Ivan Jenson - Three Poems

Oldie but Goodie

your words
are the trombone
sounds
in a Charlie Brown
cartoon
and your
viewpoint is
as prehistoric
as Flintstone
re-runs
I live in
my own
Pixar 3-D
world
and am
looking to
go big
as an Imax
screen
you seriously
need to be
colorized
re-mastered
and shown
at midnight
like the
campy
cult classic
you
have become



Naked Truth

you were seamless
in the way you
hemmed and hawed
and tailor made
your answer
when I tried
to pin you down
then you tore
me to pieces
like a cheap suit
I don’t think
you will be
satisfied until
you have
stripped
me down
to my
emperor's
clothes
so that
you can
make
angry
love to me



Dear Me

I pack and unpack
my plans
I put on and take
off tousled trousers
in which I must
take my next step
I call and then
hang up on
people that
might
or might
not be pleasantly
surprised by
overdue
confrontations
or underwhelming
overtures
of conditional
love
and then I
write and
re-write
my
manifesto
which I toss
out then
retrieve
and re-read
and then
I am saved
from myself
by an
unexpected
invitation
to lunch
at Applebees



Ivan Jenson is a poet, novelist, and visual artist who has enjoyed success in both the U.S. and the U.K. His poems have appeared in many journals, his bold pop art has been featured in Art News and Art in America, and he has sold several works at Christie's, New York. Ivan lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Learn more about him at www.ivanjensonartist.com.