New poetry by Ivan Jenson

You Noticed

Sometimes

I just disappear

into the patterns

of the tablecloth

and wallpaper

and at other times

I am the floral

centerpiece

sometimes I

am the embarrassing

coffee stain

but sometimes

I am the

vintage wine

sometimes

I am the

apple cider

of your eyes

and then

suddenly

I am as far

away as

the man on the

quarter moon

taking a cold

meteor shower

a sight only

a geek

with a telescope

would be

interested in

and sometimes

you give me

one hundred

percent of your

attention

and I am

a crowned

prince of

infinite

possibilities

and ruler

of your smile

- Ivan Jenson 2012

Scripted Lines

After negotiating

with the big boys

of Hollywood

I am now signing

with my barely legible

John Hancock

a finely printed

contract

which

stipulates

that my dreams

made of American

idioms, and

cute colloquialisms

with roots in

ancient latin

slurs and peppered

with up-to-the-minute

expletives

(to add that

authentic street cred)

will be transformed

into a glamorous

love and gorefest

a virtual visual feast

complete with

an A- list drama queen

and king

and I hereby hope

that this is the beginning

of my ragged riches

because my jagged journey

filled with speed bumps

has tired my spinning tires

and I would much prefer being

sun-glassed, spray-tanned

and jaded

in a window tinted

Jaguar

- Ivan Jenson 2012

Ivan Jenson’s Absolut Jenson painting was featured in Art News, Art in America, and Interview magazine. His art has sold at Christie’s, New York. His poems have appeared in Word Riot, Zygote in my Coffee, Camroc Press Review, Haggard and Halo, Poetry Super Highway, Mad Swirl, Underground Voices Magazine, Blazevox, and many other magazines, online and in print. Jenson is also a Contributing Editor for Commonline magazine. Ivan Jenson's debut novel Dead Artist is available as a paperback and on Amazon Kindle and Nook. His new novel a psychological thriller entitled Seeing Soriah is now available as an eBook or in Paperback on Amazon.