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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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HE NEEDS SUPPORT - LIMERICK COLLABORATION

Blog Posted:7/17/2021 2:35:00 AM

I wrote a limerick called 'He needs support' which I have now reposted as a collaboration. Thanks to everyone who has joined in so far

Please feel free to soup mail me and I will add new poems to the collaboration.

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/he_needs_support_-_reposted_as_collaboration_-_bawdy_warning_1373625

We need more humour in our lives and on soup.

Incidentally I have recently been told by a souper that Issac Asimov wrote bawdy limericks and I have since discovered he had several books published, so if its good enough for Issac it's good enough for me!

Happy writing soupers

Jan xx

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Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 7/17/2021 12:39:00 PM

I enjoy limericks too Jan, the collaboration is hilarious. Keep them coming. Didn’t know about Issac Asimov’s bawdy books either… Belle :-) x

Jan Allison
Date: 7/17/2021 2:18:00 PM

Thanks for dropping by Belle, I was so thrilled to learn about Asimov writing bawdy limericks lol:-) hugs Jan xx

L Milton
Hankins

Date: 7/17/2021 8:41:00 AM

Jan, I love limericks, but I must tell you they don't come very natural to me. When I write one it takes some time for it to "jell" in my mind. I heartily endorse your collaboration, and I will try to come up with a contribution.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/17/2021 9:41:00 AM

Thanks Milton, I often wake up with a complete limerick in my head and have to rush to write it down, nine times out of ten the syllable count is perfect, I just love the humour in 5 lines:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom
Cunningham

Date: 7/17/2021 6:31:00 AM

Never knew about Isaac, think there's a dark horse in us all lol. You're right though Jan, we can't have enough humour, there's too much covid gloom at the moment. Tom

Jan Allison
Date: 7/17/2021 6:40:00 AM

I had a comment from Delice about Issac Asimov writing bawdy limericks, I think he published 2 or 3 books of them. I know how much you have embraced the form since you joined soup. I was a total novice to writing as it was and it was only through contests on soup that I started to write the form which quickly became my favourite!:-) hugs Jan xx

My Past Blog Posts


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
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN WHITE Date Posted: 10/2/2017 4:53:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEREN ROBERTS Date Posted: 9/25/2017 3:51:00 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA DIETRICH FOR 5TH SEPTEMBER Date Posted: 9/4/2017 5:12:00 PM
UPDATE ON RUSSELL'S PROGRESS FROM EMMA SIVEY Date Posted: 9/1/2017 7:05:00 AM
GET WELL SOON RUSSELL SIVEY ****UPDATED ON 28TH AUG WITH A MESSAGE FROM RUSSELL'S WIFE Date Posted: 8/26/2017 7:28:00 AM
LOVELY LLAMA COLLABORATION PLEASE JOIN IN THE FUN - **ALSO CONTEST UPDATE* UPDATE NOW UPDATED ON 17TH AUGUST* Date Posted: 8/15/2017 6:40:00 AM
COLLABORATION IS FUN! ADVANCED NOTICE FOR CONTEST Date Posted: 6/26/2017 5:07:00 PM
NEW COLLABORATION - AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE FARTY PARTY Date Posted: 6/24/2017 10:32:00 AM
LIMERICK CONTEST FINALLY FINALISED Date Posted: 6/20/2017 3:09:00 PM

