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BOUGHT BOOK, NOT BY TOM · CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
Item 1148
THORNTON W. BURGESS BEDTIME STORIES
In one sentence: A worn softcover children's picture book, Thornton W. Burgess Bedtime Stories from Elephant Books, painted woodland animals on the cover, a Child World price sticker, not by Tom, about 1980-1989.
Item type
BOUGHT BOOK, NOT BY TOM · CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A softcover children's picture book, Thornton W. Burgess Bedtime Stories, Elephant Books (Grosset & Dunlap - inferred from ISBN prefix 0-448, NOT SURE), ISBN 0-448-12690-7, $3.95 cover price, with painted woodland animals on the covers and a Child World / Children's Palace price sticker. Heavily worn: creased, scuffed cover, torn corners, cracked spine, torn and creased front endpaper; not written by Tom and no inscription.
- Why it matters
- A bought book kept with Tom's papers - a childhood book, part of the picture of what was read in the house before he wrote. Whose childhood it belongs to is NOT SURE.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Bought books ; Childhood
- Published in
- NOT TOM'S WRITING - a bought book
- Age when written
- about 1980-1989 (age 2 to 11)best guess - a bought children's book, no printed year photographed; the ten-year window is the price-sticker era: the 10-digit ISBN 0-448-12690-7, the $3.95 cover price and a Child World / Children's Palace sticker (chain closed 1992) point to the 1980s, and no clue on the object narrows it to five years - NOT SURE
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
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FRONT COVER: "THORNTON W. BURGESS / Bedtime Stories / THE FASCINATING ADVENTURES OF ANIMALS LARGE AND S(MALL)" (last word under a sticker); illustration of a bear standing on hind legs, raccoon, rabbit seen from behind, porcupine, red fox, blue jay, red squirrel on a branch, and in the distance a boy in blue running with a spotted dog on a hill. Yellow/orange price sticker top right reads "CHILD WORLD / CHILDREN'S PALACE" "517623" (NOT SURE) "OUR LOW PRICE 3.16" (NOT SURE on digits).
HALF-TITLE / TITLE PAGE: "Bedtime Stories" in calligraphic black lettering centred on a plain cream page; page creased diagonally, top right corner torn away, bottom right corner chipped.
INTERIOR double-page painted spread: a bear laughing by a bush top left, a hollow log, a raccoon at the water's edge, an otter swimming, a rabbit asleep under a berry bush, a mouse running, cattails, mushrooms, lily pads with a frog; no text on this spread.
BACK COVER: "$3.95" top left; "ELEPHANT BOOKS" logo top centre; a red-winged blackbird in a tree top right, an opossum standing in grass by mushrooms bottom right; bottom centre "ISBN: 0-448-12690-7".
No handwriting or inscription seen.
HALF-TITLE / TITLE PAGE: "Bedtime Stories" in calligraphic black lettering centred on a plain cream page; page creased diagonally, top right corner torn away, bottom right corner chipped.
INTERIOR double-page painted spread: a bear laughing by a bush top left, a hollow log, a raccoon at the water's edge, an otter swimming, a rabbit asleep under a berry bush, a mouse running, cattails, mushrooms, lily pads with a frog; no text on this spread.
BACK COVER: "$3.95" top left; "ELEPHANT BOOKS" logo top centre; a red-winged blackbird in a tree top right, an opossum standing in grass by mushrooms bottom right; bottom centre "ISBN: 0-448-12690-7".
No handwriting or inscription seen.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING
Item 1150
FOUR CRAYON DRAWINGS: PUMPKIN FACE, RAINBOW, TREE, BIRD
In one sentence: Four crayon drawings by Tom as a little kid on folded construction paper, a cut-out pumpkin face, a rainbow, a fruit tree and a hatted figure or bird, about 1982-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
Four crayon drawings on folded construction paper from Tom's childhood: an orange sheet cut into a jack-o'-lantern shape with a grinning purple face; a tall crayon rainbow on green paper; a brown tree with coloured fruit or blossoms on green paper; and on green paper an orange witch in a pointed hat with a teal brim, a broom held across the body and feet with toes at the lower right, with a small teal figure at the top left that reads as a ghost (Tom calls this one the bird - bird or ghost, NOT SURE). No names or dates on the sheets; the paper is faded and soft at the folds.
- Why it matters
- The earliest things Tom made that are in the collection - drawn at about age 4 to 10, by his own word, decades before the first poems.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 4 to 10 - Tom's wordTom's word
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
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Photo 147 is the overview of all four sheets laid out; 148-151 are each sheet alone.
