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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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A giggle a day can chase the blues away

Blog Posted:2/9/2024 10:01:00 AM

After a second podcast on 24th January on Manx Radio my book sales are going from strength to strength.The book is available on Amazon both in paperback and kindle formats and has sold in the UK, USA and Canada. One Island resident loves the humour so much he has purchased 6 signed copies!

https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/spotlight/episode/spotlight-17-january-2024

https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/spotlight/episode/spotlight-24-january-2024

I am working with a journalist for an article about my poetry to be published in the local newspaper and I have been asked by a lady with severe sight issues to consider doing an audio book ... with 366 poems this would be a big ask!

Happy reading

Hugs Jan xx

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Sandra
Haight

Date: 2/15/2024 11:27:00 AM

Wow, Jan, congratulations, and I am so overjoyed about the wonderful success you are having with your published book! Everyone loves a good laugh, and you certainly provide that very well with your awesome limericks. I purchased a copy and my hubby took it over and is enjoying all your poems very much. I will follow soon with an uplifting Amazon Review! Wishing you continued success! Hugs, Sandra ;)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/23/2024 9:18:00 AM

Thanks so much for your support in buying the book and your amazing review on Amazon! hugs Jan xx

Constance
La France

Date: 2/12/2024 4:46:00 AM

Jan, congratulations on your success ! I am not surprised, and you are so right a giggle a day, a smile, chases away sadness. As you know my forte is sad poetry, and I know from poems you have written for my contests that you can write serious poetry just as well as you do your limericks. But funny poems are your forte so just follow your dreams, and be beautiful you, hugs, Constance

Jan Allison
Date: 2/12/2024 5:01:00 AM

aww thanks Constance, i do go out of my comfort zone to write for your contests but humour will always be my forte:-) hugs jan xx

Linda Alice
Fowler

Date: 2/11/2024 10:27:00 AM

Jan, you amaze me. What a train ride! An audio book would be fantastic! Yes, a challenge, but who better to accept it than you? Keep on keepin' on!

Jan Allison
Date: 2/11/2024 12:17:00 PM

It really has been an amazing journey Linda and I have no intention of stopping lol:-) I have a lot to think about with an audio book, I may just record poems for the charity i volunteer at as I dont think it would be viable to have it commercially produced:-) hugs jan xx

Mark
Koplin

Date: 2/11/2024 6:29:00 AM

That's great news, Jan. I'm sure you won't have a problem filling the pages of another book with your toilet humor.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/11/2024 12:16:00 PM

lol i can fill the pages and if the poems are rubbish perhaps the could be printed on a toilet roll and serve a dual purpose lol:-) hugs jan xx

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 2/10/2024 3:06:00 PM

Jan, wonderful news, I hope you sell a million copies! I love your book and it definitely chases the blues away! Hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 2/11/2024 12:15:00 PM

oh gosh can you imagine a million selling poop poetess lol:-) I'm thrilled at the sales i have achieved so far especially as i am told poetry books do not sell!:-) hugs Jan xx

Christina
Bowring

Date: 2/10/2024 1:24:00 PM

More amazing news our lovely limerick queen! Soooo pleased for you! I will listen to the second podcast- know it’ll be wonderful like the last one! It will be great publicity for you to have the newspaper article. Keep going with all these so well deserved achievements dear Jan. Hugs and applause to you xx :):)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/11/2024 12:14:00 PM

Thanks Christina, who would have thought someone who wasn't a poetry fan back in 2013 would even pick up a pen let alone publish a book and I'm working on poopy poetry for book #2 but I won't be sharing the poems on soup:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/10/2024 11:06:00 AM

wow, lots of good news, and hey, I bought your book. It looks so great how it was formatted, Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 2/11/2024 12:13:00 PM

I do hope you enjoy the humour Andrea! hugs jan xx

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 2/10/2024 8:53:00 AM

Great to hear that you have published your book, Jan, congratulations:) stay positive and keep up the laughs:) God bless:)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/10/2024 10:18:00 AM

thanks Joanna:-) It has been a long journey with writing and eventaully getting ready to self publish the book. we did a lot of editing/ swapping poems about and formatting when my husband was having cancer treatment in October, it gave us something to focus on at night. from being a total novice to writing 10 years ago I am so so proud of what i have achieved. hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 2/10/2024 6:31:00 AM

I’m so proud of you for bringing you dream to fruition, Jan. It was not an easy task, hindered by family health issues, but you were tenacious in seeing it though. Love and hugs, Sweet friend.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/10/2024 10:15:00 AM

Aww Thanks Lin, your help and encouragement spurred me on to get it finished and now I have the 'bug' I am working on book #2 - toilet humour. may not be to everyone's taste but i am flushed with success at the giggle a day book and Chris who i met today had 3 more signed copies which brings his total to 7 - so bawdy humour sells! hugs jan xx

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 2/9/2024 12:29:00 PM

Well done Jan, a wonderful achievement. Beryl

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2024 4:52:00 PM

Thanks Belle:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise
Andresen

Date: 2/9/2024 11:49:00 AM

- Really exciting, Jan - You have every reason to be proud of yourself ... wooow - February 2014 you posted your first poem on PS ... what a journey ... CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND - hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2024 4:52:00 PM

YES Anne-Lise its amazing that it's been 10 years since I started writing and learning so much on soup and you were one of the first people to put the welcome mat down to the newbies! hugs Jan xx

Eve
Roper

Date: 2/9/2024 11:05:00 AM

Wonderful, Jan, blessed by the blarney stone. I so excited for you. Keep following your dream of dreams with all my prayers for you.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2024 4:50:00 PM

I kissed the Blarney stone some years before I started writing but its interesting how much I love the limerick form:-) hugs Jan xx

