Jan Allison Poet Pantoum

What Tomorrow Will Bring

I can’t predict what tomorrow will bring
No one can tell what my future will hold
Still I remain full of the joys of spring 
I intend to live until I’m quite old!

No one can tell what my future will hold
I’ll face my challenges straight on the head
I intend to live until I’m quite old!
The future foretells one day I’ll be dead

I’ll face my challenges straight on the head
When will my heart stop beating, I don’t know 
The future foretells one day I’ll be dead
I’m content with life; I go with the flow 

When will my heart stop beating, I don’t know 
Still I remain full of the joys of spring 
I’m content with life; I go with the flow 
I can’t predict what tomorrow will bring 

What Will Tomorrow Bring Contest
Contest Sponsored by Eve Roper

Inspired by the song Que Sera Sera sung by Doris Day

Each line checked with how many syllables
10 per line

06-27-17

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Winged Warrior July 9, 2017 at 10:26 PM Congrats!!! Jan...may tomorrow bring more great Jan Allison poems...we need them...thru pain and sorrow...theres always a greater morrow...god bless...^WW^ Jan Allison July 16, 2017 at 5:12 PM great poems maybe not, but poop poems I am an expert lol:-) hugs jan xx

Edward Mccall July 9, 2017 at 1:36 PM True words are spoken here Jan very well written. Jan Allison July 9, 2017 at 3:44 PM Thanks Edward I love the song and the pantoum form:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper July 4, 2017 at 8:09 PM A wonderful poem, Jan, perfect syllable count and flow, congratulations on your win ~* Jan Allison July 5, 2017 at 2:55 AM Many thanks Eve I adore the pantoum form which you introduced to me in a contest last year:-) hugs Jan xx

Jeremy Smith July 3, 2017 at 9:32 PM Great win on this one JAN :) Jan Allison July 4, 2017 at 9:46 AM Thanks Jeremy:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart July 3, 2017 at 8:35 PM Congrats on 1st place, Jan! Jan Allison July 4, 2017 at 9:46 AM Thanks Dale I really love this form:-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel June 29, 2017 at 12:55 AM What a beautiful pantoum, Jan! Jan Allison June 29, 2017 at 3:56 AM Thanks Jo I do enjoy writing this form. I found them challenging to write when I first started but find them a lot easier now:-) hug Jan xx

Jean Murray June 28, 2017 at 6:09 AM your pantoum flows along just like the song. Jan Allison June 28, 2017 at 7:21 AM Thanks Jean I really love writing this form and the song reminds me of my childhood as my mother used to sing it... but she was no Doris Day lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Viv Wigley June 27, 2017 at 11:33 PM I'm sure you'll live to a hundred and eleventy-fourteen, Jan. When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother what will I be? Will I be pretty, will I be rich? Here's what she said to me- "Stop dressing up as Doris Day and get to your room!". Viv x Jan Allison June 28, 2017 at 4:52 AM ha ha ha Mr Viv your humour shines through my friend, its so lovely to see you back on soup:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich June 27, 2017 at 2:55 PM Jan, your theme, the way you took this, was somewhat my way of thinking. This is why we are such great friends. We see so many things the same way. GREAT pantoum! Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 2:57 PM aww thanks Andrea I didn't know which way to go with this theme but I have worked out a way of writing the form which makes it a less lot of a challenge for me now:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues June 27, 2017 at 11:58 AM Indeed no one can tell what the future will bring. We know that it ends at some point. But what wil be will be. Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM Yes we need to make the best of the time we have... my mum says 'you are a long time dead' :-) hugs Jan xx

Cheryl Hoffman June 27, 2017 at 9:14 AM Very nice uplifting poem for the contest Jan~G/L in it!~hugs Che :) Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 9:21 AM Thanks Cheryl:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane June 27, 2017 at 9:08 AM Que sera sera, Jan. Whatever will be, will be. A great mantra for life. Forget the trivial details and enjoy life for what blessings we've been given. Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 9:21 AM I agree Lin, it may be a strange thing to say Bob's cancer has actually brought me a lot of enlightenment in my life and has helped me cope with the trauma of many life challenges in the last 3 years and starting to write poetry has been the best thing to come out of his cancer surgery:-) hugs jan xx

White Wolf June 27, 2017 at 8:50 AM This is awesome, Jan! The joys of spring are what you bring! What great inspiration you have received! Best of luck to you Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 8:53 AM I love the Doris Day song my mum used to sing it when I was little and I used it as inspiration for the poem:-) I try and deal with things in my life with humour ... 2 days before my dad died I wrote 11 poems 8 of them were funny so I had something fun to post while I was going through a difficult period of my life:-) hugs Jan xx

Daniel Turner June 27, 2017 at 8:50 AM What a wonderful pantoum you have written, Jan. Good luck:) Jan Allison June 27, 2017 at 8:55 AM I do love the form Daniel and now I have written about 6 of the pantoum form I don't find it so much of a challenge to write:-) I will always be grateful to Eve for introducing me to it through her contests:-) hugs jan xx