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Jan Allison

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Thought I better get round to writing a bit about myself.

I'm married and live on the Isle of Man

My poetry journey began in November 2013 after my husband was diagnosed with cancer. The first poem I wrote was called was Splendid Isolation. This was written after we returned to the Isle of Man after his surgery in England. I felt so alone and vulnerable in the accommodation - all I really needed was someone to talk to face to face and maybe have a hug! I posted a few poems on a friends facebook page - mainly humerous poems . An on-line friend Jenny Brewer saw my poems and kept telling me to join here. It took about 3 weeks of her asking me if i had joined to pluck up the courage to finally post and 'Just Desserts' was the first poem I posted here - it is based on a true experience! Since then my life has been a whirl. In Jared Pickett's collaboration I teamed up with Darren Watson and we wrote together collaboratively as JaDazzle United.

I adore penguins - the animals not the biscuits!
Loveeeee tall men with greying hair
I love baking/cooking
I like to potter in the garden - need more time to commit to it but have an aged mother who needs me more than my garden does
Adore most types of music - will give anything a listen
Best ever gig - Knebworth 1986 when 'Queen' headlined

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AWAY IN CONTEST JUDGED

Blog Posted by Jan Allison: 7/31/2023 7:22:00 AM

Many thanks to all the poets who took time to enter the 're run' of the Away in contest.

The standard of entries was extremely high and I had some amazing poems and gave out many 1st places. However, there was one poem I couldnt place as it didn't fit in with the contest rules, it had 5 lines per stanza and each line was 6 syllabes

When judging I used how many syllables and rhymezone. It's interesting to note that on how many syllables a dash counts as one syllable and couldn't wouldn't etc count as one not two!

Jan

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Arthur
Vaso

Date: 8/22/2023 10:57:00 PM

Enjoyed this!!!! :)

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2023 1:34:00 AM

thanks so much Art. I am so thrilled admin allowed me to re run the pulled contest. Ive written about 4 poems using the 'away in' theme and 2 will go in my humour book lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Sam
Kauffman

Date: 8/1/2023 12:18:00 PM

Hi Jan, many thanks for this re-run. It was fun - fun to see all the different takes on the theme. Glad I saw your message about www.howmanysyllables and the dash. As a longtime lyricist separating words into syllables to fit melodies has become an acquired skill but I still check. Not quite sure how I missed the syllable count in the second line! Sigh! Also, I check with rhyme zone for exact rhymes when that is requested as part of contest rules as with cry and sigh. The two words were listed as exact rhymes. Anyway, I am most grateful for your placement. Hope there will be another re-run now that I have the hang of it. Hugs and gratitude. Congrats to all the winners!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/1/2023 3:56:00 PM

thanks for dropping by to comment Sam and I am so delighted with all the poems that placed and so happy I was able to re run the contest. hugs jan xx

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 8/1/2023 12:24:00 AM

I had fun with this one, Jan, thank you for my placement, makes me happy if my sense of humour can interest you:)

Jan Allison
Date: 8/1/2023 12:42:00 AM

Your away in the attic was fabulous Jo!!:-) hugs jan xx

Eve
Roper

Date: 7/31/2023 11:37:00 PM

Thank you so much for my placement, I am truly honored. Congratulations to all the winners.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/1/2023 12:41:00 AM

Thanks for taking time to enter Eve, it was such fun seeing the names on the winning entries:-) some I could guess but others were a complete surprise:-) hugs Jan xx

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 7/31/2023 9:37:00 PM

Big effort, Jan ~ thanks for hosting

Jan Allison
Date: 8/1/2023 12:40:00 AM

Thanks so much US, its actually really time consuming putting each poem in how many syllables and checking rhyme especially as the US and UK have different ways of pronouncing words. hugs jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/31/2023 9:15:00 PM

I just loved how you did that contest, Jan. Thanks for my win. I hope I can make time for that winner list!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/1/2023 11:18:00 AM

Ha!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/1/2023 12:39:00 AM

Thanks Andrea I may re run the contest again as I couldnt stop writing to the away in a manger tune lol:-) hugs jan xx

Mark
Toney

Date: 7/31/2023 3:56:00 PM

Thanks to you, Jan, this was a fun contest, and look at all the wonderful poetry it attracted! Congratulations to you for the effort you put in to make it a success!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/31/2023 5:29:00 PM

Thanks so much for allowing me to use your poem as an example, I was delighted with the standard of the entries and it was fabulous to see poets having fun. Many congrats again Mark:-) hugs Jan xx

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 7/31/2023 1:55:00 PM

Jan, thank you so much for running the "Away" contest and honoring my poem!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/31/2023 2:03:00 PM

I was delighted I was allowed to run the pulled contest and honour those poets who had already entered. The poems I received a joy to read and I was so happy to see the contest fill:-) hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 7/31/2023 10:30:00 AM

I’ll join Constance in thanking you for hosting and for not letting the “Away” poems written for another contest go to waste.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/31/2023 11:29:00 AM

I may re run it again some day Lin as the quality of the poems and the themes were fantastic, thanks again for supporting my contest Lin xx:-) hugs Jan xx

Constance
La France

Date: 7/31/2023 10:23:00 AM

Jan, thank you so much for the contest, I really enjoyed writing for it though of course my poem did have some sadness, and thanks for my great placement, blessings !

Jan Allison
Date: 7/31/2023 11:28:00 AM

your poem was beautiful in its sadness and I had an inkling it would be yours Constance, many congrats :-) hugs Jan xx

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