(1) PUMPKIN FACE (photo 148): orange/peach construction paper cut with the corners trimmed into a rounded jack-o'-lantern shape; drawn in purple pen/pencil: two triangular eyes with a small scribbled pupil in each, a small triangle nose, and a wide jagged grinning mouth with two square teeth; faint pencil guide curves on the right side; folded once across the middle. No writing.
(2) RAINBOW (photo 149): green construction paper, folded once; a tall arched rainbow in crayon, bands from outside in: purple, orange, yellow, green, blue, with a red/purple core; drawn with heavy vertical strokes. No writing.
(3) TREE (photo 150, shot sideways): green construction paper, folded once; a brown crayon tree with a broad trunk flaring at the base (roots) and about a dozen thin branches, each tipped with a small coloured blob (yellow, red, orange, green) like fruit or blossoms. No writing.
(4) WITCH WITH BROOM, and the small teal figure - BIRD (Tom's word) or GHOST (photo 151, shot sideways; described with the sheet upright): green construction paper, folded once; in orange/red crayon a WITCH: a pointed cone hat with a teal/blue brim band, a round face with eyes, a round body with one button dot, a BROOM held across the body (a wide brown-orange shaded handle ending in a fringe of bristles at its right-hand end), and two feet with toes at the lower right below the broom - the earlier read's "sun-like scribble with rays beside the head" is this lower-right shape next to a small stick shape: probably the two feet with the rays as toes, or a foot and a sun - NOT SURE. Top left, in teal/dark green, a small figure with a rounded top, two dark dots for eyes and a dark scribbled, ragged bottom spreading a little to each side; no beak, no legs, no wings-and-tail outline, so it reads as a GHOST (the classic silhouette: rounded head up, ragged skirt down); a bird is not impossible (the ragged part could be folded wings) - bird or ghost, NOT SURE, Tom's call. No writing.
No names, dates or school marks on any sheet. Jack-o'-lantern, witch with broom and (probably) ghost suggest a Halloween/autumn art project.
Photo 147 is the overview of all four sheets laid out; 148-151 are each sheet alone.
(1) PUMPKIN FACE (photo 148): orange/peach construction paper cut with the corners trimmed into a rounded jack-o'-lantern shape; drawn in purple pen/pencil: two triangular eyes with a small scribbled pupil in each, a small triangle nose, and a wide jagged grinning mouth with two square teeth; faint pencil guide curves on the right side; folded once across the middle. No writing.
(2) RAINBOW (photo 149): green construction paper, folded once; a tall arched rainbow in crayon, bands from outside in: purple, orange, yellow, green, blue, with a red/purple core; drawn with heavy vertical strokes. No writing.
(3) TREE (photo 150, shot sideways): green construction paper, folded once; a brown crayon tree with a broad trunk flaring at the base (roots) and about a dozen thin branches, each tipped with a small coloured blob (yellow, red, orange, green) like fruit or blossoms. No writing.
(4) WITCH WITH BROOM, and the small teal figure - BIRD (Tom's word) or GHOST (photo 151, shot sideways; described with the sheet upright): green construction paper, folded once; in orange/red crayon a WITCH: a pointed cone hat with a teal/blue brim band, a round face with eyes, a round body with one button dot, a BROOM held across the body (a wide brown-orange shaded handle ending in a fringe of bristles at its right-hand end), and two feet with toes at the lower right below the broom - the earlier read's "sun-like scribble with rays beside the head" is this lower-right shape next to a small stick shape: probably the two feet with the rays as toes, or a foot and a sun - NOT SURE. Top left, in teal/dark green, a small figure with a rounded top, two dark dots for eyes and a dark scribbled, ragged bottom spreading a little to each side; no beak, no legs, no wings-and-tail outline, so it reads as a GHOST (the classic silhouette: rounded head up, ragged skirt down); a bird is not impossible (the ragged part could be folded wings) - bird or ghost, NOT SURE, Tom's call. No writing.
No names, dates or school marks on any sheet. Jack-o'-lantern, witch with broom and (probably) ghost suggest a Halloween/autumn art project.
HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK · T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCHES
Item 1151
GOD IS NOT A PRO-LIFE RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN - T-SHIRT SLOGAN NOTEBOOK
In one sentence: A spiral notebook of hand-drawn T-shirt slogan sketches in ballpoint, led by "God is Not a pro-life right wing Republican", plus belief-type diagrams and thirteen card-stock shirt mockups, about 2006-2010.
