Monday, November 17, 2014

Ivan Jenson- Three Poems

High Altitude

You are
fashionably dressed
remarkably bright 
impressively prepared 
demographically desirable 
and you have shown us
you are goal-oriented 
with an eye for detail
a head for numbers
and legs to die for
but this is Colorado 
and we don't give
a hoot about 
credentials 
we are only 
looking for an
afternoon temp
to sell some 
homegrown hemp


Doormat Blues

I completely forgot
your instructions
and got lost 
on the way here
my wallet is missing
my socks mismatched
and I didn't bring
my reading glasses
the car is out of gas
I am soaked from the 
rain since my 
umbrella has a hole 
I am 
coming down 
with a cold
and my stomach
is upset 
I am wearing 
yesterday’s 
clothing 
because
my washer is on 
the blink
and I believe
I stepped on 
something in the 
lawn because
my shoes stink
all this to learn
you don't really 
want to see me
at all
and that you 
“butt-dialed” 
me
when you 
called


The Dot Con

I thought that you 
were seeking a self-starter
an independent thinker
a free spirit who had a
sixth sense of the marketplace
who could anticipate 
what hungry young professionals 
and the gentrified generation
wanted when they switched 
on and plugged in their
up-to-the-minute 
Google gadgets
but now I see you just wanted
me to affirm this company’s
right to shove your
sugar substitute 
for quality, meaning and love
down the online throats 
of consumers 
and so I resign 
Lord,
deliver me
from this 
silicon 
valley of 
despair
to the pearly
Bill Gates of 
heaven



Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and contemporary poet. 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 450 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 new novels by Ivan Jenson entitled, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights will be published hardcover and will be available for purchase at bookstores worldwide. Ivan Jenson's website is: www.IvanJenson.com

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