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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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AT THE FOOTBRIDGE LIMERICK COLLABORATION UPDATE

Blog Posted:6/15/2017 4:04:00 PM

Newer members may not understand the other blog which was recently posted. The blog refers to my At The Footbridge Limerick Collaboration, which currently stands at number 22 in the best all time poems on soup.

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/at_the_footbridge___limerick_collaboration_809737

As a result of the other blog there has been a resurgence of interest in the poem and I have added 3 new poems to the collaboration this week and another poem was added earlier in May.

Many thanks to Lin Lane and Ray Gridley for their hilarious contributions.

If anyone wishes to join in the fun then please soup mail me your poem.

Hugs Jan xx

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Tim
Smith

Date: 6/16/2017 7:12:00 AM

Wow, didn't realize how long ago that was. The new ones are hilarious. We should do a new one. Maybe toad and prince theme...lol...start it up...I'll be back later to check.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/16/2017 9:41:00 AM

Thanks for the prompt Tim I've started a collab called 'crossing the toad' had to have a bit of poop in this one I've not posted a poop poem in ages apart from my usual poems that is lol:-) Lin has already added her poem!:-) hugs Jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 6/16/2017 7:31:00 AM

ha ha ha Tim I have a couple of new limericks which we could turn into collaborations but I'll have a think on the toad and prince theme too lol:-)There are websites with lots of toad names in Lin so yes they can be female names lol:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 6/16/2017 7:26:00 AM

Can we make the toad a female?

Arthur
Vaso

Date: 6/15/2017 10:16:00 PM

And of course reading the newer ones gave me a huge smile as well!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/15/2017 10:29:00 PM

The blog is a perfect way to get the new additions read and Ray's poem was particularly hilarious!Hugs Jan xx

Arthur
Vaso

Date: 6/15/2017 10:15:00 PM

Was so much fun to go back and read the the limericks!! :)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/16/2017 9:58:00 AM

I agree with Arthur rum and 'po'um definitely rhyme lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith
Date: 6/16/2017 7:34:00 AM

I bet you could write one if you didn't think rum and poem rhymed

Jan Allison
Date: 6/15/2017 10:28:00 PM

Thanks Arthur I'd forgotten I'd actually written two poems inspired by the theme - they are so so different I really like the dark one too lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 6/15/2017 4:38:00 PM

Thanks for the chance to get in on the fun because I missed it first time around. They're all so funny and anything that brings comradery between people should be endorsed.

Lin Lane
Date: 6/15/2017 4:51:00 PM

Thanks, Chick, for letting me be in that number!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/15/2017 4:50:00 PM

Thanks Lin, I'm sorry you missed it last time round but I'm absolutely delighted you've joined in now and I've added your poem to the collaboration:-) hugs Jan xx

My Past Blog Posts


Poetry at its finest - the best collaboration I have EVER seen on soup Date Posted: 7/6/2025 6:51:00 AM
Jan Allison Reveals All! Date Posted: 12/12/2024 2:32:00 PM
Toilet Humour and Risqué Rhymes Book Availability Date Posted: 12/6/2024 3:49:00 AM
EXCITING PUBLICATION NEWS - I'M HOPING IT WILL BE A 'BEST SMELLER'!! Date Posted: 11/27/2024 12:30:00 PM
Thank you soup admin Date Posted: 10/12/2024 4:36:00 PM
Posting multiple poems on PS - updated Date Posted: 10/11/2024 4:05:00 PM
A giggle a day can chase the blues away Date Posted: 2/9/2024 10:01:00 AM
A giggle a day ... Exciting news Date Posted: 1/20/2024 6:58:00 AM
Exciting Publication News - update updated Date Posted: 12/10/2023 8:52:00 AM
AWAY IN CONTEST JUDGED Date Posted: 7/31/2023 7:22:00 AM
My Next Contest Date Posted: 7/11/2023 8:34:00 AM
POOP POETRY CONTEST Date Posted: 6/19/2023 2:19:00 AM
A message from Teppo Gren Date Posted: 5/19/2022 3:36:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE ROPER Date Posted: 1/25/2022 1:07:00 AM
HE NEEDS SUPPORT - LIMERICK COLLABORATION Date Posted: 7/17/2021 2:35:00 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK HORNE Date Posted: 5/3/2021 11:28:00 PM
UNABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS Date Posted: 4/20/2021 5:40:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE ROPER Date Posted: 1/24/2021 4:57:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK HORNE Date Posted: 5/3/2020 6:07:00 PM
TRIBUTE TO MANX FUNDRAISER BOB CORKISH Date Posted: 4/23/2020 2:29:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE ROPER - ANOTHER BURNS NIGHT BABY LIKE ME Date Posted: 1/25/2020 6:58:00 AM
POEM OF THE WEEK Date Posted: 8/12/2018 1:38:00 PM
OUCH Date Posted: 4/27/2018 3:09:00 AM
COLLABORATION CONTEST FINALLY JUDGED Date Posted: 11/15/2017 9:32:00 AM
WARNING ABOUT WEBCAMS Date Posted: 11/14/2017 1:53:00 PM

