Ivan Jenson- Three Poems

Cheap Date

I have always had used guitars,

women, and clothing

and I have always

shopped secondhand for

boots, books and hugs

but then again I have gotten

some great deals on

bikes, kisses and chipped dishes

but I am saving up now

for a house, wife and car

yet, sometimes it feels 

like I will never be able 

to afford 

real estate, 

real happiness 

real diamonds  

or anything more expensive

than a dollar and a dream

but hey, things might change

for this chump

so I am going to keep

hunting around

for the real deal

on gloves, slacks

and love

 

Local Yokel

I am not going to gloss over

the power of your lips

nor am I going to neglect

your neckline under 

that necklace

nevertheless 

I can't allow myself

to collapse over

your caress and 

lose myself 

like you lost

your earrings

and so I will

stand tall

as the tale

you told me

about having

gone without touch

for so long

so please don't

powder over

the beard burns

I left on your cheek

for that is the mark

of this unmasked

musk wearing

Michigan based

Zorro

 

Hearsay 

My heavy 

handed words

you take lightly

yet my flippant 

remarks offend

which means

I should cloak

my verbal daggers

in gentle gentility

so that you

would not get hurt

by the sticks

and stones

which catapult

from my tongue

like spitfire

gun-powdered

four lettered

fists of fury

also known as

slam dunk

drunk dialing

on a Saturday night

       

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.