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Item 284
Not everyone's presence is a gift
In one sentence: Tom's pencil poem 'Not everyone's presence is a gift,' on loose-leaf with arrows drawn in the margin to reorder its sections, later printed in Poems By Tom, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · HALF POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten pencil poem Not everyone's presence is a gift, published in Poems By Tom, on a loose-leaf sheet with arrows drawn in the margin to reorder the sections and a margin note.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten pencil draft of Not everyone's presence is a gift, published in Poems By Tom, with arrows in the margin where he reordered the sections.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Relationships ; Society
- Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Not everyone's presence is a gift
Though still we've got to learn to live with it
Waiting for one - num{struck: ero}uno on the christmas list
Six billion six-hundred and sixty-six hypocrites
Waiting for one - yet bowing to none
It's not the cross - that's my biggest loss
The ladder to the sky - I've climbed every rung
A river so wide -
Put down our fists - somehow coexist
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to unite
Though still we've got to learn to live with it
Waiting for one - num{struck: ero}uno on the christmas list
Six billion six-hundred and sixty-six hypocrites
Waiting for one - yet bowing to none
It's not the cross - that's my biggest loss
The ladder to the sky - I've climbed every rung
A river so wide -
Put down our fists - somehow coexist
MARGIN:
to unite
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Item 392
I don't have a drinking problem
In one sentence: Tom's clean blue-ink poem 'I don't have a drinking problem, I've got a drinking solution,' on loose-leaf with a torn bottom edge, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's clean handwritten blue-ink poem I don't have a drinking problem / I've got a drinking solution, on a loose-leaf sheet with a torn bottom edge, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early blue-ink poem I don't have a drinking problem / I've got a drinking solution, one of the first poems in his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Drugs & Alcohol ; Humor
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), inside the poem HAVE A DRINK - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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I don't have a drinking problem
I've got a drinking solution
I live in a world
with so much pollution
I live with it in my blood
I put it in my veins
I pour it in a cup
And I drink it up like rain
I don't have a drinking problem
I've got a drinking solution
I tried to give it up
but I figured what's the use
If I put it down
I'll just pick up something else
I've learned by now
I just can't control myself
I've got a drinking solution
I live in a world
with so much pollution
I live with it in my blood
I put it in my veins
I pour it in a cup
And I drink it up like rain
I don't have a drinking problem
I've got a drinking solution
I tried to give it up
but I figured what's the use
If I put it down
I'll just pick up something else
I've learned by now
I just can't control myself
Item 557
A cheer full of beer
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink poem 'A Cheer Full Of Beer', on brotherhood, family by choice and whether to go it alone, on lined loose-leaf, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem A CHEER FULL OF BEER, in blue ink on a sheet of lined loose-leaf, a reflection on brotherhood, family by choice and whether to go it alone, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem A Cheer Full Of Beer, in blue ink on loose-leaf, about brotherhood, family by choice and whether to go it alone, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Friendship ; Family ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), inside the poem TWO OF A KIND - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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A cheer full of beer
The same shake of the hand
But the older I get
The more I understand
Both born of different names
But I believe in family by choice
So why does my brother
Listen to the same little voice?
Hope is still ahead of me
When I'm by myself
But the tide turns around
When I'm by myself
The questions seem to hide
When the answers are known
Can I live the life I want with my brother
Or do I have to go it alone
Was that a flash of brilliance
Or just the lightning crashing
Do I want to know the answer
Or should I stop myself from asking?
The same shake of the hand
But the older I get
The more I understand
Both born of different names
But I believe in family by choice
So why does my brother
Listen to the same little voice?
Hope is still ahead of me
When I'm by myself
But the tide turns around
When I'm by myself
The questions seem to hide
When the answers are known
Can I live the life I want with my brother
Or do I have to go it alone
Was that a flash of brilliance
Or just the lightning crashing
Do I want to know the answer
Or should I stop myself from asking?
Item 575
When will this clouded curtain lift?
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'When Will This Clouded Curtain Lift?', about searching for a reason to live, in dark ink on a frayed spiral sheet with a margin note, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem WHEN WILL THIS CLOUDED CURTAIN LIFT?, in dark ink on a frayed spiral-notebook sheet with a note block in the right margin, about searching for a reason to live, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem When Will This Clouded Curtain Lift?, with a note block in the margin, about searching for a reason to live, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Love ; Internal Struggle ; Inspiringthe old category list says: LOVE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), as SONG FOR MEDIOCRITY - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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When will this clouded curtain lift?
When will these winds begin to shift?
