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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

Deb
M

Date: 2/9/2024 10:51:00 AM

Excellent Jan!! We never know what is in store for us from one day to the next….yours days are filled with such well deserved accolades and positivity at the moment! Debx

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2024 4:49:00 PM

thanks so much Deb:-) its an amazing journey I have been on since I started writing back in November 2013! 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

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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,
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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,
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8/16/2023	Xanthic	Rhyme	color,nature,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Naked Ramblers Society	Verse	funny,
Few Steps Behind	I do not know?	sad,
The Allison Ellison Bond	Narrative	friendship,love,
I'Ll Always Remember	Rhyme	lost love,
Please Do Not Weep	I do not know?	absence,bereavement,
Sometimes We Just Have To Get Naked	Rhyme	life,
Remembrances ---Tanka	Tanka	emotions,remember,
My Way	Verse	funny,
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell	Rhyme	family,life,nostalgia,
Smile	Rhyme	giving,happy,inspiration,
Your Crotch and You	Narrative	humor,
Jan Allison	Free verse	friend,friendship,poems,p
Mens Secrets	Rhyme	abuse,
The Touch of a Stranger	Lyric	friend,friendship,uplifti
Willy the Wasp For Jan Allison	Couplet	childhood,education,insec
Forever Romance	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Fairy Tales, Angels and Cuddles	Rhyme	child,father daughter,chi
I'M Coming Home	Rhyme	emotions,military,
Bingo	Verse	funny,mum,
The Things As Yet To Be	Narrative	love,
A Tribute To Jan Allison	Free verse	friendship,
My Honky Tonk Angel	Narrative	romantic,
Drenched In One Another	Free verse	romance,romantic,
Country Song	Rhyme	romance,
I'M Not Nosey But	Free verse	class,crazy,england,eve,
Did You Have a Peaceful Night	Verse	care,love,
Are You Alone	Couplet	loneliness,
Oh Goddess Moon	Verse	moon,
The True Meaning of Life	Narrative	life,
Cas Tim Jan and Me	Rhyme	humor,humorous,
A Memory She Left Behind	Verse	memory,
Fake Or Real	Rhyme	self,vanity,
To Jan Allison About Our True Real Self	Couplet	inspirational,sad,
Kind of Thought	Couplet	appreciation,humorous,
The Rush	Haiku	first love,
A Romantic Dream	Narrative	romantic,
Poets Who Write Love Poems	Free verse	poetry,
Around the Corner	Free verse	introspection,mother,
It's Only Time	Couplet	age,devotion,emotions,tee
Spring	Haiku	flower,nature,seasons,daf
A New Love Found	Free verse	inspirational,
Ever Deeper Grows Our Kiss	Free verse	kiss,
Every Time I Have You Close- Triolet Sonnet	Triolet	beautiful,love,
Gifts From the Tide	Free verse	nature,ocean,sea,
Low Cost Airline	Limerick	fun,
Yesterday and Today	Rhyme	emotions,introspection,
If You Can	Free verse	nature,planet,
Mother's Highlights	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,love,mot
In Need of a Banquet	Iambic Pentameter	recovery from,relationshi
Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,love,
Poor Man Rich Man	Free verse	heart,identity,
Farewell At the Falls	Quatrain	leaving,lost love,
Friendships	Rhyme	friend,friendship,love,
- the Glory of Love -	Free verse	feelings,love,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
The Scent of Your Soul	Free verse	absence,feelings,
A Broken Heart Away	Free verse	love,
Cupid's Arrows	Free verse	love,romance,
I Dreamt of You Last Night	Quatrain	dream,love,
Dancing Once Again With Words	Verse	love,
Her Name Is Jan	Rhyme	marriage,memory,missing,m
Moment In Time	Free verse	love,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
The Story of You	Narrative	romance,
Organic Ecstasy	Free verse	nature,planet,
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
The Devil Is In This Tale	Free verse	heart,heaven,i love you,
Daydream	Alliteration	beautiful,dream,flower,
Lost In a World of Poetry	Sonnet	how i feel,poetry,
Maybe the Last Letter To My Beloved	Free verse	conflict,love,
Rainbow In My World Today	Rhyme	color,love,rainbow,
A Winter Day	Rhyme	christmas,
Ever-Bright Eyes	Quatrain	deep,feelings,heart,how i
Jan Allison's - Fun Pyramid Cruise	Free verse	adventure,boat,celebratio
Breast Cancer Awareness-By Casarah Nance	Acrostic	cancer,
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Expenditures	Rhyme	age,
When I Am Gone	Epigram	inspirational,mystery,
Paradise In My Mind	Rhyme	dream,freedom,imagination
Lost	Dizain	death,heaven,loss,relatio
Passion	Free verse	passion,
Poor Peter Pumpkin	Couplet	fantasy,funny,holiday,
My Best Ever Love Poem	Verse	love,
Tree Rape	Free verse	autumn,change,nature,
This Year	Quintain (English)	art,
For One Pass of Your Breath	Free verse	lost love,love,love hurts
Dirty Socks	Rhyme	family,
Love Is a Fragile Thing - For Jan Allison	Rhyme	love,soulmate,
Wind From the Sea	I do not know?	conflict,depression,forgi
Adults Only a Sexy Write Just To Make Jan Laugh	Narrative	funny,humor,humorous,sexy
Sister Jan	Limerick	humorous,
The Breadth of My Love	Free verse	love,planet,romance,roman
The Lady Is a Tramp	Free verse	cool,
Be the Plus Sign	Didactic	encouraging,friendship,
I Swear I Want To Die	Free verse	i love you,
The Butterfly and Me	Rhyme	animal,butterfly,earth,in
My Heart Beats For You	Rhyme	bereavement,loss,love,
Sunshine Smile	Free verse	joy,smile,
Awakening Sunshine Morning	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,emotions
Haiku 74 - Haiku 75- About a Bookmark	Haiku	absence,