My Past Blog Posts


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
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN WHITE Date Posted: 10/2/2017 4:53:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
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
2/2/2025	The 'Queen of Poop' returns!	Limerick	food,humorous,
2/1/2025	Tribute to my Vogon Valentine	Vogon Poetry	humorous,i miss you,
1/29/2025	Perhaps in the time voters will realise they made a huge cock up!	Senryu	political,
1/24/2025	THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN!	Limerick	friendship,muse,poetry,
1/23/2025	Lost and found	Triolet	missing,muse,
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,
11/25/2024	He's cracked it!	Limerick	drink,humorous,
11/13/2024	ROCKET MAN - FOR JOSEPH MAY	Limerick	dream,humorous,space,
11/6/2024	Sky watcher	Monoku	rainbow,sky,
11/5/2024	My definition of hell on earth!	Monoku	political,
10/31/2024	Holiday Limericks	Limerick	halloween,humorous,thanks
10/15/2024	His brothers are spell bound!	Limerick	children,father son,humor
10/13/2024	Absolute proof that I am the queen of poop	Monoku	for her,humorous,poetry,w
10/12/2024	HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSEQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA IS A VERY LONG WORD	Monoku	anti bullying,conflict,ho
10/10/2024	No Strings Attached	Limerick	childhood,tribute,
10/7/2024	life after death	Jueju	death,heartbreak,
10/7/2024	The Mouse with the Hat	Couplet	funny love,silly,wedding,
10/6/2024	The Fairmile Guest House	Limerick	holiday,how i feel,tribut
10/1/2024	A I poems on Poetry soup	Lyric	corruption,writing,
9/22/2024	signs of autumn	Haiku	autumn,nature,
8/28/2024	Olivia Newton-John	Limerick	clothes,film,humorous,
8/27/2024	God KNOWS - I'm a poop poet!	Monoku	anti bullying,
8/24/2024	Circus Dancer	Monoku	art,dance,horse,
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,
8/18/2024	I Am Fear	Quintain (Sicilian)	dark,fear,
7/26/2024	Beach babe - a little bawdy	Limerick	body,humorous,
7/25/2024	Head Boy	Limerick	humorous,water,
7/20/2024	A cock and bull tale - Risque Rhyme	Limerick	farm,humorous,
7/18/2024	The Latest Soup Scoop	Monoku	anti bullying,how i feel,
7/6/2024	Dental Drama	Limerick	humorous,pain,
7/3/2024	Poetry cheats	Acrostic	conflict,corruption,poetr
7/2/2024	Raindrops	Free verse	rain,
6/29/2024	Ten a day - inspired by Deb M's POTD	Limerick	how i feel,poetry,
6/28/2024	summer	Haiku	garden,summer,
6/20/2024	Donald John Trump	Clerihew	corruption,lust,political
6/13/2024	Prepare for take off	Verse	bird,flying,
5/23/2024	Girl with a pearl earring	Ekphrasis	art,beauty,identity,
5/12/2024	Ewe Called	Limerick	birth,farm,father son,
5/8/2024	Heather on the hills - BAWDY WARNING	Limerick	humorous,lust,
5/1/2024	Doggone	Limerick	anxiety,dog,humorous,
4/23/2024	Paper chase Ephemera	Free verse	love,
4/21/2024	Zephyr	Rhyme	joy,nature,wind,
4/16/2024	Yellow	Couplet	beautiful,color,uplifting
4/8/2024	HIGH TEA	Limerick	animal,food,fun,
4/7/2024	SOCK IT TO ME	Personification	clothes,humorous,missing,
3/26/2024	CAGE RAGE	Limerick	bird,cat,irony,
3/21/2024	Sun	Personification	sun,
3/17/2024	Blue	List	color,
3/16/2024	Uplifting	Acrostic	body,humorous,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Naked Ramblers Society	Verse	funny,
Few Steps Behind	I do not know?	sad,
Sometimes We Just Have To Get Naked	Rhyme	life,
The Allison Ellison Bond	Narrative	friendship,love,
My Way	Verse	funny,
Please Do Not Weep	I do not know?	absence,bereavement,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
I'll Always Remember	Rhyme	lost love,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
Remembrances ---Tanka	Tanka	emotions,remember,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Spring	Haiku	flower,nature,seasons,daf
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
Poor Man Rich Man	Free verse	heart,identity,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
Dancing Once Again With Words	Verse	love,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
My Best Ever Love Poem	Verse	love,
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
Jan	Narrative	dedication,love,
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
Romance	Rhyme	romance,
- The Glory Of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
Ever-Bright Eyes	Quatrain	deep,feelings,heart,how i
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
It's Love, Pure Love	Quatrain	love,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
Coverup	Rhyme	feelings,nature,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Embers	Rhyme	bereavement,feelings,marr
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
Pretty Poet	Free verse	angel,how i feel,mentor,p
Limerick 3	Limerick	funny,
The Breadth of My Love	Free verse	love,planet,romance,roman
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Haiku 74 - Haiku 75- About a Bookmark	Haiku	absence,
A Message From Emilly	Ballad	age,daughter,death of a f
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
Beauty Inside	Quatrain	beauty,
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
A Winter Day	Rhyme	christmas,
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
Breast Cancer Awareness	Narrative	cancer,
If I Could	Free verse	giving,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
On a Gorgeous Day	Couplet	joy,
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
Faith, Hope and Love	Tanka	life,
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
Finding Me	Rhyme	anger,god,jesus,life,peac
Adults Only a Sexy Write Just To Make Jan Laugh	Narrative	funny,humor,humorous,sexy
I'M Vinyl Baby	Free verse	music,
A Getaway To Ancient Venice	Prose	love,passion,
Lost In a World of Poetry	Sonnet	how i feel,poetry,
Always Can Be Awfully Cold	Couplet	travel,