Jan Allison Poet Sonnet

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Sue's Crazy Day -The Funom Sonnet

Sue sat on her big bed crying,
her cat and dog lay peacefully
on the rug. Her son lying
to her was sad. Thankfully
he is not a bad boy. Sighing
She did say to her dad sadly
her son was an ass! Smiling  
she had a cup of tea quickly.
Sue was all on her own now -
she was fed up of men! Wow
Her old man was a sot - Somehow 
he had got all the tax money
And bet it all on a bunny 
It was not at all funny!
 
The Funom's Sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line made up of 7/8 syllabic word count. The rhyme pattern is in this form

The major unique feature of this new kind of sonnet is its words. Apart from the rhyming words, all other words in this poem should consist of not more than three letters

a-b-a-b,a-b-a-b,c-c-c,d-d-d.

Contest The Funom's Sonnet Sponsored by Funom Makama

03~27~16

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Poet Destroyer A April 28, 2016 at 12:43 AM Jan, Congratulations on your "FUNOM'S SONNET win." LINDA Jan Allison April 28, 2016 at 1:56 AM I don't consider it a win' but at least it got on the winner's page:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper April 21, 2016 at 4:47 PM Great write, Jan, congratulations on your win! Jan Allison April 21, 2016 at 4:50 PM Thanks Eve I'm happy to appear on the winners list:-) hugs jan xx

Dr. Upma A. Sharma April 20, 2016 at 10:57 PM Congrats on ur awesome winning write Jan.. Jan Allison April 21, 2016 at 2:17 AM Thanks Dr Sharma:-) hugs Jan xx

Beautiful Scars April 20, 2016 at 1:26 PM Jan!!! Cute and clever and silly! I LOVE BUNNIES!! You stole my heart with this one lady :)-luloo Jan Allison April 21, 2016 at 2:17 AM Shame I didn't steal the sponsors heart lol:-( hugs Jan xx

Funom Makama April 20, 2016 at 12:46 PM Congratulations on your win and thank you very much for giving this very fine entry. The contest had lots of wonderful entries and grading them was a hard nut to crack, nevertheless you came out tops.. Kudos to you and thank you so much once again. Jan Allison April 21, 2016 at 2:16 AM Thanks Funom:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi April 10, 2016 at 3:29 PM very creative, well written Jan Allison April 10, 2016 at 3:31 PM Thanks Janis:-)

Funom Makama March 31, 2016 at 9:07 AM What an outstanding entry Allison. Thank you so much for this great piece. This is a top 7 for me and good luck in the contest Jan Allison March 31, 2016 at 9:16 AM Thanks Funom you set us quite a challenge:-) hugs jan xx

Timothy Hicks March 30, 2016 at 12:21 AM The picture wouldn't load ... now I can see it ... perhaps my mind is in a weird place when "bunny" makes me think of "gold digger" ... a bit embarrassing there. This was funny. Jan Allison March 30, 2016 at 4:26 AM LOL:-) I guess she could have been a bunny girl - great your imagination lead you to this idea:-) hugs Jan xx

Timothy Hicks March 30, 2016 at 12:18 AM "bet it all on a bunny" ... sounds like a gold-digger to me (unless this has something to do with Easter, of which I'm majorly misinterpreting ... !) Funom's Sonnet challenge both intrigues and intimidates me, Jan. Silent's single-syllable word challenge with Black and White was hard enough, but three LETTERS max? Yikes. Still you did a good job with the difficult restrictions, and I liked the second half best. Jan Allison March 30, 2016 at 4:25 AM I found it a real challenge Timothy - glad you like the ending :-) to me that is the best part but it was so difficult with the syllable restriction to make much sense that is why I posted it as nonesense lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Vera Duggan March 28, 2016 at 7:31 PM Hi Jan, how are you, this was a lovely sonnet, Good luck in the contest and take care....Vera Jan Allison March 28, 2016 at 10:52 PM Thanks so much Vera - lovely to see you:-) Have had a few health issues but generally am fine:-) hugs Jan xx

Suzanne Delaney March 28, 2016 at 2:54 PM Wow Jan: I'm impressed. Love the bunny pic. Was that an Easter event? Lol SuZ Jan Allison March 28, 2016 at 3:04 PM Just pic I found on the web that seemed to go with the poem - it was a struggle to write with such a restriction on the syllables so I was pleased that people seem to like it:-) hugs Jan xx

Constance La France March 28, 2016 at 8:34 AM Jan this is sadly charming and quite funny, I love it 7 ~ Jan Allison March 28, 2016 at 8:42 AM Thanks BW it was a tough form to follow:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich March 27, 2016 at 6:51 PM you did a good job with a difficult form, Jan. The last part turned out the best of all. Jan Allison March 27, 2016 at 9:58 PM Yes I agree Andrea - managed to get my trademark humour in there lol- it is a struggle to get a decent flow with just 3 letter words but I managed the challenge:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith March 27, 2016 at 6:24 PM lol....hope it was a quick bunny and didn't die Jan Allison March 27, 2016 at 6:25 PM LOL:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso March 27, 2016 at 3:55 PM I bet this is a winner!!! :) Jan Allison March 27, 2016 at 4:02 PM The bunny sure wasn't lol:-) hugs jan xx

J. Tudor March 27, 2016 at 3:15 PM Though losing money on a bunny probably wasn't funny, this tale of a funny bunny was. Well done. : ) J. Jan Allison March 27, 2016 at 3:16 PM Thank J Tudor - it was quite a challenge to write this and get it to make some sort of sense with it being restricted to 3 letter words:-) hugs Jan xx