Jan Allison Poet Blank verse

I Drew a Blank

I picked up my pen and tried hard to write,
words simply failed me and I drew a blank.
The harder I tried the worse it became
Where are the syllables when I need them?
Not a limerick or rhyme will appear …
my muse has gone on her spring holiday -
when she will return I have no idea!
I’m sad, how can I enter a contest
that I have little chance of placing in...
Oh well, I guess its another N/A
to add to my expanding collection.


N/A in contest finalised on 6/2/16
05~31~16

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Sneha Rv June 2, 2016 at 3:15 PM Ooh, This is amazing!! So unique and wonderful.. Good luck in the contest, dear Jan!! :) :) Jan Allison June 3, 2016 at 10:49 AM I got an N/A lol but I was expecting to draw a blank with my entry lol:-) hugs jan xx

James Cottrell June 2, 2016 at 9:16 AM Wow. Very nice poem. I can relate to this. Great work. Jan Allison June 3, 2016 at 10:49 AM Thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi June 1, 2016 at 4:45 PM Good luck to you Jan.... Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 6:14 PM Just a fun write Janis I wanted to fill the last place in the contest and went with a quick fun write lol:-) hugs jan xx

Janice Canerdy June 1, 2016 at 1:54 PM Jan, this is so well-written--and clever! I can add all my NA's to the MANY rejection notices I've received--by USPS in the long past, by e-mail now! Janice Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 6:13 PM I have had a few haiku turned down by the haiku journal but had a couple published which was great:-) Am working on a humour book which I will self publish - unless there are any 'talent' scouts out there willing to fund me lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Ravi Sathasivam June 1, 2016 at 7:05 AM Excellent. Well penned . No doubt you are a great writer. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it. Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 9:11 AM Thanks Ravi I write for fun and this was just for the contest - a tongue in cheek write lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith June 1, 2016 at 6:43 AM The life of a poet Jan...there is always another contest coming your way. Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 6:57 AM Pure tongue in cheek write Tim I just wanted to fill the last place in the contest lol :-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel June 1, 2016 at 4:23 AM Haha:) Very clever Jan:) all the best:) Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 4:26 AM Thanks Jo:-) hugs Jan xx

Joseph P. DiMino June 1, 2016 at 4:12 AM Love it! Can relate. Here, in Arizona, we call it summer, the heat even drying the words away:) Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 4:25 AM We get around 2 days of summer here - well maybe three if we are lucky no wonder my muse planned an escape lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Probir Gupta May 31, 2016 at 9:05 PM Rich in your enviable sense of humour...but a very good poem simultaneously ... like it so much... Jan Allison June 1, 2016 at 3:30 AM Thanks Probir:-) I had to do a tongue in cheek write as i didn't know what John was looking for in the contest lol:-) hugs jan xx

Mike Hauser May 31, 2016 at 6:47 PM You're a wonderful poet yourself! Jan Allison May 31, 2016 at 6:48 PM You are too kind Mike I've learned so so much since starting writing and joining soup in 2014:-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance May 31, 2016 at 6:15 PM Muses muses...they are a fickle friend. Nice write, and hope not a NA :) Jan Allison May 31, 2016 at 6:20 PM They sure are fickle Cas lol I think mine is heading for sunnier climes or maybe she is escaping the Island now all the bikers are descending on us for TT:-) hugs Jan xx

Ina Nakagawa May 31, 2016 at 6:11 PM This is a great blank verse! Nice work! ^_^ Jan Allison May 31, 2016 at 6:19 PM I've never written this form before not sure if it is what John wants but I went for a fun write and sneaked the last entry in the contest lol:-) hugs jan xx

Bonnie Jennings May 31, 2016 at 6:07 PM This poem expresses my sentiments at times. Humorous and catchy. Jan Allison May 31, 2016 at 6:09 PM Thanks Bonnie - there was one place left in the contest so thought i would pen a tongue in cheek poem:-) hugs jan xx