Jan Allison Biography

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

POEM OF THE WEEK

Blog Posted by Jan Allison: 8/12/2018 1:38:00 PM

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Krampe Avatar
August 13, 2018 at 7:12 AM
I have not been on soup much over the past weeks because of stuff at home, so I missed this - congrats! I'll go check it out now.
Allison Avatar
August 13, 2018 at 12:50 PM
Thanks Agnes, so lovely to see you back here again :-) hugs jan xx
Lane Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 6:29 PM
Writing with you is always an experience, Jan. You inspire many of us to have fun with writing.
Allison Avatar
August 13, 2018 at 12:52 PM
As long as people ae having fun that's the important thing, Wish people would understand there is room for all sorts of poems including humour and we dont all write high faulting poems that only the writer understands:-) hugs jan xx
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August 12, 2018 at 5:15 PM
I really enjoyed collaborating with you Jan, it was fun and you make this site great!
Allison Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Aww thanks Tania, I just try to bring a bit of fun with my poetry and it was so wonderful to see so many people adding limericks:-) hugs Jan xx
Dietrich Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 3:44 PM
BIG CONGRATS to all you guys!!
Allison Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 5:16 PM
Thanks Andrea there were some hilarious poems added on:-) hugs Jan xx
Cunningham Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 2:58 PM
It was a great honour to be part of it Jan. Thank you for the invite. It's really nice when fellow soupers get together to do a collaboration. Looking forward to the next one. Tom
Allison Avatar
August 12, 2018 at 5:15 PM
Thanks for taking part Tom, the credit for the collab goes to Lin as without her suggestion it wouldn't have happened:-) hugs Jan xx

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