Item type
HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK · T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCHES
unpublished
A left-coil spiral notebook of cream wide-ruled paper, with one hand-drawn T-shirt outline per page and a slogan lettered inside - 17 shirt pages in black ballpoint and pencil - followed by a song-planning spread, a song-structure page and three pages of boxed belief and identity diagrams that count 648 possible types of person. With it are 13 loose card-stock shirt mockups in marker and pasted printed labels. The coil and first page are reinforced with clear packing tape; the pages are creased but intact.
- Why it matters
- It is the sketch source for Tom's slogan T-shirt series - the God-is-Not, drinking-solution and arm-bears slogans reappear as printed labels on the mockups and connect to the CustomInk T-shirt order, item 1620. It also shows his working method, from one-line jokes to a song plan to a questionnaire of beliefs.
- Type
- Notebook
- Collection
- T-shirt slogans ; Notebooks ; Political ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 28 to 32 - an estimatelikely - the "Meet the new Boss!" shirt with a "picture of Juliani" (Rudolph Giuliani's 2007-2008 presidential run) and the "WANTED: Electable White MALE" shirt (the 2008 Democratic primary); no written date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2008
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"God is Not a pro-life right wing Republican" - a spiral notebook of hand-drawn T-shirt designs: one T-shirt outline per lined page with a slogan lettered inside, one slogan per page, 17 shirt pages in notebook order, followed by a song-planning spread, a song-structure page, and three pages of boxed belief / identity planning diagrams; photographed with 13 loose card-stock shirt mockups laid out on the floor.
SHIRT PAGES IN ORDER (photo number, then the slogan exactly as lettered, line breaks shown as /): photo 152 (notebook turned sideways, first page): "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican" (ink; a pencil ghost of the next page's "(but he should be)" shows through).
photo 153: "God is Not / a Pro-Life / Right Wing / Republican / (but he should be)" (ink; ghost of "SHOOT PEOPLE ... NOT ANIMALS" and the target show through from the next leaf).
photo 154: "SHOOT PEOPLE / [drawing of a four-ring bullseye target with a black centre dot] / NOT ANIMALS".
photo 155 (sideways): "Pro-choice / POSTER / CHILD".
photo 156 (sideways): "IGNORANCE / IS / BLISS".
photos 157 and 158 (the same page shot sideways then upright, pencil): "I AM / VERY.. / VeRY... / Married".
photo 159: "I DON'T HAVE / A DRINKING PROBLEM... / I HAVE A / Drinking / Solution".
photo 160: "I VOTED FOR / the Wrong / Guy".
photo 161 (sideways): "THIS SHIRT / IS / NOT / A FASHION / STATEMENT".
photo 162: "I BLAME MY CAT... / MY CAT / BLAMES / SOCIETY".
photo 163 (sideways): "Marriage is / Just Legalized / Prostitution".
photo 164 (upside down): "PARIS / HILTON / SUCKS".
photo 165: "Belarrusian / Brides.com" (spelled with a double r as written).
photo 166: "I support / the right / to arm / bears".
photo 167: a cartoon of a bald man with glasses, curly side hair, big lips, collar and necktie drawn on the shirt above the words "Meet / the new / Boss!"; written under the shirt: "Rudolph / picture of Juliani" (i.e. Rudolph Giuliani, spelled Juliani).
photo 168: "WANTED: / Electable / White / MALE / send resumes / to Democratic / National Party / HeadQuarters" (resumes carries an accent on the e).
photo 169 (sideways): "GAY / and / Proud" with a large X struck through it, then "Straight / and / Humiliated / or / Humbled"; written beside the shirt: "probably 'Humbled'".
SONG PLANNING SPREAD, photo 170 (notebook open sideways, two pages): top page headed "The [one word scribbled out] SONG" with a boxed flow diagram: "verse / verse / Verse" bracketed to "Tells what happened to parents"; "12 lines" written small beside the verse labels; "Chorus" -> "What Am I going to do?"; "verse / verse" -> "scared / hurt / Angry / Depressed"; "chorus" -> "what am I going to do?"; "Bridge" -> "What will the kids at school say about you? Is it better to let them believe the rumors or know the truth?". Bottom page: "Details: / * 16 years old / * a family friend / Question: / Race / Religion / education ? / where happened".
photo 171 (sideways): "Structure / verse / verse / chorus / verse / chorus / Bridge < short word wise departure, break between chorus / chorus < same lyrics / chorus" (the fourth 'verse' has a small scribble at its end).
