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Janis Thompson is a retired educator whose career involved teaching high school English, being a reading specialist and an administrator. She is a mother and a grandmother of two who has been writing poetry since childhood. Janis has a Bachelor's Degree from Juniata College and a Master's from Johns Hopkins University. She enjoys watching vintage movies.

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Ottava rima Contest

Blog Posted:6/19/2017 9:14:00 PM

I must confess that I wrote an Ottava rima today and the last line has eleven syllables. I will not disqualify anyone with one line that just had to have eleven syllables like this one.

Also, the Ottava rima is just a mini sonnet with a quatrain and half missing.

Ps. I have fixed it but I keep my word.

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Constance
La France

Date: 6/20/2017 11:16:00 PM

Janis, i want to enter your contest

Janis Thompson
Date: 6/21/2017 2:51:00 PM

Good luck to you Constance.

Andrea
Dietrich

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!

Jan
Allison

Date: 6/20/2017 7:05:00 AM

I read your poem it is very beautiful Janis:-) hugs jan xx

Craig
Cornish

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!

My Past Blog Posts


Web Site Changes Date Posted: 8/26/2018 4:46:00 PM
Collaboration Contest Date Posted: 8/13/2017 9:28:00 PM
Ottava rima Contest Date Posted: 6/19/2017 9:14:00 PM
The Color Blue Contest Date Posted: 1/30/2017 2:51:00 PM
My First Published Book Date Posted: 12/19/2016 10:04:00 PM
My Kind of Town Date Posted: 11/10/2016 5:28:00 PM
Diamante Contest Finalized Date Posted: 10/21/2016 9:44:00 PM
Olympic Mania Date Posted: 9/4/2016 8:49:00 PM
Compose A Choka Date Posted: 7/23/2016 7:03:00 PM
SUMMERTIME Date Posted: 7/5/2016 1:04:00 PM
A Place Called Beautiful Date Posted: 6/18/2016 5:27:00 PM
Pen A Sonnet On It Date Posted: 5/29/2016 7:14:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/23/2024	To which image should we cling?	Quatrain	life,universe,
4/1/2024	I Wish I Had	Rhyme	thanks,wisdom,
3/28/2024	Ocean City Dream	Rhyme	dream,ocean,vacation,
2/16/2024	The Natural Order	Etheree	flower,nature,spring,
2/10/2024	THERE IS A DARKNESS	Rhyme	evil,hope,humanity,
2/3/2024	Fulfillment	Rhyme	blessing,change,environme
1/30/2024	The Human Puzzle	Rhyme	change,conflict,environme
1/30/2024	Can We Say, Science Fiction Anymore?	Free verse	conflict,creation,faith,s
1/29/2024	Organic Balm	Sonnet	health,
1/22/2024	Awaking from Stupor	Sonnet	art,character,psychologic
1/22/2024	To the Brother Keepers	Free verse	age,childhood,confidence,
1/17/2024	How Great A Box	Rhyme	angst,blessing,fate,
1/13/2024	The Mighty Pines	Quatrain	tree,wind,winter,
1/11/2024	The Chosen Landing	Quatrain	bereavement,blessing,care
1/11/2024	Silver Dawn	Rhyme	age,destiny,
1/8/2024	Sipping Coffee	Quatrain	children,drink,growing up
1/7/2024	The Steel Box	Quatrain	memory,youth,
1/2/2024	God's Got Our Back	Free verse	god,inspirational,new yea
8/10/2023	Evening Prayer	Kyrielle	lost love,romantic,sad lo
8/10/2023	We Are the Kingdom	Rhyme	child abuse,children,
8/3/2023	Morning Prayer Sonnet	Sonnet	angst,god,sad,
6/11/2023	Endless Promise	Free verse	earth,love,time,
6/11/2023	Slow Death	Sonnet	angst,death,lost love,
