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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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LOVELY LLAMA COLLABORATION PLEASE JOIN IN THE FUN - **ALSO CONTEST UPDATE* UPDATE NOW UPDATED ON 17TH AUGUST*

Blog Posted:8/15/2017 6:40:00 AM

Lin LLama has just given birth to twins !!! You are welcome to join in the collaboration. Please soup mail me your limericks and I will add them to the poem . Many thanks to Dale Gregory Cozart , Lin Lane , Marti Sutherland ,Seren Roberts, Roger Pat Adams, Chris Green, Andrea Dietrich, Jo Daniel and Roy Petts for sending their poems

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/lovely_llama___collaboration_929495

I am still accepting poems for the collaboration contest and have extended the date until the end of the month. This will probably be my last contest for the forseeable future.

* Please can you ensure that BOTH poets enter their poems into the contest*

Jan xx

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Joanna
Daniel

Date: 8/17/2017 7:55:00 AM

The collaboration was fun, Jan:) I'm sad to know that you won't be doing any more contests, I wish you would continue to:) I love your contests:)

Jan Allison
Date: 8/17/2017 9:13:00 AM

The LLama collaboration will continue as Lin LLama will be expecting again soon thank to your poem lol:-) hugs jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 8/17/2017 9:12:00 AM

I won't do any contests or the foreseeable future Jo I may change my mind later on:-) hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 8/17/2017 7:17:00 AM

And another thing...I'd like to know when Daddy llama is going to step up and help with raising the twins. You KNOW who you are!

Lin Lane
Date: 8/17/2017 7:46:00 AM

I won't drop his name...no Mama llama drama from me.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/17/2017 7:36:00 AM

It's aLLarmaing that he's not admitted responsibility lol:-) hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 8/17/2017 7:16:00 AM

I've just read the latest limerick addition and it seems I no longer have the task of choosing names for my twins. lol Thanks to everyone for playing along.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/17/2017 7:35:00 AM

You not only have the names but it looks like you are going to have a third on your hands lol:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur
Vaso

Date: 8/15/2017 5:48:00 PM

I just read Chris's poem, they are all so cute!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 5:56:00 PM

there is room for more Arthur!:-) hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 8/15/2017 5:17:00 PM

How sweet that Chris visited and left a llama limerick. I really miss him and his poetry. THANK YOU, Chris!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 5:32:00 PM

I miss him too and was so shocked to see his name on a soup mail:-):-) He said he couldn't resist a LLama limerick :-) hugs Jan xx

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 8/15/2017 4:02:00 PM

jan, your challenge will do well...now, for that llama limerick, i'll see what's up my sleeves...this will be fun!... huggs

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 6:49:00 PM

They need names too Lin:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 8/15/2017 4:33:00 PM

oh good. Andrea and nette...two more perspective baby llama sitters!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 4:14:00 PM

Thanks Nette:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 8/15/2017 12:56:00 PM

Gosh, you only need like three more people to grab partners and do poems. How hard can that be? Sure hope you fill it up, Jan. and hope i can make time to join in the lovely Llama fun!!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 4:13:00 PM

It will be my last contest for some time Andrea so if souper's don't enter this one for whatever reason that really is up to them.:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/15/2017 3:25:00 PM

It is ridiculous to me that there are so many collaborations out there and still some of them not getting submitted to your contest. we just never know what soupers are gonnna do where contests are concerned!!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 1:28:00 PM

I had to add an extra space as there is a poem submitted that is nothing to do with the contest and is taking the place of a proper poem. There is time for people to enter ... i see many collaborations on the site so I am surprised it didn't close earlier but ces't la vie it will be my last contest for the foreseeable future:-) I add poems whenever they come in, on some collaborations it can be months after it disappeared off the page and then someone new finds it and adds their lines:-) hugs jan xx

Lin
Lane

Date: 8/15/2017 9:00:00 AM

TWINS? That comes as breaking news to Mama Llama, too!

Lin Lane
Date: 8/15/2017 9:42:00 AM

hmmm, Mr. Adams

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 9:36:00 AM

hmmm it was one of the other collaborators who broke the news of happy event ... I wonder if he will reveal any more news I look forward to more limericks being added lol:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 8/15/2017 9:32:00 AM

I knew I was expecting, although Jan seemed to know it first, but I didn't know it would be twins until...Surprise in Jan's limerick!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 8/15/2017 9:30:00 AM

Lin, you didn't know you were expecting?! I think it's high time someone had a talk with you about the birds and the bees.

Lin Lane
Date: 8/15/2017 9:30:00 AM

well, AUNTIE Jan. Since you gave written birth to them you'll have to tend to one.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 9:22:00 AM

lol Lin there will be no bleating on blogs you need to go tend to the twins:-):-) hugs jan xx

Sara
Kendrick

Date: 8/15/2017 7:33:00 AM

Will have to check out the contest and see if I can do it..Sara

Sara Kendrick
Date: 8/15/2017 4:10:00 PM

Okay..Sara

Jan Allison
Date: 8/15/2017 9:24:00 AM

Thanks Sara I have great fun collaborating and most recently wrote with some lovely guys on soup and it was an honour to be asked:-) hugs jan xx

My Past Blog Posts


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
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

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
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,
2/27/2024	THE QUEEN OF POOP FIGHTS BACK!	Limerick	anti bullying,how i feel,
2/19/2024	Spring time	Etheree	flower,spring,
2/13/2024	When Trust Has Been Broken	Rhyme	betrayal,
2/9/2024	Pour reeding and righting	Limerick	for her,friend,words,
1/27/2024	Beach Bummer - BAWDY WARNING	Limerick	betrayal,holiday,humorous
1/23/2024	Autumn	Haiku	sunset,
1/22/2024	Precipice	Acrostic	dark,death,mother son,
1/21/2024	Valentines Day Dilema	Rhyme	anxiety,flower,valentines
1/20/2024	Moonlight Shadows	Fibonacci	moon,ocean,
1/16/2024	Tea Time	Personification	drink,
1/15/2024	Bouquet Blunder	Limerick	flower,humorous,valentine
1/11/2024	Winter Magic	Rhyme	snow,winter,
1/4/2024	Oblivion	Acrostic	devotion,memory,mental he
12/30/2023	Total transformation in 2023	Sijo	books,me,poetry,
11/28/2023	La Luna's Lure	Alliteration	butterfly,moon,
11/25/2023	DIVORCE	Acrostic	break up,conflict,divorce
11/18/2023	Remember Remember	Rhyme	age,humorous,memory,
11/17/2023	Sex Drive or dead end street	Haiku	humorous,word play,
11/17/2023	Wild Birds Poetry Contest	Personification	bird,
11/14/2023	DREAMS CAN COME TRUE	Rhyme	dream,poetry,
11/13/2023	Mother	Acrostic	i miss you,mother daughte
11/12/2023	Mr Spud head gets mashed	Limerick	body,
11/11/2023	WE WILL REMEMEBER THEM	Haiku	remembrance day,war,
11/9/2023	Remember Remember the 5th of November	Ninette	firework,
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,
9/13/2023	We Must Talk In Hushed Voices	Rhyme	first love,trust,
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,
8/20/2023	Pause For Claws	Rhyme	children,friendship,fun,
8/19/2023	Fruit and Nuts	Limerick	fruit,health,humorous,
8/18/2023	Bravo	Limerick	body,humorous,
8/17/2023	Winter Tableau	Verse	bird,food,winter,
8/16/2023	Xanthic	Rhyme	color,nature,
8/15/2023	An Old Shovel	Personification	humorous,work,
8/14/2023	Whisperings	Acrostic	angst,betrayal,

My Photos

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