Roommates and Lovers By Ivan Jenson

Like the way
you always say "like"
as if nothing is
any more real
than a movie
and how you
move me
from room to room
following your moods
and chasing your future
as if we could ever get past
the cursing moments written
in cursive sound waves midair
before you flipped your hair
flippantly as if you
could care less
and were probably
just bored
anyway, this is
the only love
life we can afford

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 thriller "The Murderess" is now available hardcover and as an eBook on Amazon.  Ivan Jenson's new thriller, “The Widow” has just been released.