5/8/2023	Rose Meadow	Free verse	beauty,flower,imagination
5/8/2023	On the Passing of Grannie	Ode	black african american,ch
5/7/2023	Psalm 2023	Couplet	prayer,spiritual,violence
4/3/2023	To Rolling Fork, Mississippi	Sonnet	loss,weather,wind,
3/20/2023	Victor's Dance	Rhyme	dance,prayer,thanks,
3/6/2023	Each Passing Cloud	Rhyme	heaven,sky,
2/24/2023	Spring Is Not All	Sonnet	spring,
2/24/2023	My Loving Heart Sings	Rhyme	appreciation,bible,cute l
2/13/2023	A Valentine To My Sisters In Christ	Rhyme	valentines day,
1/28/2023	Dear Heart	Rhyme	care,christian,heart,how
1/24/2023	The Little Hand	Rhyme	age,identity,
1/10/2023	Answered Prayer	Sonnet	blessing,god,love,
1/5/2023	The Hibernating Muse	Rhyme	muse,
12/29/2022	Preference For a Farm	Rhyme	city,environment,farm,wor
12/1/2022	The Drunken Stain	Rhyme	drink,lost love,love,
11/26/2022	Don'T Quit Your Daydream	Quatrain	dream,marriage,
11/25/2022	Most Beautiful Christmas Poem	Quatrain	angel,christmas,jesus,pea
11/12/2022	Sunshine In Their Youthful Morning Song	Villanelle	age,children,encouraging,
11/10/2022	Proverbial Thought	Rhyme	growth,inspiration,wisdom
11/9/2022	The Only Star For Me	Rhyme	sky,star,western,
11/9/2022	December Hemispheres	Quatrain	christmas,december,winter
10/22/2022	Bittersweet Memories' Song	Terza Rima	lost love,memory,
10/21/2022	A Graceful Blessing	Quintain (Sicilian)	autumn,death,tree,
10/17/2022	A Season of Tyrants	Quintain (Sicilian)	earth,leadership,power,wa
10/17/2022	No Poem As Lovely	Free verse	autumn,poetry,tree,tribut
10/16/2022	Passages	Free verse	age,life,strength,
10/11/2022	Night Song Couplet	Couplet	god,good night,sleep,
10/7/2022	Suffer the Children	Rhyme	child abuse,children,god,
10/2/2022	Autumn's Found	Monorhyme	autumn,change,nature,poet
10/1/2022	With Murder As Its Name	Quatrain	bird,murder,nature,
9/29/2022	A Father's Love	Sonnet	god,love,
9/26/2022	Awakening	Rhyme	god,heartbroken,poetry,
9/26/2022	Recovery	Ottava rima	lost love,recovery from,
9/23/2022	Sonnet To Connie	Sonnet	character,death of a frie
9/20/2022	I Wandered Lonely As An Orphan	Rhyme	childhood,dream,lonelines
9/20/2022	The Spirit Man	Rhyme	conflict,courage,for him,
9/10/2022	When Mother Cries	Rhyme	angst,blessing,truth,
8/2/2022	New Day	Rhyme	august,emotions,encouragi
7/28/2022	It Don'T Mean a Thing	Rhyme	emotions,god,jesus,love,
7/25/2022	The Human Side	Rhyme	faith,god,jesus,lost love
7/22/2022	The Divine Gift	Rhyme	faith,prayer,
7/20/2022	Leaning From Attraction To Fool's Gold	Free verse	lost love,
6/25/2022	The Cycle	Quatrain	age,character,nature,yout
6/22/2022	Farewell South Carolina	Quatrain	change,history,relationsh
6/22/2022	Unequally Yoked	Quatrain	jesus,relationship,
6/20/2022	Feeling Safe	Rhyme	america,violence,
6/20/2022	His Final Cries	Rhyme	america,death,violence,
5/26/2022	Final Lessons	Free verse	america,
5/26/2022	A Bee's Day	Rhyme	environment,insect,
5/26/2022	You Don'T Call Me Baby Anymore	Monorhyme	lost love,
4/13/2022	My Name Is Still Thompson	Rhyme	family,pride,
3/26/2022	Quiet Forests	Couplet	environment,tree,
3/20/2022	Shot Glass	Rhyme	character,cute love,hilar
11/30/2021	The Twin Oak	Rhyme	tree,
11/30/2021	November Quatrain	Quatrain	appreciation,autumn,novem
11/19/2021	Agendaless Exuberance	Dizain	adventure,appreciation,na
11/10/2021	Natural High	Rhyme	nature,
