Janis Medders Tobechi Biography

Janis Medders Tobechi  is a retired teacher. But she feels there is no such thing as a retired teacher. 

Her former days were spent as an educator of grades k through 12. She taught high school English, was a reading specialist and finally left the system as an administrator. Her later years were spent preparing students for high school equivalency tests as an instructor for the Community College of Baltimore County.  A mother and a grandmother of two, Janis has also recently become a new wife.

She has been writing poetry since childhood, has a Bachelor's Degree from Juniata College and a Master's from Johns Hopkins University.  

Her publications are available on Amazon:

The Midnight Songs of a Lady Baltimore

Silhouettes

Silver Sensuality

No Krystal Stair

Thirty  Screams Thirty

She has selections in the following Anthologies also on Amazon

Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry Paperback – November 22, 2024

Reflections on the Important Things: 500+

PS: It's Poetry: An anthology of contemporary poetry from around the world. Paperback – November 27, 2020

PS: It's Still Poetry Volume II - An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from Around the World Paperback – January 1, 2022

The Tears of a Lonely Mother Volume II, an account of her youngest daughter's death

154 by 16 poets English Sonnets, a collection published by Souper craig cornish

She gives daily thanks and praise to her Heavenly Father for the blessings in life. 

 

 

 

 

Ottava rima Contest

Blog Posted by Janis Medders Tobechi: 6/19/2017 9:14:00 PM

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Date: 6/20/2017 11:16:00 PM
Janis, i want to enter your contest
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Date: 6/21/2017 2:51:00 PM
Good luck to you Constance.
Date: 6/20/2017 2:42:00 PM
Janis, I always go by the judges' rules; however, personally, I believe meter is more important than the count of syllables. I have read poems claiming to be iambic pentameter , when in fact they were not, and other poems which were iambic pentameter although they were forced to add one extra syllable at the end of the line (as you said you had to do with your poem). I do not judge folks harshly when I can see something makes sense. One day I counted syllables in Shakespeare's sonnets (about ten of them). I found he sometimes used headless lines starting with stress instead of an unstressed sound. Other times he used 11 or 12 syllables! I will read your poem when I have more time. Gotta run!
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Date: 6/20/2017 7:05:00 AM
I read your poem it is very beautiful Janis:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 6/19/2017 9:29:00 PM
Interesting, but don't expect many if any to write in correct meter. Frere didn't even do so but Byron was very close. Good luck---btw, I will write to it for fun but will remove it afterward because I don't care about contests anymore---I pray some prove me wrong (a challenge) DO IT!
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