BELIEF / IDENTITY PLANNING PAGES: photo 172 shows two pages at once (the same two pages are re-shot singly as 173 and 174). photo 173, top of page, four columns: "I'm a Girl" (crossed out with an X) "is where I'm from it's my part of the world"; "I'm a boy" (crossed out) "is my home where I've suffered my pain and found my joy"; "I'm a Woman" (arrow up) "is where I'm from it's my home land"; "I'm a Man" (arrow up) "Is where I'm from it's my home land" (several is / it's words scribbled and rewritten). Below, in a bracketed cloud: "[ ] I'm a spiritual being" with four arrows fanning out to a boxed list "who believes in God / that believes in following the Law / who believes that we're all flawed / But I don't believe in any higher power at all" (the words who and that are partly scribbled, and the end of the last line is scribbled out and at all rewritten); "[ ] I'm not a spiritual being" with four curved arrows to "[ ] But I believe in god / [ ] But I believe in following the Law / [ ] I just believe that we're all flawed / [ ] I don't believe in anything at all".
photo 174, a page ruled into boxes: "[two scribbled-out words] MAN / WOMAN" | "CANADA / UNITED STATES / South America / Europe / Africa / ASIA / Austraila (sic) / parts unknown" | "I'm a spiritual being" / "I'm not a Spiritual being" | "who believes in god / that believes in following the law / who believes that humanity is flawed / But I don't believe in any higher power at all" | "optimist / pessimist / Realist" | "But I believe in god / But I believe in following the law / I just believe that humanity is flawed / I don't believe in any higher power at all" | "An arm for an arm and An eye for an eye -> only the Strongest Survive" / "world peace <- all violence should cease" | "conservative / Liberal / in the middle / Don't trust anyone at all" | "yuppy / hippy / Average Joe" | "puppys / Kitties / Animals should only be eaten / I prefer animals over people".
photo 175 (sideways), the same categories redrawn as numbered rounded boxes with a count: (1) "Man / Woman"; (unnumbered) "canada / US / South America / Europe / AFRICA / ASIA / Australia / parts unknown"; "I'm a spiritual being / I'm not a spiritual being" (both crossed through with a hatch); (3) "I believe in god / I believe in following the law / I believe that humanity is flawed / I [scribble] believe [scribble] at all" with "humanity is flawed" repeated; (2) "optimist / pessimist / Realist"; (4) "conservative / in the middle / Liberal / don't trust anyone at all" (last line underlined); (5) "yuppy / hippy / Average Joe / Jane Doe"; (unnumbered, with an X) "I love puppies and kitties / Animals should only be eaten / I liked it better when animals ruled the earth"; (6) "City / Country"; (7) "only the strongest survive / I'd love to see the world at peace". A boxed arrow lists the option counts "2 3 3 3 3 2 2 -> 648", with running products written beside a second column of the same digits (9, 27, 81, 162, 324, 648 are legible, some scribbled) and "648" circled twice then drawn large on a pedestal at the bottom of the page - 2x3x3x3x3x2x2 = 648 combinations, i.e. the number of possible types of person the questionnaire produces (NOT SURE what the questionnaire was for - a song, a poem or a shirt series).
CARD-STOCK SHIRT MOCKUPS, photos 176-178 (13 distinct sheets, six per shot, one sheet swapped between 177 and 178): photo 176: "Politicians: / the lawyers / of the New / MILENIUM" (hand lettered); "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican" (printed serif label pasted on); "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican / (but He should be)" (printed label, parenthetical in red); "STATUS / QUO / WOES" (red marker); "I WANT / HEALTH / CARE" (black marker); "SKY / PEOPLE / SUCK" (outline block letters). photo 177: "GAY / AND / PROUD" under a red prohibition circle-and-slash, with "STRAIGHT / AND / HUMBLED" in blue below; "GALLOP'S / POLL / or the / GALLOW'S / POLE" (outline block letters); "CONGRESS / DID / WHAT?"; printed pasted label "I don't have / a drinking problem... [clip art of six foaming beer mugs] I have a drinking solution"; "LY / MEADER / IS / NUTH A / MUCKIN / FUTS" (a spoonerism); "HASHTAG / 'ALLEGEDLY'". photo 178: the same six positions but the LY MEADER sheet is replaced by a printed pasted label "I SUPPORT / THE RIGHT / [clip art of a polar bear beside an assault rifle] / TO ARM / BEARS".
NO DATE, ISBN, copyright line or price anywhere in the 27 photos.
