Auto-Rewind by Ivan Jenson

Maybe when you
smiled as I
ever-so-slightly
suffered at the mercy
of your bended needs
is when I decided to
part stay and part ways
in part because
I live in the pocket of
your favorite jeans, love
of someone else's life
I am still there
in that walk up
apartment which was
a step down
for your singular talent
at dancing in the kitchen
to my songs
on cassette tape
which played so loud
we could not hear
four decades raining
down on the fire escape

Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and popular 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 Spirit Museum, 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 600 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 novels by Ivan Jenson entitled, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights have been published hardcover. His website is: http://www.ivanjenson.com

Ivan Jenson’s new psychological thriller The Murderess is now available hardcover and as an eBook on Amazon.