I have been in
a hurry since
I was old enough
to worry
that time was
slipping out
the door
with everything
I wanted so bad
it's sad
but despite my
haste
entire decades
have gone
to waste
while I was
keeping the pace
and nothing has
ever showed up
on cue
and numerous wishes
have never come true
I think I hold
the world's record
for getting nowhere
fastest on the treadmill
of my determined will
and though I have
reached a distinguished age
I'm still just a
rambunctious
ambitious
foolish
human hamster in a cage
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Fur Baby
Ivan Jenson
Bio: Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and popular 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. Amongst Ivan’s commissions are the final portrait of the late Malcolm Forbes and a painting titled “Absolut Jenson” for Absolut Vodka’s national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spritmuseum, the Museum of Spirits in Stockholm, Sweden. Jenson’s painting of the “Marlboro Man” was collected by the Philip Morris corporation.
His novels, Dead Artist and Seeing Soriah, illustrate the creative, often dramatic lives of artists. Jenson’s poetry is widely published (with over 1000 poems published in the US, UK and Europe) in a variety of literary media. He has published a poetry book, Media Child and Other Poems, and two novels, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights. Jenson’s memoir East of Ivan hit number 5 on Amazon.
Mundane Miracles, his critically acclaimed poetry collection, hit number 1 on Amazon in American Poetry.
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Twitter: @IvanJenson