SHIRT PAGES IN ORDER (photo number, then the slogan exactly as lettered, line breaks shown as /): photo 152 (notebook turned sideways, first page): "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican" (ink; a pencil ghost of the next page's "(but he should be)" shows through).
photo 153: "God is Not / a Pro-Life / Right Wing / Republican / (but he should be)" (ink; ghost of "SHOOT PEOPLE ... NOT ANIMALS" and the target show through from the next leaf).
photo 154: "SHOOT PEOPLE / [drawing of a four-ring bullseye target with a black centre dot] / NOT ANIMALS".
photo 155 (sideways): "Pro-choice / POSTER / CHILD".
photo 156 (sideways): "IGNORANCE / IS / BLISS".
photos 157 and 158 (the same page shot sideways then upright, pencil): "I AM / VERY.. / VeRY... / Married".
photo 159: "I DON'T HAVE / A DRINKING PROBLEM... / I HAVE A / Drinking / Solution".
photo 160: "I VOTED FOR / the Wrong / Guy".
photo 161 (sideways): "THIS SHIRT / IS / NOT / A FASHION / STATEMENT".
photo 162: "I BLAME MY CAT... / MY CAT / BLAMES / SOCIETY".
photo 163 (sideways): "Marriage is / Just Legalized / Prostitution".
photo 164 (upside down): "PARIS / HILTON / SUCKS".
photo 165: "Belarrusian / Brides.com" (spelled with a double r as written).
photo 166: "I support / the right / to arm / bears".
photo 167: a cartoon of a bald man with glasses, curly side hair, big lips, collar and necktie drawn on the shirt above the words "Meet / the new / Boss!"; written under the shirt: "Rudolph / picture of Juliani" (i.e. Rudolph Giuliani, spelled Juliani).
photo 168: "WANTED: / Electable / White / MALE / send resumes / to Democratic / National Party / HeadQuarters" (resumes carries an accent on the e).
photo 169 (sideways): "GAY / and / Proud" with a large X struck through it, then "Straight / and / Humiliated / or / Humbled"; written beside the shirt: "probably 'Humbled'".
SONG PLANNING SPREAD, photo 170 (notebook open sideways, two pages): top page headed "The [one word scribbled out] SONG" with a boxed flow diagram: "verse / verse / Verse" bracketed to "Tells what happened to parents"; "12 lines" written small beside the verse labels; "Chorus" -> "What Am I going to do?"; "verse / verse" -> "scared / hurt / Angry / Depressed"; "chorus" -> "what am I going to do?"; "Bridge" -> "What will the kids at school say about you? Is it better to let them believe the rumors or know the truth?". Bottom page: "Details: / * 16 years old / * a family friend / Question: / Race / Religion / education ? / where happened".
photo 171 (sideways): "Structure / verse / verse / chorus / verse / chorus / Bridge < short word wise departure, break between chorus / chorus < same lyrics / chorus" (the fourth 'verse' has a small scribble at its end).
BELIEF / IDENTITY PLANNING PAGES: photo 172 shows two pages at once (the same two pages are re-shot singly as 173 and 174). photo 173, top of page, four columns: "I'm a Girl" (crossed out with an X) "is where I'm from it's my part of the world"; "I'm a boy" (crossed out) "is my home where I've suffered my pain and found my joy"; "I'm a Woman" (arrow up) "is where I'm from it's my home land"; "I'm a Man" (arrow up) "Is where I'm from it's my home land" (several is / it's words scribbled and rewritten). Below, in a bracketed cloud: "[ ] I'm a spiritual being" with four arrows fanning out to a boxed list "who believes in God / that believes in following the Law / who believes that we're all flawed / But I don't believe in any higher power at all" (the words who and that are partly scribbled, and the end of the last line is scribbled out and at all rewritten); "[ ] I'm not a spiritual being" with four curved arrows to "[ ] But I believe in god / [ ] But I believe in following the Law / [ ] I just believe that we're all flawed / [ ] I don't believe in anything at all".
photo 174, a page ruled into boxes: "[two scribbled-out words] MAN / WOMAN" | "CANADA / UNITED STATES / South America / Europe / Africa / ASIA / Austraila (sic) / parts unknown" | "I'm a spiritual being" / "I'm not a Spiritual being" | "who believes in god / that believes in following the law / who believes that humanity is flawed / But I don't believe in any higher power at all" | "optimist / pessimist / Realist" | "But I believe in god / But I believe in following the law / I just believe that humanity is flawed / I don't believe in any higher power at all" | "An arm for an arm and An eye for an eye -> only the Strongest Survive" / "world peace <- all violence should cease" | "conservative / Liberal / in the middle / Don't trust anyone at all" | "yuppy / hippy / Average Joe" | "puppys / Kitties / Animals should only be eaten / I prefer animals over people".