You're all so blind to what I've been living with
Given up trying to find a reason to live
Within the confines of the lines drawn by hypocrites
True happiness is just a dream
And being great ain't as great as it seems
My idea of an American
is someone who's fat, ignorant, lazy and mean
Another body busy being angry that they're someone other
than who they could have been
Another body busy being angry that they're someone other
than who they should have been
[strikethrough: [?]]
Never ever Forgetting history
Forever Regretting yesterday
So far unable to let things be
Wondering why things went this way
Still trying to unlock this mystery
But you still end your day by screaming fucking A!
Sometimes you wouldn't mind if it all went away
just like today
There is one single great hypocrisy
We are lacking a song in the name of mediocrity
Now we're all blessed since I guessed it was up to me
(right margin, beside "Never ever forgetting history" to "screaming fucking A!")
unable to unravel the fable
and the moral of the story
are all the wasted would-be days
since all the tales ["glory" written above] that have been
["told" written above] are all recycled and old
preaching but not following - same as
eating without swallowing
When will these winds begin to shift?
You're all so blind to what I've been living with
Given up trying to find a reason to live
Within the confines of the lines drawn by hypocrites
True happiness is just a dream
And being great ain't as great as it seems
My idea of an American
is someone who's fat, ignorant, lazy and mean
Another body busy being angry that they're someone other
than who they could have been
Another body busy being angry that they're someone other
than who they should have been
[strikethrough: [?]]
Never ever Forgetting history
Forever Regretting yesterday
So far unable to let things be
Wondering why things went this way
Still trying to unlock this mystery
But you still end your day by screaming fucking A!
Sometimes you wouldn't mind if it all went away
just like today
There is one single great hypocrisy
We are lacking a song in the name of mediocrity
Now we're all blessed since I guessed it was up to me
(right margin, beside "Never ever forgetting history" to "screaming fucking A!")
unable to unravel the fable
and the moral of the story
are all the wasted would-be days
since all the tales ["glory" written above] that have been
["told" written above] are all recycled and old
preaching but not following - same as
eating without swallowing
Item 655
We both been to a place
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'We Both Been To A Place,' about two people who met and danced in a place without a space, on a lined legal sheet, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem WE BOTH BEEN TO A PLACE, on a lined legal sheet, about two people who met and danced in a place without a space and have seen the worst that can happen, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem We Both Been To A Place, about two people who met and danced in a place without a space and have seen the worst that can happen, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Love ; Relationships
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23the same poem is on card 556, yellow binder line T32 (the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002); by age 29 at the latest proved (Poems By Tom) - best guess
- Same words
- also written out as number 556matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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We've both seen the worst that can happen
Even through what seemingly was the best of times
Celebrated many of nights
Written many a rhymes
It may in fact be hip to be square
Unfortunately the circle keeps its shape
We still got some years
But just how long will it take?
We never want to give up
On a family member taken in
But the question pops up
When you're surrounded by sin
False Gods I have never preached
By some higher power up there I truly beseech
Come to the aid of a couple fellows out of reach
Who's life's goal is goodness to teach
Giving to the takers
Take nothing from those who give
Do it long enough
You'll find your way to the bridge
We've both seen the worst that can happen
Even through what seemingly was the best of times
Celebrated many of nights
Written many a rhymes
It may in fact be hip to be square
Unfortunately the circle keeps its shape
We still got some years
But just how long will it take?
