IVAN JENSON

IVAN JENSON

ME, MYSELF AND WI-FI

I plug in

and tune out

I scroll and troll

I post and comment

like or delete

I text and next

I pocket my cell

and dwell in the place

that I must face

the air, taste and smell

and the feel of the real

but then I snap

and chat

about how another day

has been trumped

by Trump's tweet

and some friend’s

sweet pics of fun

in the sun

in Acapulco

as I trudge

knee-deep

and slo-mo

through actual not virtual

emotional snow

INTERSECTION BLUES

Have you always

been vital with the statistic

of being the heartthrob

and twinkle in your mother’s eye?

Did you really go through

the trauma and high and low drama

of teenhood

in some Mr. Roger's neighborhood?

Or maybe you rose up

out of urban decay

to make the most

of the lemon you were handed

which rendered you still tart

from the lost art

of finding that you

have been invented

from the ground up.

And now do you plan

on changing

your insignificant lovers

or bringing a whirlwind

of peace

to your sisters

and brothers?

There are so many questions

I will never ask you, the driver

of your own destiny

so very Toyota and divine

in your anointed car next

to mine

ROOT CAUSE

I need a coach

an enabler,

a self help guru

to scold and hold me

and to direct

the rush hour

traffic jammed

in my racing thoughts

about the opposite sex

and next

I need a patron

saint

who will bless me

with anointed

stacks of cash

which I will stash

in a flask of holier

than thou conceits

next to

a stack of receipts

of all the love

I will buy

wholesale

because we all know

funny money honey

for some,

grows on trees

which I find to be

pretty darn shady

IVAN JENSON

IVAN JENSON is a fine artist, novelist and contemporary poet who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His artwork was featured in Art in America, Art News, and Interview Magazine and has sold at auction at Christie’s. Ivan was commissioned by Absolut Vodka to make a painting titled Absolut Jenson for the brand’s national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spiritmusuem, the museum of spirits in Stockholm, Sweden. Jenson's painting of the “Marlboro Man” was collected by the Philip Morris corporation. Ivan was commissioned to paint the final portrait of the late Malcolm Forbes.  Ivan has written two novels, Dead Artist and Seeing Soriah, both of which illustrate the creative and often dramatic lives of artists. Jenson's poetry is widely published (with over 600 poems published in the US, UK and Europe) in a variety of literary media. A book of Ivan Jenson's poetry was recently published by Hen House Press titled Media Child and Other Poems, which can be acquired on Amazon. Two novels by Ivan Jenson entitled, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights have been published hardcover. Ivan Jenson’s new novel, Gypsies of New Rochelle has been released by Michelkin Publishing. Ivan Jenson's website is: www.IvanJenson.com