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A Valentine'd Day Limerick Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 01/15/24

9,9,5,5,9 checked with HMS and rhymezone

FICTION POEM - WE HAVE NEVER CELEBRATED VALENTINES DAY WITH GIFTS OR CARDS

My husband had purchased fresh flowers They sweltered in his car for eight hours Twelve roses of red Were nearly all dead His Valentine’s Day gaffe truly sours

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Terry Flood

Date: 2/5/2024 2:51:00 PM

Congrats on your first place win, Jan, Terry

Len Gasun

Date: 2/4/2024 6:42:00 PM

Beautiful and well-crafted limerick for Valentines my dear poet friend Jan. I enjoyed this. Thank you so much for sharing and the big smiles. Congratulations on your first win! Hugs

Janice Canerdy

Date: 2/4/2024 6:12:00 PM

Back with CONGRATS, Jan! Janice

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/4/2024 3:13:00 PM

Awesome win, Jan. Congrats

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/4/2024 11:06:00 AM

Back with congratulations to you Jan on your win in Tania's contest. Hope you're having a lovely weekend. Tom

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 2/4/2024 10:08:00 AM

Funny one Jan. Every day is a celebration at our house! Congratulations! :)

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 2/4/2024 6:44:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your "Bouquet Blunder" write/sad picture. A hot car will kill them every time. Have a blessed day with your win..................

Tania Kitchin

Date: 2/4/2024 6:03:00 AM

Jan, congratulations on your first place win with your funny limerick!

Craig Cornish

Date: 1/23/2024 6:08:00 AM

Always entertaining and artful fun!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/21/2024 6:52:00 AM

Those things aren't cheap!! Good one, Jan. Janice

Paul Callus

Date: 1/19/2024 5:57:00 AM

Nahhh could not have been your hubs,Jan! He's much more thoughtful than that! Good thing nowadays one can buy scented plastic roses :) Regards & HUgs // paul

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/19/2024 12:12:00 AM

Good one, Jan. I prefer chocolates but in this case, they would have melted!

Terry Flood

Date: 1/18/2024 4:14:00 PM

So, that’s where I’ve been going wrong. I only gave Annie six dead roses. Fun Limerick, Jan. Best of luck in the contest. Terry

Charles Messina

Date: 1/17/2024 5:26:00 AM

LOL- Jan, I love it! Best wishes in the contest! Hugs Charlie xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/16/2024 1:53:00 AM

- .... they were certainly a beautiful sight ... but, it's the thought that counts :))) - hugs

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 1/15/2024 4:15:00 PM

A very cute limerick. Valentine's Day is coming, I hope it turns out better than the wilted roses.

Lin Lane

Date: 1/15/2024 1:20:00 PM

I'll say. LOL That's something your hubby would never do.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/15/2024 1:16:00 PM

Lol, I bet the chocolates had melted too. Good luck in the contest Jan. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 1/15/2024 1:13:00 PM

Those poor dears needed water.

Christina Bowring

Date: 1/15/2024 1:09:00 PM

A great limerick dear Jan as always from the limerick queen. I always admire how you pen them so easily. A sure gift indeed. Natural. Thank you for making me smile tonight :) Hope you are all ok over there on your lovely island. It’s getting very cold again. Hugs to you xx

Christina Bowring
Date: 1/15/2024 2:03:00 PM

Wow - things are going so well for you. So pleased. You deserve it. Good luck for the interview tomorrow. That’s exciting! Xx

Jan Allison
Date: 1/15/2024 1:13:00 PM

Aww thanks Christina, I can write a limerick in one minute so no wonder it's my favourite form. However my muse is mis behaving as far as soup is concerned since I published my 'A giggle a day' poetry book BUT I am writing lots of new material for my next book which will be on 'Toilet' humour'. I am being interviewed for the local radio tomorrow, hopefully once that is over and a newspaper article (which is pending) then i will get back to posting more regularly, thanks for your support:-):-) hugs jan xx