photo 175 (sideways), the same categories redrawn as numbered rounded boxes with a count: (1) "Man / Woman"; (unnumbered) "canada / US / South America / Europe / AFRICA / ASIA / Australia / parts unknown"; "I'm a spiritual being / I'm not a spiritual being" (both crossed through with a hatch); (3) "I believe in god / I believe in following the law / I believe that humanity is flawed / I [scribble] believe [scribble] at all" with "humanity is flawed" repeated; (2) "optimist / pessimist / Realist"; (4) "conservative / in the middle / Liberal / don't trust anyone at all" (last line underlined); (5) "yuppy / hippy / Average Joe / Jane Doe"; (unnumbered, with an X) "I love puppies and kitties / Animals should only be eaten / I liked it better when animals ruled the earth"; (6) "City / Country"; (7) "only the strongest survive / I'd love to see the world at peace". A boxed arrow lists the option counts "2 3 3 3 3 2 2 -> 648", with running products written beside a second column of the same digits (9, 27, 81, 162, 324, 648 are legible, some scribbled) and "648" circled twice then drawn large on a pedestal at the bottom of the page - 2x3x3x3x3x2x2 = 648 combinations, i.e. the number of possible types of person the questionnaire produces (NOT SURE what the questionnaire was for - a song, a poem or a shirt series).
CARD-STOCK SHIRT MOCKUPS, photos 176-178 (13 distinct sheets, six per shot, one sheet swapped between 177 and 178): photo 176: "Politicians: / the lawyers / of the New / MILENIUM" (hand lettered); "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican" (printed serif label pasted on); "God is Not / a pro-life / right wing / Republican / (but He should be)" (printed label, parenthetical in red); "STATUS / QUO / WOES" (red marker); "I WANT / HEALTH / CARE" (black marker); "SKY / PEOPLE / SUCK" (outline block letters). photo 177: "GAY / AND / PROUD" under a red prohibition circle-and-slash, with "STRAIGHT / AND / HUMBLED" in blue below; "GALLOP'S / POLL / or the / GALLOW'S / POLE" (outline block letters); "CONGRESS / DID / WHAT?"; printed pasted label "I don't have / a drinking problem... [clip art of six foaming beer mugs] I have a drinking solution"; "LY / MEADER / IS / NUTH A / MUCKIN / FUTS" (a spoonerism); "HASHTAG / 'ALLEGEDLY'". photo 178: the same six positions but the LY MEADER sheet is replaced by a printed pasted label "I SUPPORT / THE RIGHT / [clip art of a polar bear beside an assault rifle] / TO ARM / BEARS".
NO DATE, ISBN, copyright line or price anywhere in the 27 photos.
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
Item 1128
POEMS BY TOM (COPY 1 OF 2)
In one sentence: A white perfect-bound paperback, POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen, 130 poems to be read in order like a novel, famous-names cover, December 2007 or later (age 29 or older).
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PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A white glossy perfect-bound paperback, the December 2007 edition of POEMS BY TOM, with the title in red set inside a wall of famous names printed in black capitals. The back cover describes 130 poems meant to be read in order like a novel - song-based poems, commentary and quotes for people who do not usually read poetry. Inside, a dedication to Tom's father faces a Mark Twain epigraph.
- Why it matters
- Tom's first book - Tom's own file of the book calls it 'the book that started it all'. This copy is the December 2007 first printing, the same edition as item 1813; the later December 2008 working printing is item 1142. It states his aim in his own words: poetry for people who do not traditionally enjoy poetry, written to make the reader think.
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- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; First book
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOEMS BY TOM (2007)
- Age when written
- made at age 29 or laterproved: the edition line This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 - edition date (the edition line was read in Tom's own file of the book and on another copy of the same printing, item 1813; this copy's spine width, back-cover words and dedication spread match that edition)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER, SPINE, BACK COVER AND DEDICATION SPREAD (photo read of this copy) --- FRONT COVER: "POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen" (red type) set inside a solid wall of famous names in black capitals: THE BEATLES NEIL ARMSTRONG MAHATMA GANDHI / ERNEST HEMINGWAY PABLO PICASSO BOB MARLEY / HANK AARON J.D. SALINGER THE ROLLING STONES / ALBERT EINSTEIN THOMAS JEFFERSON KARL MARX / ARCHIMEDES [POEMS] JAMES JOYCE / JESSE OWENS MARCO POLO / JOHN LENNON ALFRED NOBEL VINCENT VAN GOGH / ABRAHAM LINCOLN [BY] THE WHO CY YOUNG / SUSAN B. ANTHONY GEORGE GERSHWIN / ROBERTO CLEMENTE VINCENT VAN GOGH / JESUS CHRIST JIMI HENDRIX GEOFFREY CHAUCER / GEORGE ORWELL [TOM] THOMAS EDISON / CHARLES DARWIN MICHAELANGELO / FRANK SINATRA JACKIE ROBINSON J.R.R. TOLKIEN / SIGMUND FREUD NEIL YOUNG PLATO MARCO POLO / VOLTAIRE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BILL RUSSELL / LEONARDO DA VINCI MARK TWAIN SAMUEL MORSE / MOSES QUEEN BOB DYLAN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART LOUIS ARMSTRONG / GEORGE WASHINGTON MICHAEL JORDAN GALILEO / MUHAMMAD ALI MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOMER / ROBERT KENNEDY LED ZEPPELIN WAYNE GRETZKY / JAHANNES GUTENBERG REMBRANDT KUBLAI KHAN / WINSTON CHURCHILL [by] CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / ALEXANDER THE GREAT NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI / BABE RUTH [Tom Jensen] THE DOORS / ARISTOTLE CONFUCIUS / ELVIS PRESLEY ISAAC NEWTON CHARLES DICKENS / NAPOLEON BONAPARTE NELSON MANDELA VIRGIL / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN BUDDHA JULIUS CAESAR.
