Jan Allison Poet Couplet

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It Wasn'T a 'Cat'Astrophe

I woke up on Monday morning and I was in a terrible mess
My cat was caught behind the boiler and in deep distress

She was mewing loudly in an absurd and irritable way
I should call an engineer, but I have no money to pay

Thinking on my feet I came up with an excellent plan
Dan is my next door neighbour and an admirable man

He’s got a gorgeous golden tan, he’s a guy I could fall for
Plucking up courage I went to knock on his front door

I explained my predicament and he kindly said that he’d drop by
Maybe he likes me as I’m sure I saw the iris dilate in his eye

I said I would appreciate his help if he could come over
Hopefully he could rescue my little cat, her name is Clover

Dan arrived quickly and grabbed poor Clover by the tail
Her tail has kink in it, and she emits a dreadful wail!

Dan wouldn’t take an iota of cash to free Clover from her ordeal
But he was really genial when I offered to cook him a nice meal

His generous help with Clover had saved me from a costly bill
Just to be in Dan’s company would give me such a  thrill

Dan was so thoughtful and gave me some lovely orange flowers
The time passed by so quickly we talked for many hours

In fact if truth be told Dan never left my house that night
I had to order Clover to make herself scarce until daylight!


Words to include are:- Absurd, appreciate, admirable, cat, caught, costly
emits, engineer, excellent,golden, generous, genial
iris, iota, irritable,kindly, knock, kink,orange, over, order

Time taken to write poem 1 hour 12 minutes

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Richard Lamoureux July 13, 2016 at 6:11 PM Congrats, this is adorable! Jan Allison July 14, 2016 at 2:46 AM Thanks Richard I'm so glad Shadow liked it:-) hugs Jan xx

Jean Murray July 13, 2016 at 6:25 AM Fantastic Jan.....and you got your man!! Jan Allison July 13, 2016 at 6:29 AM LO Jean in my dreams:-) hugs jan xx

Skat A July 12, 2016 at 11:39 PM Jan, Congratulations on your nice win. Skat Jan Allison July 13, 2016 at 6:04 AM Thanks Skat:-) hugs jan xx

Beautiful Scars July 12, 2016 at 5:33 PM Jan, congrats on your placement in the contest! this is awesome lady :)-luloo Jan Allison July 13, 2016 at 6:04 AM Thanks LuLoo I had fun with this challenge and am delighted Shadow liked my poem:-) hugs jan xx

Shadow Hamilton July 12, 2016 at 4:57 PM great use of words Jan and good rhyming enjoyed this poem congrts on 4th place hugs Jan Allison July 12, 2016 at 5:21 PM Many thanks Shadow it was quite a challenge that you set for us thanks for inspiring me to write:-) hugs jan xx

Scott Thirtyseven July 5, 2016 at 2:03 PM Great work, wonderful story. Best of luck in the contest. Jan Allison July 6, 2016 at 6:26 PM Thanks Scott:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen July 5, 2016 at 12:54 PM - An impressive work is finished ... # 7 ! - it is simply stunning, Jan ! - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jan Allison July 6, 2016 at 6:26 PM Thanks Anne Lise:-) hugs Jan xx

Just James July 5, 2016 at 11:50 AM reads like a winner! Jan Allison July 6, 2016 at 6:26 PM Thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith July 4, 2016 at 5:34 PM A tragedy turned into a live story. Love the happy ending. Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 5:58 PM Thanks Tim i had fun with this challenge:-) hope you had a great holiday:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. July 4, 2016 at 11:33 AM Hi Jan, You did an excellent job using the words Shadow selected. It was such a sweet story. This should do well in the contest. Good in luck in the contest -7:-) Alexis Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 11:36 AM Thanks Alexis - it is quite a challenge - hope you give the contest a go:-) hugs jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis July 4, 2016 at 8:21 AM Fabulous couplet a fav. and a seven! I declare you the winner, so we save time dear Jan! Haha! Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 11:10 AM I write and hope in contests Demetrios but the most important thing to me is that i am writing - a win is a bonus and hopefully means the poems get more widely read:-) hugs Jan xx

Barry Stebbings July 4, 2016 at 6:57 AM Lovely story, Jan. A winner I'm sure, feel sorry for Clover, though. Good Luck. Barry. Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 7:23 AM Just a fun poem Barry i hope Shadow likes it as it was quite a challenge to write:-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel July 4, 2016 at 2:55 AM Oh! You've done this so beautifully that it looks effortless:) I'm yet to try:) Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 3:11 AM It's quite a challenge Jo - good luck:-):-) hugs jan xx

CayCay Godwin July 3, 2016 at 10:04 PM Well, I'm just going to go and shred my poem for this contest because you just blew it away with this intelligent, beautifully flowing write that smoothly encompasses each goal. I don't like you. Not right now. But I do love you and this poem. So impressive for one who doesn't think she gave smarts to her son. I will focus on liking you again ... CayCay Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 1:59 AM I'm not brainy like my son CayCay but since starting writing I have found I have a way with words :-) SOOOOO glad you like me:-) :-) hugs jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi July 3, 2016 at 9:23 PM Well written....good luck in the contest Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 1:59 AM Thanks Janis:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Merryman July 3, 2016 at 6:37 PM You did good, Jan! This is a cute write! Jan Allison July 4, 2016 at 2:05 AM It's quite a challenge Kim I knew the way I wanted the poem to go but weaving in all the words was quite difficult:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong July 3, 2016 at 6:06 PM I smell a winner with this poem Jan. You wove those words into your poem like a master weaver, smoothly and beautifully! 7+; ) Jan Allison July 3, 2016 at 6:08 PM Thanks Connie - it is quite a challenge with the 21 words but I did have fun writing for the contest:-) hugs jan xx