11/1/2021	Autumn Hush	Free verse	autumn,morning,october,
10/26/2021	The Dance	Rhyme	beauty,nature,
10/16/2021	The Picnic	Quatrain	weather,
10/13/2021	Free	Quatern	age,change,character,
10/13/2021	An Autumn Move	Rhyme	autumn,day,
9/23/2021	Memories Beautiful	Free verse	brother,memory,
9/21/2021	They Are Not Called Dreadlocks	Quintain (Sicilian)	black love,
8/31/2021	Reflections	Free verse	memory,mother,
8/27/2021	The Iron Lung, Fear Transcendence	Free verse	fear,
8/25/2021	Essence of Autumn	Verse	autumn,
8/15/2021	The Twin Oak	Rhyme	life,tree,
7/14/2021	South Carolina Trees	Monorhyme	america,change,tree,
6/9/2021	New Age	Free verse	age,wisdom,
6/9/2021	Summer Speaks	Rhyme	summer,
6/8/2021	Grace For Home Hunting	Rhyme	home,
5/30/2021	Lifeprints	Free verse	autumn,death,life,
5/23/2021	Tomorrow Speaks	Free verse	anxiety,change,character,
5/20/2021	Transformation	Triolet	summer,tree,
5/18/2021	Unconquerable	Rhyme	care,character,courage,fr
5/16/2021	Seeds	Quatrain	blessing,heartbreak,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
I Sit Sobbing	Verse	memory,mental illness,mot
The Wisdom of Winter	Quatrain	inspirational,life,metaph
The River	Verse	mystery,river,
From Graveyard To Garden	Rhyme	addiction,anger,inspirati
The Stepping Stone	Sonnet	death,heaven,life,planet,
Etched In My Heart	Dramatic Monologue	childhood,innocence,love,
Quietude and Boom	Free verse	devotion,mother daughter,
The Supper	Sonnet	christian,heaven,
Crimson Etchings	Verse	writing,
You Broke My Heart Not Hardly	Sonnet	lost love,
The Old Man With One Shoe	Rhyme	christian,grandfather,ins
Home From Vietnam	Prose Poetry	usa,war,
Outgrew the Broken Wings	Couplet	encouraging,inspirational
Glazed Lull From Heaven	Monorhyme	care,heaven,trust,
Thanksgiving Day Prayer	Quatrain	love,thanks,thanksgiving,
Gems of Reality	Monorhyme	poetry,
The Greatest Valentine	Iambic Pentameter	jesus,
Butterflies of Beauty	Sonnet	beautiful,butterfly,metap
Greeting New Year	Rhyme	devotion,new year,
Quadro : Sunset Tears	Verse	pain,sunset,
Quadro - New Dawn	Verse	morning,sun,
Dust	Narrative	africa,childhood,culture,
The Days Before You	Sonnet	desire,love,
Serenity of Blue	Iambic Pentameter	beautiful,blue,
The Relativity of Beyond	Sonnet	life,relationship,space,u
What's In a Name	Rhyme	fun,
Who But God	Sonnet	philosophy,religion,
My Fondest Memory	Blank verse	brother,cute,memory,
The Cold Bell	Shape	children,innocence,war,
Charlottesville	Quatrain	america,angst,anxiety,bul
A Decent Proposal	Romanticism	devotion,emotions,love,ro
Of Perfect Beauty	Elegy	allusion,america,religiou
Fifty Pills	Light Verse	humor,pain,parody,perspec
Mindful of Solar Eclipse	Couplet	christian,nature,
Adrift In Fiction	Prose	analogy,appreciation,book
Graceful Movement of Silence	Free verse	love,metaphor,nature,roma
Those Were the Days	Dramatic Monologue	slavery,spiritual,truth,w
After G H My Tribute Antiphon	Verse	christian,poetry,
Unwanted Guest	Sonnet	bird,humor,sleep,
Manic Melancholia	Free verse	introspection,
Everyday Is Labor Day	Quatrain	holiday,slavery,truth,wis
Let Me Into Your Heart - Emotive Write	Free verse	baby,childhood,heartbreak
Midnight Romance	Sonnet	desire,dream,imagery,long
Raven Shadows	Free verse	dark,death,deep,evil,fate
Acting American	Light Verse	allusion,humorous,satire,