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/12/2025	Midwife Crisis	Limerick	birth,humorous,
7/8/2025	I miss you so much	Quatrain	death,loneliness,missing
7/5/2025	Lacking integrity	Acrostic	integrity,poets,
7/2/2025	THE GATES OF WRATH	Rhyme	how i feel,integrity,
6/29/2025	The Naked Truth - Bawdy limerick	Limerick	beach,summer,sun,
6/26/2025	Yesterday	Lay	conflict,humorous,muse,po
6/25/2025	sensational sunset	Haiku	sky,sunset,
6/24/2025	I REALLY HATE YOU!	Free verse	health,how i feel,life,
6/23/2025	Using AI in soup contests - Inspired by Unseeking Seeker’s and Tania's blogs	Roundel	conflict,integrity,poetry
6/17/2025	The Bear Necessities	Roundel	conflict,fish,food,
6/14/2025	Why I abhor AI Generated poems	Monoku	anger,how i feel,poetry,
6/12/2025	You’re not THAT good, yes it's true	Lyric	poetry,slam,technology,
6/10/2025	Juneberries	Limerick	fruit,
6/9/2025	Cheating Cheetah!	Limerick	animal,word play,
6/8/2025	Growing old and decrepit	Rhyme	body,life,
5/30/2025	Cockwomble	Rhyme	humorous,word play,
5/25/2025	raspberries	Haiku	fruit,
5/20/2025	A crimson sky breaks the distant shore	Rhyme	sky,sunset,
5/14/2025	spring time	Haiku	spring,
5/13/2025	Poison	Verse	betrayal,conflict,humorou
5/7/2025	RUSH HOUR	Verse	food,travel,
5/3/2025	A Tribute to Lin Lane	Acrostic	friendship,poetess,tribut
5/2/2025	Cruel Cutting Comments	Free verse	anti bullying,how i feel,
4/21/2025	WILD GOAT HAVING HIS OATS - BAWDY LIMERICK WARNING	Limerick	boat,humorous,lust,
4/20/2025	Summer holiday	Free verse	beach,holiday,sun,
4/19/2025	Fruit Pavlova	Epulaeryu	food,fruit,sweet,
4/18/2025	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	Rhyme	jobs,sea,weather,
4/16/2025	Tacos	Pleiades	food,
4/14/2025	Hell Hath No Fury	Roundel	betrayal,humorous,love hu
4/13/2025	Private Dancer	Rhyme	dance,jobs,money,
4/11/2025	our final farewell	Senryu	death,
4/10/2025	The Butterfly	Couplet	butterfly,nature,
4/9/2025	Stunning Spring Time	Etheree	nature,spring,
4/4/2025	PRESIDENT TRUMP - YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS PART 2	Limerick	america,animal,conflict,h
4/4/2025	Will you marry me	Nonet	proposal,romantic love,
4/3/2025	PRESIDENT TRUMP - YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!	Senryu	america,bullying,power,
4/1/2025	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Rhyme	nature,rainbow,sky,
3/31/2025	spring has now arrived	Haiku	nature,spring,
3/29/2025	Thinking about Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds	Free verse	music,science fiction,spa
3/27/2025	Not today Tumbleweed	Limerick	humorous,relationship,
3/26/2025	Jimmy Riddle	Limerick	child,humorous,
3/23/2025	Blue cheese and old pickles	Free verse	childhood,memory,
3/22/2025	Irish Phallus-See - bawdy poem	Limerick	humorous,
3/21/2025	what a shame about his name! - bawdy warning	Limerick	humorous,irony,work,
3/18/2025	St Patrick’s Day Blunder	Limerick	celebration,drink,humorou
3/16/2025	Betrayal	Rhyme	betrayal,heartbreak,
3/15/2025	My First Pet	Couplet	cat,pets,
3/14/2025	Winter Warmer - Bawdy limerick warning	Limerick	body,humorous,
3/12/2025	Bride and Gloom	Monoku	irony,marriage,
3/10/2025	No More Coercive Control - FICTIONAL POEM	Free verse	abuse,violence,
3/8/2025	WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER!	Monoku	absence,father,
3/5/2025	OVER THE RAINBOW	Rhyme	beautiful,rainbow,
3/4/2025	Tu Hung-Lo	Senryu	age,body,humorous,
3/2/2025	MANGY MONGREL	Haiku	dog,
3/1/2025	kingfisher	Haiku	bird,
2/28/2025	WARNING THIS POEM CONTAINS TOILET HUMOUR	Limerick	humorous,me,poetry,
2/27/2025	Sensational Sunset	Monoku	sunset,
2/25/2025	BAWDY LIMERICK	Limerick	humorous,
2/20/2025	KILLER ON THE LOOSE	Etheree	fear,humorous,
2/17/2025	A FISHY TALE	Rhyme	conflict,food,
2/14/2025	He really Cocked Up on Valentine’s Day	Senryu	humorous,integrity,valent
2/4/2025	my cynical valentine - bawdy	Senryu	flower,humorous,valentine
2/3/2025	Candy Crushed - poop humour warning!	Limerick	candy,corruption,politica
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1/29/2025	Perhaps in the time voters will realise they made a huge cock up!	Senryu	political,
