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There's a Nip In the Air

The north wind is blowing and it’s turning cold I’m feeling quite chilly I guess I’m getting old I’ve finally dug out my sexy thermal vest It’s snug and warm and covers my hairy chest It’s silky and soft and causes no ripples Hides my boobies and covers my nipples Jan Allison 15th October 2014

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Daver Austin

Date: 10/20/2014 3:29:00 PM

Don't know what I expected, but this tickled me. The title is so misleading. Here i'm expecting some flowery verbage and what a surprise. You be cool. Love, daver

Jan Allison
Date: 10/20/2014 4:54:00 PM

LOL Daver I do like to write with humour:-) hugs jan xxx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/16/2014 10:34:00 PM

hahaha. I LIKES!!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/17/2014 2:49:00 AM

So glad it made you smile - must dash need to shave my beard now lol:-) hugs jan/Stan :-) xxx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/16/2014 10:34:00 PM

great flow on this one too!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/17/2014 2:48:00 AM

LOl Andrea i wrote it in the pub on Wednesday before the live music started:-) hugs jan xx

James Fraser

Date: 10/16/2014 2:21:00 PM

I'm laughing Jan, now imaging, now laughing again. Love it 'Funny Lady' - James :)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 7:06:00 PM

:-) hugs jan xx

James Fraser
Date: 10/16/2014 2:41:00 PM

The Soup has always needed an injection of humour. Just my thoughts, James :) xx

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:38:00 PM

Glad you appreciate poems written with humour James - sadly i find it so lacking here at times:-( Hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud

Date: 10/16/2014 12:23:00 PM

yipers, i hope you don't have a beard, jan.. this is downright hilarious... gooood job!.. huggs

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:29:00 PM

lol Nette people are going to get the wrong idea of me totally - no I shave my beard this morning lol hugs my friend Jan who is definitely female except when I'm Stan lol xxx

Eve Roper

Date: 10/16/2014 11:52:00 AM

ha ha ... love it, you have made me cold reading it :) eve

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 7:06:00 PM

:-) hugs jan xx

Eve Roper
Date: 10/16/2014 2:52:00 PM

I didn't think you did but that is the same way I feel when I get cold :) eve

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:28:00 PM

Thanks Eve i can assure you my chest is perfectly femine I don't have a hairy one lol hugs jan xxx

Liam Mcdaid

Date: 10/16/2014 6:02:00 AM

good job jan i have the old turf fire beautifully painted piece dear friend

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 10:33:00 AM

Thanks for your comment as ever Liam:-) hugs jan xxx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 10/16/2014 3:44:00 AM

How delightfully woven in poetic form! Hope it keeps you warm all winter! Hugs dear, Jan!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 4:04:00 AM

Thank you Demetrios I have my mojo and sense of humour back now:-) hugs Jan xxx

Dorian Petersen Potter

Date: 10/15/2014 10:52:00 PM

So glad to see your humor restored!this is a fun piece. You're so funny Jan! Lol :) liked this. Now whats this about the hairy chest? Turning into a werewolf or what girl , better start thinking about shaving all that hair and quick too, before you get in trouble. Lol....Hahaha. .. Love & light! xxx D.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:51:00 AM

Maurice took so long between his comments I had time to pluck and wax lol. The truth is it was so bitterly cold last night I did have to dig my vest out - my thermals were a birthday present from my parents last year - it was the only useful thing i could think of having - never thought I'd ever wear thermals but it can be so icily cold here in the wind - oh boy they keep you warm :-) hugs Jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 9:12:00 PM

!!!!WOW!!!! I can't believe that I forgot to mention how creative the title is. There's a nip in the air. So like nip refers to it was cold out but also as a short form of the word nipple. So that is like so creative. There are poets all over the world right now getting calls from their publishers being raked over the coals for not having come up with it.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:46:00 AM

LOL Maurice at least you haven't lost your sense of humour unlike me. Oh I could write a poem called 'Ive lost my sense of humour' To me the title is just as important as the body of the work - how else can you draw someone in to read your poem. Thanks for making me smile again my friend:-) hugs jan xx

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 10/15/2014 9:08:00 PM

Bahaha, glad to see you have your humour back. Love it.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:44:00 AM