Moon Spoon	Free verse	moon,
Ballad of the Bomb	Elegy	dark,death,visionary,wisd
New Girl	Light Verse	fun,girlfriend,love,
Strength of My Life	Lyric	religious,song,spiritual,
That Frail Woman	Quatern	heart,hope,woman,
Here In the Winter	Pantoum	age,inspirational,
My Winter	Verse	baby,christmas,confusion,
It Rained That Day	Romanticism	feelings,love,marriage,ra
Unbalanced Hypocrisy	Dramatic Verse	corruption,death,grief,po
Anyone Who Had a Heart	Free verse	break up,heartbroken,lost
Last Rite Exit	Sonnet	allusion,dark,eulogy,peop
Such a Light Thing	Free verse	god,perspective,spiritual
Year of Release	Verse	freedom,joy,pain,slavery,
Mother's Child	Rhyme	father,mother,
Dear Men	Free verse	abuse,anger,discriminatio
Tree Atop Precipice	Sonnet	beautiful,earth,happy,lon
Behold	Quatrain	celebration,inspiration,l
I Know of Great Love	Free verse	desire,devotion,happiness
The Guiding Light	Villanelle	light,spiritual,
Haiku Triad	Haiku	analogy,imagery,metaphor,
Braving the Stillness	Elegy	bereavement,dedication,lo
Lily of the Nile	Verse	beauty,flower,river,
Crossroads	Free verse	children,destiny,divorce,
You Don'T Know Me	Lyric	desire,longing,
Psalms At Sea	Rhyme	angel,boat,devotion,sea,
I'M Lost For Words	Limerick	humorous,poetry,words,
Our Love Language	Enclosed Rhyme	death,heaven,loss,love,me
Truth Flowing Free	Rhyme	truth,
A Poet's Gift	Free verse	art,poetry,writing,
Twin Souls	Free verse	true love,
Halloween Hiccup	Limerick	children,halloween,irony,
The Demise of Summer	Pantoum	change,seasons,
The Holy Spirit	Rhyme	christian,faith,god,gospe
Cottage Garden Flowers	Couplet	flower,wedding,
Streetlife	Free verse	environment,society,
No Man's Land	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,body,
American Spirit	Rhyme	animal,bird,
American Nero	Dramatic Verse	allegory,character,fire,i
You'D Get a Surprise If You See It Rise - Bawdy	Limerick	body,humorous,
Mama's Kodak	Dramatic Verse	kid,memory,mother,
Winsome Wisteria Sonnet	Sonnet	beautiful,beauty,flower,s

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Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Probir Gupta	India	Read
Sandra Haight	United States	Read
Sara Kendrick	United States	Read
John Lawless	United States	Read
Paul Callus	Malta	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
Edlynn Nau	United States	Read
Eve Roper	United States	Read
Joanna Daniel	India	Read
Charlie Smith	United States	Read
Steven Henderson	United States	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Mostafa Ghalandarzadeh	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Teddy Kimathi	Kenya	Read
Key V.	United States	Read
Jeffrey Lee	United States	Read
Darren White	Netherlands	Read
Brian Strand	United Kingdom	Read
Caycay Jennings	United States	Read
Anisha Dutta	India	Read
Afzal Nusker	India	Read
Daniel Turner	United States	Read
Frederic Parker	United States	Read
Gregory Richard Barden	United States	Read
Ralph Sergi	United States	Read
Janice Thompson	United States	Read
Lyric Man	United States	Read
Henri Claude Oyima	United States	Read
Al Juman	United States	Read
Ashok Kumar Mishra	India	Read
John Anderson	Australia	Read
Space Cadet	United States	Read
Arum Dusu	Nigeria	Read
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Na Na	United States	Read
Janis Thompson	United States	Read