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1/20/2025	It's in his kiss	Rhyme	corruption,political,
1/19/2025	Absolute blooming creativity!	ABC	flower,garden,
1/16/2025	Precious Pussycat	Quintain (English)	cat,
1/11/2025	Burning Love	Limerick	betrayal,humor,
1/7/2025	Holiday Fun	Limerick	humorous,
12/30/2024	Resolutions	Pleiades	humorous,new year,
12/18/2024	Stollen	Pleiades	christmas,food,
12/12/2024	Santa Pause	Rhyme	christmas,fun,
12/10/2024	Fairy Fantasy	Rhyme	flower,fun,
12/1/2024	I am thankful for	Rhyme	cancer,poetry,writing,
11/27/2024	Toilet Humour and Risque Rhymes - new book	Limerick	books,humorous,writing,
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11/13/2024	ROCKET MAN - FOR JOSEPH MAY	Limerick	dream,humorous,space,
11/6/2024	Sky watcher	Monoku	rainbow,sky,
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10/31/2024	Holiday Limericks	Limerick	halloween,humorous,thanks
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10/13/2024	Absolute proof that I am the queen of poop	Monoku	for her,humorous,poetry,w
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10/10/2024	No Strings Attached	Limerick	childhood,tribute,
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8/28/2024	Olivia Newton-John	Limerick	clothes,film,humorous,
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8/22/2024	My Favourite Poet - Inspired by Arthur Vaso's Poem of the Day	Limerick	anti bullying,how i feel,
8/20/2024	Dress to impress!- bawdy humour	Limerick	irony,wedding,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Few Steps Behind	I do not know?	sad,
The Naked Ramblers Society	Verse	funny,
The Allison Ellison Bond	Narrative	friendship,love,
Please Do Not Weep	I do not know?	absence,bereavement,
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
Sometimes We Just Have To Get Naked	Rhyme	life,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
I'll Always Remember	Rhyme	lost love,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
My Way	Verse	funny,
Remembrances ---Tanka	Tanka	emotions,remember,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
Spring	Haiku	flower,nature,seasons,daf
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
Poor Man Rich Man	Free verse	heart,identity,
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
Dancing Once Again With Words	Verse	love,
My Best Ever Love Poem	Verse	love,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
Ever-Bright Eyes	Quatrain	deep,feelings,heart,how i
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
Jan	Narrative	dedication,love,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
It's Love, Pure Love	Quatrain	love,
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
Breast Cancer Awareness	Narrative	cancer,
Romance	Rhyme	romance,
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
Embers	Rhyme	bereavement,feelings,marr
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Limerick 3	Limerick	funny,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
- The Glory Of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
My Shortcomings	Narrative	humorous,
Coverup	Rhyme	feelings,nature,
A Getaway To Ancient Venice	Prose	love,passion,
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
Stop the Abuse	Free verse	abuse,
Pretty Poet	Free verse	angel,how i feel,mentor,p
In Flight	Rhyme	bird,nature,
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
A Winter Day	Rhyme	christmas,
If I Could	Free verse	giving,
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
If These Eyes Could Lie	Sonnet	feelings,love,
Lost In a World of Poetry	Sonnet	how i feel,poetry,
A Message From Emilly	Ballad	age,daughter,death of a f
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Beauty Inside	Quatrain	beauty,
In a Blink of An Eye-Collaboration With Charmaine Chircop	Free verse	childhood,
I'M Vinyl Baby	Free verse	music,
Adults Only a Sexy Write Just To Make Jan Laugh	Narrative	funny,humor,humorous,sexy
Daydream	Alliteration	beautiful,dream,flower,