We never want to give up
On a family member taken in
But the question pops up
When you're surrounded by sin
False Gods I have never preached
By some higher power up there I truly beseech
Come to the aid of a couple fellows out of reach
Who's life's goal is goodness to teach
Giving to the takers
Take nothing from those who give
Do it long enough
You'll find your way to the bridge
Item 748
Surely someone, sometwo is out there somewhere
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'Surely Someone, Sometwo Is Out There Somewhere,' in black ink on a worn, aged loose-leaf sheet marked with a circled 5, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten full poem SURELY SOMEONE, SOMETWO IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, in black ink on a worn, aged sheet of loose-leaf marked with a circled 5, published in his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten full poem Surely Someone, Sometwo Is Out There Somewhere, on a worn loose-leaf sheet marked with a circled 5, published in his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Loneliness ; Love
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Surely someone, sometwo is out there somewhere
Take time for one of us if you truly care
But please never, never expect the best
For deep down inside our nature we're just
like the rest
Because each day we're learning
That waiting never pays
It's so hard to get a sun tan
Without any of the sun's rays
Just Two of a kind
Waiting for two pair
We've never won at poker
But we know you're there somewhere
Biding time by praying for the day
When you'll reveal your selves
Hoping the sea's never so rough
That we have to swim it
ourselves
Surely someone, sometwo is out there somewhere
Take time for one of us if you truly care
But please never, never expect the best
For deep down inside our nature we're just
like the rest
Because each day we're learning
That waiting never pays
It's so hard to get a sun tan
Without any of the sun's rays
Just Two of a kind
Waiting for two pair
We've never won at poker
But we know you're there somewhere
Biding time by praying for the day
When you'll reveal your selves
Hoping the sea's never so rough
That we have to swim it
ourselves
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Item 1054
The power's in the mind and it works both ways
In one sentence: Three handwritten lines, 'The Power's In The Mind And It Works Both Ways', on a torn three-hole sheet, a stanza of his poem 'Second Date', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · HALF POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten three-line piece 'The power's in the mind and it works both ways / Find your way home in the darkness / Or be led astray' on a torn-edge, three-hole notebook sheet; these lines are a stanza of his poem SECOND DATE, and an earlier wording of them is in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten three lines on how the mind can find its way home in the darkness or be led astray - a stanza of his poem SECOND DATE; an earlier wording of the same lines is in Poems By Tom (2007), his first book.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Half poems ; Inspiring ; Faithdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007) (an earlier wording of these lines, at the end of the poem SOMETHING IN MY GENES)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (as a stanza of the poem SECOND DATE)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 (the same lines, after the poem OBSERVATIONS)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (as a stanza of the poem SECOND DATE) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestan earlier wording of these three lines is in Poems By Tom (December 2007); the sheet's exact wording is first found in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011, which proves only by age 33 - best guess
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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The power's in the mind and it works both ways
Find your way home in the darkness
Or be led astray
Find your way home in the darkness
Or be led astray
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Item 1067
Turn the page
In one sentence: A five-line handwritten poem, 'Turn The Page', on torn notebook paper with a folded corner, urging you to write another chapter, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten five-line poem TURN THE PAGE on a sheet of lined notebook paper with a torn edge and a folded corner - write another chapter if you can't capture what you're after; published in the Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten five-line poem Turn The Page - write another chapter if you can't capture what you're after; published in the Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Shorter lyrics ; Inspiring ; Writing about writingdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Turn the page
Write another chapter
You can always pick something else
If you can't capture what you're after
turn the page
Write another chapter
You can always pick something else
If you can't capture what you're after
turn the page
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Item 550
If I could turn back this clock
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'If I could turn back this clock (reset everyone's score to zero),' written across two sheets with scribbled-out lines at the end, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem If I could turn back this clock (reset everyone's score to zero, at least then I'd be somebody's hero), written across two sheets with scribbled-out lines at the end, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem If I could turn back this clock ('reset everyone's score to zero, at least then I'd be somebody's hero'), across two sheets ending 'it's in my book of poetry!', published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Internal Struggle ; Writing
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latest for the clock lines; written by age 33 at the latest for the writer's block linesthe clock lines: proved: their words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), inside the poem MUD SLIDES - the sheet itself may be older. The writer's block lines: proved: their words are in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication), inside the poem ZEROES - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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If I could turn back this clock
Pause the tich tich toch
Reset everyone's score to zero
At least then I'd be somebody's hero.
No rich and no poor, no ceiling no floor
No more stacking the deck no more
Feed the starving children today
Watch the fat man as he wastes away
My advice is the world's paying the price
You could save a life for about a buch a day, hey hey
I guess we call it writer's block
When I don't wanna write cause everything sucks
Lost my bread and butter
My gift -
Feels dead I despise my father and mother
Pro-choice, poster child of the world
Dying inside, I cried just like a little girl
Empty as an oyster that's lost its pearl
Like a unicorn without a horn
My only creation is devestation
Why was I born
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could capture this emotion
lock it away down the bottom of the ocean
Uncertainty don't mean anything to me
Biding my time while hiding in my rhyme
I'll be here long after closing time
hitting my bong & getting along
Insanity don't mean anything to me
There ya read it I said it [written above: and now] it's in my
book of poetry!
[Scribbled out text: you start losing you [?] this
[?] searching for something real
[?] [?] [?] [?]]
Pause the tich tich toch
Reset everyone's score to zero
At least then I'd be somebody's hero.