Its taken a few days for me to even pick up my pen Brenda I have been so demoralised - the site is a forum for all types of poetry and no one form should be considered better than another neither should the opinion of one person be allowed to have such a detrimental effect on those here who write for pleasure - oh and for fun which is so so lacking on the site. Hugs Jan xx

Ct Duet

Date: 10/15/2014 8:55:00 PM

Oh Jan, Tim read this to me over the phone, and I laughed so freakin' hard! Haha had to come and tell ya that, you're great, sophiticated writes I miss luv ya xx

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:40:00 AM

Ha ha ha - @ me penning 'sophisticated writes' - you have been off here too long Cas but I am back to writing again now ! Hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 8:41:00 PM

Knock Knock, you have a reply.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:38:00 AM

No more talk of knockers in soup guys - I am only just bouncing back here!:-( Hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 10/15/2014 9:13:00 PM

Tim what are you doing answering Jan's door naked.

Tim Smith
Date: 10/15/2014 8:59:00 PM

who's there

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 7:38:00 PM

Great Pen, Jan. It's great to have you back.......Nipples and all...actually especially your nipples, I don't think you would look right without them. Maybe you would...oh I know it is just great to have you back. LOTS OF LOVE

Jan Allison
Date: 10/16/2014 2:37:00 AM

Oh Phil Colins - now there is a guy who records great songs - saw in many years ago in Birmingham:-) hugs Jan xxx

Tim Smith
Date: 10/15/2014 9:02:00 PM

I thought Phil Collins sang that :)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 8:48:00 PM

read :-( hugs jan x

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 8:30:00 PM

Forget the nipples guys - I am shocked you didn't comment on the creativity of my title! :-) hugs jan xxx

Tim Smith
Date: 10/15/2014 8:17:00 PM

I heard nipples...Did somebody mention nipples?

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 7:51:00 PM

It's great to be back Maurice - thanks for your support - this write is down to you and Tim :-) hugs Jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 7:34:00 PM

Shakespearean Verse at its best. If my memory is correct, A Comedy Of Errors, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Nights Dream... COMEDIES written in what form?

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 10/15/2014 8:22:00 PM

There is nothing simple about your writes. You are a brilliant poet. The contests prove it. You have written successfully in umpteen of styles and you always nail it.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 8:11:00 PM

Each to their own Maurice, but that is a form I do not feel comfortable attempting so I will stick to my own simple writes that I get pleasure from creating:-) Hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith
Date: 10/15/2014 8:10:00 PM

On CT Duet

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 10/15/2014 7:58:00 PM

Or Iambic Verse, the whole damn play. How many of them. Maybe that horse has been ridden.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 7:50:00 PM

Guess they may be considered a farce - some folks may consider my writing a Shakespearean Tragedy Maurice but 'As You Like It' then 'All's Well That Ends Well' :-) hugs Jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 10/15/2014 7:39:00 PM

HAHAHAHA!!!!

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 7:30:00 PM

Oh WOW! Well is my face red? I am so embarrassed. I had no idea you were going to include the word nipple.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 7:37:00 PM

lol - there was a word before it Maurice but i removed that one - you were gone so long between comments I have had time to wax and pluck :-) Hugs jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/15/2014 7:14:00 PM

Wow, I can't wait to read this to see what I make of it. I'm sure I am going to love it I mean as long as their are no hairy chests in it...HAHAHAHA...hairy chests as if. Ok let me go read it I'll be right back.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 7:17:00 PM

LOL Hugs jan xx

David Brown

Date: 10/15/2014 6:40:00 PM

'Sexy' thermal vest....now that's something I've never heard before :) Nicely done

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 6:43:00 PM

Just a little bit of 'poetic licence' here David - its not cold enough to put the matching legging on oh boy are they a passion killer but soooooo warm lol:-) Hugs Jan xxxx

Tim Smith

Date: 10/15/2014 6:34:00 PM

lol....hairy chest ....you got a chuckle out of me...hugs Tim

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 10/15/2014 7:56:00 PM

The Halloween one with Tim or did I miss something.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/15/2014 6:42:00 PM

Thanks Tim - I can't wait to see what Maurice makes of this one LOL there was another word in the final line but I removed it lol:-) so good to see Casarah's poem. Hugs Jan xxx