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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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FABULOUS FUN FOOTLES CONTEST JUDGED

Blog Posted by Jan Allison: 3/31/2017 4:35:00 PM

THANK YOU FOR SOME FABULOUS POEMS AND FOR YOU PATIENCE WHILST I TRIED TO JUDGE THE CONTEST.

UNFORTUNATELY I HAD A FEW ISSUES FINALISING THE CONTEST AS THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM WHICH MEANT ONE POEM HAD BEEN POSTED TWICE.

THEN I DISCOVERED A SECOND POEM HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONTEST TODAY WHICH COMPLICATED MATTERS AS YOU CANNOT CLOSE THE CONTEST WITHOUT THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF POEMS BEING IN IT.

COULD I REQUEST THAT THE PERSON WHO REMOVED THEIR POEM TODAY NOT TO BOTHER ENTERING ANY MORE OF MY CONTESTS IN THE FUTURE.

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Joanna
Daniel

Date: 4/2/2017 10:54:00 AM

Hi Jan, your contest was an interesting challenge, and it was my first attempt at footles, thank you very much for my placement though I made a silly mistake:) I've changed that line now:) my congratulations to all the winners:)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/10/2017 2:26:00 PM

I was delighted that so many people had fun - I love this form that Brian created and it was so lovely to have the contest fill up so quickly:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur
Vaso

Date: 4/1/2017 11:12:00 AM

I sure enjoyed reading all these funny and hilarious Footles poems!!! Great job to everyone! Thanks Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/1/2017 11:38:00 AM

I had some fabulous poems Arthur its wonderful to see the humour which can be penned in just four syllables:-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis
Y.

Date: 4/1/2017 10:02:00 AM

Hi Jan, You held an awesome contest. Thanks for introducing me to the form. I appreciate my placement and congratulations to all the winners:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 4/1/2017 10:18:00 AM

Brian is the one you need to thank for inventing the form ... i just LOVE writing footles and wanted to inspire others to have fun and I had some incredible poems which I thoroughly enjoyed reading:-) Thanks for taking the time to enter your poem was great Alexis:-) hugs Jan xx

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/1/2017 5:02:00 AM

Jan your contest was a first for this old timer.I had never before written a sequenced footle,or a pure footle for some years.I enjoyed the experience and perhaps if prompted by topical 'events' here may do so again.Keep smiling.

Alexis Y.
Date: 4/2/2017 9:29:00 AM

Hi Brian, I see that you are responsible for this amazing form. Thanks for introducing us to the" Footle" form:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 4/1/2017 7:01:00 AM

I was honoured and delighted to find you had entered the contest Brian and I hope you will read the poems that were entered as I had some incredibly creative entries:-) hugs jan xx

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/1/2017 4:45:00 AM

Jan Along with all contest sponsors you are the backbone of this PS workshop. It is no easy task (as you know from this latest one) but it is ,along with the blogs, what has kept PS at the forefront of the digital poetic scene and a daily must read.Keep on keeping on ,come what may.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/1/2017 6:59:00 AM

I am indebted to you for the inspiration - without your footle form the contest would never have taken place:-)I have learned so so much since I joined PS try to give back to the site and support others:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 3/31/2017 7:52:00 PM

Congrats to everyone. I know you bent backwards to put everyone possible on that list, Jan. Thanks for the very fun contest!

Brian Strand
Date: 4/1/2017 4:35:00 AM

Jan it has been a delight for me over the years to see the developing variations to the form.I believe poetic forms are living things that change with time and imagination.Perhaps the sonnet is an example of this and the haiku in English

Jan Allison
Date: 4/1/2017 1:37:00 AM

I had some absolutely fabulous poems Andrea and it is so wonderful to see people embrace the footle form and have fun. I was so honoured to find Brian had entered my contest with the form that he invented. It was a shame the judging was marred by glitches and it was infuriating to go through the process and then not be able to finalise the contest - it is not the first time this has happened. I will probably do a limerick contest next after my recent poem inspired people to write follow up poems:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim
Smith

Date: 3/31/2017 6:42:00 PM

Thanks Jan for running a fun contest. Poems using Brian's footle form are inspiring and spark some good vibes into the site. I know there are many days I need a laugh or a smile and you have brought that here in your contest.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/31/2017 6:56:00 PM

I'll tell you what has given me the biggest laugh today is reading the contest entries which have been fabulous and also the continuation of the story on my limerick with some fabulous funny sequel poems being written.:-) thanks for taking part in the contest Tim:-) hugs jan xx

Connie
Pachecho

Date: 3/31/2017 6:22:00 PM

COULD I REQUEST THAT THE PERSON WHO REMOVED THEIR POEM TODAY NOT TO BOTHER ENTERING ANY MORE OF MY CONTESTS IN THE FUTURE. just so people know Jan's talking about me. i confess. yes i did remove my poem. it had to do with something that precipitated on something. i'm wrong. okay. but just look at her tone in her message. why the hate? she also sniped on me regarding baby avatar and now this. okay message received. if this makes you happy.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/31/2017 6:53:00 PM

Connie your poem was removed from my contest several days ago. My comment clearly states it was a SECOND poem that was removed TODAY.

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FABULOUS FUN FOOTLES CONTEST JUDGED

THANK YOU FOR SOME FABULOUS POEMS AND FOR YOU PATIENCE WHILST I TRIED TO JUDGE THE CONTEST.

UNFORTUNATELY I HAD A FEW ISSUES FINALISING THE CONTEST AS THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM WHICH MEANT ONE POEM HAD BEEN POSTED TWICE.

THEN I DISCOVERED A SECOND POEM HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONTEST TODAY WHICH COMPLICATED MATTERS AS YOU CANNOT CLOSE THE CONTEST WITHOUT THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF POEMS BEING IN IT.

COULD I REQUEST THAT THE PERSON WHO REMOVED THEIR POEM TODAY NOT TO BOTHER ENTERING ANY MORE OF MY CONTESTS IN THE FUTURE.

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