SPINE: "POEMS BY TOM".
BACK COVER: "If you were ever curious about how Holden Caulfield and John Lennon would feel about the world today then have I got something for you...POEMS BY TOM is a collection of 130 poems meant to be read in order just like a novel. This book is a blend of song-based poems, commentary, supporting information and famous (and some not-so-famous) quotes all meant to enlighten the average reader. Ultimately, this is a book of poetry for those people who do not traditionally enjoy books of poetry.
Okay, here's the deal: I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't sing. Over the last ten years I have developed a talent for writing song lyrics but they're not really commercial because I try to use my writing skills to free people's minds - not brainwash them into buying some silly crap that they don't need. Nearly everything inside of these pages is here to get people to start thinking about the world we live in and how we can make it better. It is through these poems and commentary that I tell my life story - making sure to point out exactly where I did good and, conversely, just where I made a few mistakes along the way. I write about everything from being in love to September 11th to battling drugs and alcohol. I have poems about politics, racism, God, nature...there's an index in the back of the book so give it a quick flip through.
I am a college graduate with a very unique perspective on life. Some of the things that I say or write you will wholeheartedly agree with me on and some of the other things you read will make you want to ring my neck but I can promise you this much...I will make you think. Oh yeah, you may be wondering to yourself if he's such a great writer then why didn't he come up with a better name for his book? My answer is because after writing almost 800 poems in my life (all with titles) I told myself that that's enough already - I'm finished with titles for awhile."
DEDICATION PAGE: "Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard."
FACING PAGE, epigraph: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
--- FROM THE 2007 MANUSCRIPT FILE (the same edition as this copy) --- DEDICATION PAGE (page 1 of the file): Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard.
EPIGRAPH (page 2 of the file): "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (page 3 of the file - the page not photographed on this copy): This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 / Written and edited by Tom Jensen / To order a copy or to find out more information please visit my website: / poemsbytom.com / You can also email the author at [e-mail withheld] / (ALL emails will be responded to as soon as possible)
POEMS SORTED BY SUBJECT (pages 165-166 of the file; printed in three columns, read here one column at a time): KRISTIN: Abracadabra / Another song / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / Light (the) / Light or the white (the) / Rainy day sunshine (original) / Train (the) / Water, flesh and bone / World (the)
GIRL # 2: Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Clinical depression / How can you / Hurting her knees and pride / Nothing at all
GIRL # 3: Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / It's all about love / Oasis
GIRL # 4: Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine
GIRL # 5: It could be you / Little bird / Rainbows or waterfalls / Smell the flowers / Unwritten and unsaid / Where I'm from
GIRL # 6: In a jiffy / Keep it short
OTHER GIRLS: In the pouring rain / This slice of heaven
LOVE: Abracadabra / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the pouring rain / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / It's all about love / Light (the) / Lost and found / Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine (original) / This slice of heaven / Watcher (the) / Where I'm from / World (the) / Your name
LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE: Another song / Bite of the apple (a) / Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / Get outta my house / How can you / In a jiffy / Internal bruises / Keep it short / Let down / Little bird / Looking for love in all the wrong / Married to something else / Nothing at all / Rainy day sunshine / Train (the) / Unwritten and unsaid / Used to be / Water, flesh and bone
MOTIVATIONAL: Alison's airplane / Better than it seems / Breaking the chains / (un)Climbing the ladder / Dying day / Fields of time / Game (the) / Keep it short / Learn from the masters / My biography / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Snowflakes
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Alcohol / Alison's airplane / Always moving / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / (un)Climbing the ladder / Daylight again / Dead end / Fresh start (a) / Have a drink / Let me live the dream / Light or the white (the) / Married to something else / Old friends / Overpopulation / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Something in my genes / Sorrow's curves / Two of a kind / Watering the weeds
