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Quaint Island Home

Quaint Island home

I adore my quaint Island home
Where the blue sea stretches for miles
On verdant hills I often roam
Strolling through lush meadows and stiles
 
City life does not attract me
I adore my quaint Island home
It’s a place I’d love you to see
On golden sands I can beach comb

Paddling in the waves and white foam
On a glorious summer’s day
I adore my quaint Island home
It is here I will always stay

I should write a poetry book,
perhaps I could write a thick tome
of poems about where I live  -
I adore my quaint Island home!

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My first attempt at this form

06-04-17

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2017

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Richard Lamoureux Date: 7/8/2017 9:59:00 AM Lovely, congrats on a top placement! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 7/8/2017 10:22:00 AM Many thanks Richard I really do adore our safe little Island:-) hugs Jan xx

Afzal Nusker Date: 6/27/2017 11:21:00 PM Congrats on your win with this beautiful poem, Jan. I can relate to your poem as I am not a big fan of city life too. Though I live in city, I have always had a thing for country life. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2017 4:50:00 AM Thanks Afzal our island is beautiful and quiet and we used to live in a big city in the Uk but have adapted to Island life so well i could never live anywhere else!:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/27/2017 9:14:00 PM Back for congrats! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2017 4:49:00 AM Thanks Kim:-) hugs Jan xx

John Hamilton Date: 6/27/2017 4:00:00 PM Nice write Jan, congrats on another win, you're on a roll!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/27/2017 4:03:00 PM Thanks John:-) I am amazed how I have taken to writing as I hated poetry at school, now I'm making up for lost time :-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 6/27/2017 3:06:00 PM Congrats on your win. You did an excellent job with this form. It reads like a song. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/27/2017 3:59:00 PM Thanks for the lovely comment Janis oh how awesome if it ever could be set to music and played on our little island:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart Date: 6/27/2017 11:15:00 AM Congrats on your win, Jan! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/27/2017 12:18:00 PM Oh wow thanks for telling me Dale - I am entering this poem in a local poetry contest but think it may be a little to 'general' to win and be part of the poetry trail:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 6/5/2017 4:31:00 AM Your island sounds a lot like my island, only mine is a bit more tropical, but both are a beautiful green. I love this entry and all the pictures that you have shared with it Jan. it looks so beautiful. I would love to visit one day if maybe only in a travel log. This is beautifully penned and I hope to see it on the winner's list! : ) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/5/2017 8:05:00 AM Thanks Connie - your island looks so so beautiful and you have the sunshine which is missing from our Island at times ... but we do have palm trees!:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso Date: 6/4/2017 9:51:00 PM I am late to the party, but I loved the poem and the magical land you describe, in fact I think yo should write more on this! Hint hint!!! LOL :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/5/2017 3:31:00 AM Aww thanks Arthur:-) There is a lot of poetic licence in the final verse - my book will be my humourous poop poems lol but seriously the Island is pretty safe and secure and very beautiful and I love the ever changing scenery especially when we drive down a hill when we are heading home and I can see the sea:-) hugs Jan xx

Barry Stebbings Date: 6/4/2017 3:05:00 PM Sounds lovely, Jan. Not a part of the U.K. I know. Good luck in the Contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 3:13:00 PM Its a little gem in the middle of the Irish Sea Barry:-) hugs Jan xx

Ironic Zink Date: 6/4/2017 2:37:00 PM I just now realized that I never comment on your poetry so I gave her a go and your home sounds quaint if you ask me. Well done!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 3:13:00 PM Cheers Ir0nic ZiNk I'm glad you dropped by:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/4/2017 1:06:00 PM - Sounds like a beautiful place to live, Jan - Lovely poems, good luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 1:20:00 PM Your country is very beautiful too Anne Lise:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. Date: 6/4/2017 11:52:00 AM Hi Jan, Your island sounds amazing. Great take on the contest theme. I wish you the best of luck in the contest:-) Alexis Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 12:18:00 PM Its been my home since 1996 I just love it here Alexis and when I see what is going on elsewhere in the world I know I could never live anywhere else:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/4/2017 11:27:00 AM Sounds lovely! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 12:17:00 PM It is Kim I wouldn't live anywhere else!:-) hugs jan xx

Lenna Walker Date: 6/4/2017 11:25:00 AM It sounds perfectly lovely Jan :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 11:26:00 AM It is Lenna!:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane Date: 6/4/2017 10:21:00 AM Its a success, Jan. I'd love to see your island. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 10:32:00 AM Thanks Lin quaint really is the way to describe it:-) :-) I really enjoyed the challenge of this form:-) hugs Jan xx

Carol Eastman Date: 6/4/2017 9:37:00 AM Great poem... But especially loved the pictures. Will look more up on the internet. How many live there? Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 10:07:00 AM We have a population of about 83,000 so you can imagine at this time of year when we have the TT motorbike races on it is absolutely buzzing!:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart Date: 6/4/2017 9:32:00 AM beautiful poem and photos. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 10:06:00 AM Thanks Dale:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Horne Date: 6/4/2017 8:01:00 AM lovely write - I've never been to the island but I've heard it's beautiful Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/4/2017 8:04:00 AM We moved here in 1996 its quaint and beautiful and I LOVE it, its so safe and quiet except for now when its TT and we have about 40,000 visiting to see the racing!:-)hugs Jan xx