go and have a look. Whether I placed or not does not matter...it was fun writing my footles and participating:) Hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 3:42:00 PM

You got a first Paul - I couldn't separate many of the poems because I thought they were so good. I was blown away with the entries:-) Hugs jan xx

Sandra
Haight

Date: 6/11/2015 2:55:00 PM

Hi Jan, thank you for another great contest and for my placement. I love working with the Footles form! Congratulations to all the winners -- I read many of the poems and they are all so good! Hugs, Sandra

Jan Allison
Date: 6/11/2015 3:40:00 PM

I laughed so much Sandra it was great to see people having fun:-) Hugs jan xx

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
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,
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,

My Photos

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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,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
My Way	Verse	funny,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
Spring	Haiku	flower,nature,seasons,daf
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
Poor Man Rich Man	Free verse	heart,identity,
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
Dancing Once Again With Words	Verse	love,
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
Ever-Bright Eyes	Quatrain	deep,feelings,heart,how i
My Best Ever Love Poem	Verse	love,
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
It's Love, Pure Love	Quatrain	love,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
Embers	Rhyme	bereavement,feelings,marr
Jan	Narrative	dedication,love,
- the Glory of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
Limerick 3	Limerick	funny,
Romance	Rhyme	romance,
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
Beauty Inside	Quatrain	beauty,
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
Coverup	Rhyme	feelings,nature,
Faith, Hope and Love	Tanka	life,
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
The Breadth of My Love	Free verse	love,planet,romance,roman
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
Pretty Poet	Free verse	angel,how i feel,mentor,p
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
Breast Cancer Awareness	Narrative	cancer,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Where Frozen Embers Still Burn	Rhyme	heart,
If I Could	Free verse	giving,
Haiku 74 - Haiku 75- About a Bookmark	Haiku	absence,
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
A Winter Day	Rhyme	christmas,
A Message From Emilly	Ballad	age,daughter,death of a f
A Getaway To Ancient Venice	Prose	love,passion,
My Heart Beats For You	Rhyme	bereavement,loss,love,
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
Where Frozen Embers Still Burn : the Funny Version	Rhyme	romance,
I'M Vinyl Baby	Free verse	music,
My Shortcomings	Narrative	humorous,
Stop the Abuse	Free verse	abuse,
Adults Only a Sexy Write Just To Make Jan Laugh	Narrative	funny,humor,humorous,sexy