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11/6/2023	Thanksgiving Trauma for Turkeys	Limerick	death,food,thanksgiving d
11/5/2023	Letter	Rhyme	identity,
11/4/2023	Going To the Chapel of Love - Tb	Than-Bauk	kiss,love,
11/3/2023	Harvest	Monoku	fruit,life,
11/1/2023	The Twelve Days of Christmas On the Isle of Man	Lyric	christmas,fun,home,
10/31/2023	Building Friendship	Monorhyme	children,friendship,fun,
10/30/2023	Knock	Senryu	drink,friend,health,
10/30/2023	Autumn	Monoku	autumn,
10/28/2023	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Senryu	cancer,health,
10/25/2023	Words - Lipogram Poetry Contest	Limerick	humorous,poetry,words,
10/22/2023	Forever Autumn	Quintilla	autumn,
10/21/2023	Qop Strikes Again With Another Poop Poem - For Deb M	Limerick	humorous,student,
10/20/2023	The Sound of Silence	Dodoitsu	humorous,senses,
10/19/2023	Silence Is Golden	Limerick	humorous,peace,
10/17/2023	Calmer Chameleon	Personification	animal,fun,
10/16/2023	Oh My Gourd	Senryu	autumn,food,humorous,
10/15/2023	She Walks In Beauty	Cinquain	beach,loneliness,sea,
10/13/2023	Chocks Away - Poop Poem Warning	Limerick	body,humorous,
10/12/2023	Autumn	Quatern	autumn,
10/11/2023	Trick Or Treat	Rhyme	halloween,
10/10/2023	Bloodsucker - Revised	Alexandrine	dark,
10/9/2023	The Unsupervised Stop Sign	Free verse	death,drug,
10/9/2023	Come Into My Parlour - a Collaboration Between Arlo Parker and the Mean Girls	Rhyme	humorous,lust,
10/7/2023	Poetry and Me	Free verse	how i feel,integrity,poet
10/2/2023	If I Only Had a Brain	Monoku	health,
10/1/2023	Green	Rhyme	color,conflict,
9/30/2023	Jennifer Aniston	Clerihew	break up,tribute,
9/27/2023	Pooh Dunny It - a Bowel Shatt-Ering Senryu	Senryu	humorous,
9/26/2023	Arthur Vaso	Monoku	friendship,tribute,word p
9/25/2023	Golden Shovel	Verse	change,
9/23/2023	Frost	Acrostic	winter,
9/22/2023	You'Re In Trouble - Bawdy Warning	Limerick	drink,humorous,
9/21/2023	What Was I Thinking	Monoku	confusion,humorous,intern
9/20/2023	Vampire	Pleiades	dark,gothic,
9/19/2023	It Happened On a Misty Morning	Verse	proposal,romantic,
9/18/2023	The Smell of Fear - Collaboration	Limerick	humorous,space,
9/17/2023	Fear of Abduction By Alien Life	Rhyme	fantasy,fear,
9/16/2023	You Can'T Stop the Music	Senryu	music,
9/15/2023	Piano	Pleiades	inspirational,music,sense
9/14/2023	Lie Detector	Senryu	humorous,political,
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9/11/2023	Emu	Pleiades	bird,
9/10/2023	Sunset Sadness	Free verse	i miss you,sunset,
9/9/2023	Albatross	Pleiades	bird,music,
9/8/2023	Dark	Senryu	dark,mental illness,
9/7/2023	I'M Feeling Impish	Rhyme	anti bullying,poetry,
9/6/2023	Autumn Leaves Fall	Rhyme	autumn,tree,
9/4/2023	It's a Wonderful World	Verse	bird,flying,sunset,
9/3/2023	Raspberries	Pleiades	fruit,
9/2/2023	Vile Vache	Acrostic	animal,conflict,humorous,
9/1/2023	Catastrophy	Footle	cat,humorous,
8/31/2023	My Favorite Soup	Free verse	how i feel,poetry,
8/30/2023	Laughter	Rhyme	life,smile,
8/28/2023	Colorful	Monorhyme	color,
8/26/2023	Pillow Talk	Senryu	childhood,cute,
8/24/2023	Broken	Senryu	feelings,growing up,me,
8/22/2023	Toilet	Personification	humorous,
8/21/2023	They Think It's All Over - It Is Now	Limerick	conflict,football,
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8/18/2023	Bravo	Limerick	body,humorous,
8/17/2023	Winter Tableau	Verse	bird,food,winter,
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8/15/2023	An Old Shovel	Personification	humorous,work,
8/14/2023	Whisperings	Acrostic	angst,betrayal,
8/13/2023	Spring	Ninette	flower,garden,spring,
8/10/2023	Violinist	Rhyme	music,tribute,
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Few Steps Behind	I do not know?	sad,
The Allison Ellison Bond	Narrative	friendship,love,
Sometimes We Just Have To Get Naked	Rhyme	life,
The Naked Ramblers Society	Verse	funny,
My Way	Verse	funny,
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
I'Ll Always Remember	Rhyme	lost love,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Remembrances ---Tanka	Tanka	emotions,remember,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
Please Do Not Weep	I do not know?	absence,bereavement,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
A Getaway To Ancient Venice	Prose	love,passion,
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
Stop the Abuse	Free verse	abuse,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
- the Glory of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
Breast Cancer Awareness	Narrative	cancer,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
If These Eyes Could Lie	Sonnet	feelings,love,
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
Daydream	Alliteration	beautiful,dream,flower,
When I Am Gone	Epigram	inspirational,mystery,
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
A Jan Allison Inspired Poem	Narrative	happiness,life,
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
My Heart Beats For You	Rhyme	bereavement,loss,love,
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
A Winter Day	Rhyme	christmas,
Snow Angels	Free verse	friend,love,
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Ninja Girl	Limerick	fun,humor,
Sister Jan	Limerick	humorous,
Lost In a World of Poetry	Sonnet	how i feel,poetry,
Beauty Inside	Quatrain	beauty,
Faith, Hope and Love	Tanka	life,
My Little Soldier Boy	Rhyme	child,death,remember,boy,
If I Could	Free verse	giving,
Among Butterflies Sought	Concrete	betrayal,butterfly,confli
I'M Vinyl Baby	Free verse	music,
Where Frozen Embers Still Burn	Rhyme	heart,
Friend	Diminished Hexaverse	friend,friendship,
Expenditures	Rhyme	age,
My Shortcomings	Narrative	humorous,
This Year	Quintain (English)	art,
Where Frozen Embers Still Burn : the Funny Version	Rhyme	romance,
Call Me, Call Me	Light Verse	longing,love,wine,wisdom,
I Am With You Always	Free verse	metaphor,