No rich and no poor, no ceiling no floor
No more stacking the deck no more
Feed the starving children today
Watch the fat man as he wastes away
My advice is the world's paying the price
You could save a life for about a buch a day, hey hey
I guess we call it writer's block
When I don't wanna write cause everything sucks
Lost my bread and butter
My gift -
Feels dead I despise my father and mother
Pro-choice, poster child of the world
Dying inside, I cried just like a little girl
Empty as an oyster that's lost its pearl
Like a unicorn without a horn
My only creation is devestation
Why was I born
---
could capture this emotion
lock it away down the bottom of the ocean
Uncertainty don't mean anything to me
Biding my time while hiding in my rhyme
I'll be here long after closing time
hitting my bong & getting along
Insanity don't mean anything to me
There ya read it I said it [written above: and now] it's in my
book of poetry!
[Scribbled out text: you start losing you [?] this
[?] searching for something real
[?] [?] [?] [?]]
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Item 1066
I guess it took me awhile
In one sentence: A four-line poem in faint pencil, 'I Guess It Took Me Awhile', at the top of a plain white sheet, about finding his path, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's four-line poem I GUESS IT TOOK ME AWHILE, written in faint pencil at the top of a plain white sheet, about taking a while to know what he wanted to do; published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original four-line poem I Guess It Took Me Awhile, in faint pencil, about taking a while to know what he wanted to do; published in Poems By Tom (2007), his first book.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Shorter lyrics ; Inspiring ; Growing up
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestbest guess - not yet proved: its words are in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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I guess it took me awhile
Before I knew what I wanted to do
Maybe
Or perhaps I'm just like you
Before I knew what I wanted to do
Maybe
Or perhaps I'm just like you
Item 353
TRAIN
In one sentence: Tom's six-verse poem 'Train' ('while hurrying to catch the train I left my heart behind'), on a lined sheet with drawings sketched along the edges, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten six-verse poem TRAIN (while hurrying to catch the train I left my heart behind), under a block-letter title on a lined sheet with a spiral binding and other drawings sketched along the edges, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's six-verse poem TRAIN (while hurrying to catch the train I left my heart behind), with a drawn spiral binding and sketches along the edges, published in Poems By Tom.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) ; Heartbreak ; Loneliness & Solitudedraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: HEARTBREAK ; LONELINESS & SOLITUDE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 7 · track 6 · as the song TRAIN
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestproved: the poem is in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Song List 7 (track 6) · Song List 7: High Tides And Landslides, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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While hurrying to catch the train / I left my heart behind
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Item 787
Duty 410
In one sentence: Tom's love poem 'Duty 410' ('I'm so entranced, your spell I'm under'), on three-hole paper with syllable counts, reworking lines from two earlier poems.
Item type
POEM · IN POEMS BY TOM · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten full love poem DUTY 410 ("I'm so entranced / your spell I'm under"), in pen on three-hole lined paper with syllable counts, a crossed-out boxed section and a side note - a reworking of lines from his poems DUTY (Tom's Anthology, 2011) and YOUR NAME (Poems By Tom, 2007), plus lines that are in no book.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten full love poem Duty 410 (I'm so entranced / your spell I'm under), with syllable counts, a crossed-out boxed section and a side note - a reworking of lines from his poems DUTY (Tom's Anthology, 2011) and YOUR NAME (Poems By Tom, 2007), plus lines that are in no book.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems By Tom (2007) (related poems) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (related poems) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 (related poems) ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (related poems) ; Love
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007) (the related poem YOUR NAME - this sheet reworks some of its lines)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (the related poems DUTY and LEARNING TO WALK - this sheet reworks their lines)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 (the same two related poems)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (the related poems DUTY and SHIMMERING)
(Each is a related poem, not this exact sheet; the sheet as a whole is in no book.) - Age when written
- not dated yeta reworking, with syllable counts, of lines that are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) and Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication) - the sheet may be later than both
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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Duty 410
Northwest [?]
I'm so entranced
your spell I'm under 4
My wheels spin in 5
wide-eyed wonder 4
Last night you wouldn't find me sleeping 9
Even though I was dreaming 9
Looks like I've found someone worth keeping 9
So I'll just enjoy this feeling 8
Last night as I lay awake I asked 9
Is time to rebuild? Is this where I start? 9
For those who come from where I come from 9
we've learned to safeguard our heart 7
My star My sun My ocean
My dawn my day my night
you are the one as these emotions
I am powerless to fight
Northwest [?]
I'm so entranced
your spell I'm under 4
My wheels spin in 5
wide-eyed wonder 4
Last night you wouldn't find me sleeping 9
Even though I was dreaming 9
Looks like I've found someone worth keeping 9
So I'll just enjoy this feeling 8
Last night as I lay awake I asked 9
Is time to rebuild? Is this where I start? 9
For those who come from where I come from 9
we've learned to safeguard our heart 7
My star My sun My ocean
My dawn my day my night
you are the one as these emotions
I am powerless to fight