TOM PERSONAL: Better than it seems / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / Corey story (the) / Fields of time / Learn from the masters / Love it or leave it / Maybe someday / My biography / Old friends / Quest for immortality / You spilled my coffee / Your name
LEGACY: Better than it seems / Cliffhanger / Crystal ball / Fresh start (a) / Quest for immortality
REAL LIFE EVENTS: Any given day / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Gettin' juiced / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Sniper's song (a)
NATURE: Overpopulation / Perching on powerlines / Right between the eyes / Violence is their solution
POLITICS: Mud slides / Pardon me / Politician blues / Pushing the button / Violence is their solution
PRO-GOD: Abracadabra / Watcher (the)
ANTI - RELIGIOUS: Closer to god / Doubting Thomas / Shepherd (the) / Sunday morning sex / Tom's psalm
STATE OF THE WORLD: Another history lesson / Any given day / Call it fate / Clean wipe to the slate / Corey story (the) / Downs and ups / Exit the sandman / Knowing the know / Mud slides / Paradigm (the) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Playing chess / Song for mediocrity / Spreading the word / Status quo woes / United we stand / You spilled my coffee
DEATH: Any given day / Bars and scars / Clinical depression / Coming of fall (the) / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Cost of war / Dead end / Fallen clouds / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / One slip of the knife / Pushing the button / Quest for immortality / Sniper's song (a) / Spreading the word / Venus
SOLITUDE AND LONLINESS: Breaking the chains / Cliffhanger / Coming of fall (the) / Maybe someday / No complaints / One slip of the knife / She
CORRUPTED YOUTH: Daddy taught me / Innocence lost
WAR: Any given day / Cost of war (the) / Four wars / Pushing the button / Shepherd (the) / Staking the flag
BE DIFFERENT: Another history lesson / Any given day / Clean wipe to the slate / Looking for love in all the wrong / Love it or leave it / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Picture something nice / Pretty toys / She / Smell the flowers / Status quo woes / Trivial pursuit
INJUSTICE: Bars and scars / Call it fate / Corey story (the) / Four wars / Getting' juiced / Mickey D's / Mud slides / Picture something nice / Staking the flag / Straight for the border
RACISM: Daddy taught me / Four wars / Paradigm (the) / Two thousand miles
UNCERTAINTY: Crystal ball / Disciple of dirt / Does the fire still glow / Water, flesh and bone
TEMPTATION: Bite of the apple (a) / Clinical depression / Light or the white (the) / Oasis / One slip of the knife / Pretty toys / Quest for immortality / Venus
HUMOR: Floating head / Get outta my house / Hurting her knees and pride / In a jiffy / My biography / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Rumors form heaven / Straight for the border / Sunday morning sex / Uh, that's Christmas nana
VIGILANTE VIOLENCE: Bars and scars / Venus
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- None seen (photo read)
SPINE: "POEMS BY TOM".
BACK COVER: "If you were ever curious about how Holden Caulfield and John Lennon would feel about the world today then have I got something for you...POEMS BY TOM is a collection of 130 poems meant to be read in order just like a novel. This book is a blend of song-based poems, commentary, supporting information and famous (and some not-so-famous) quotes all meant to enlighten the average reader. Ultimately, this is a book of poetry for those people who do not traditionally enjoy books of poetry.
Okay, here's the deal: I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't sing. Over the last ten years I have developed a talent for writing song lyrics but they're not really commercial because I try to use my writing skills to free people's minds - not brainwash them into buying some silly crap that they don't need. Nearly everything inside of these pages is here to get people to start thinking about the world we live in and how we can make it better. It is through these poems and commentary that I tell my life story - making sure to point out exactly where I did good and, conversely, just where I made a few mistakes along the way. I write about everything from being in love to September 11th to battling drugs and alcohol. I have poems about politics, racism, God, nature...there's an index in the back of the book so give it a quick flip through.
I am a college graduate with a very unique perspective on life. Some of the things that I say or write you will wholeheartedly agree with me on and some of the other things you read will make you want to ring my neck but I can promise you this much...I will make you think. Oh yeah, you may be wondering to yourself if he's such a great writer then why didn't he come up with a better name for his book? My answer is because after writing almost 800 poems in my life (all with titles) I told myself that that's enough already - I'm finished with titles for awhile."
DEDICATION PAGE: "Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard."
FACING PAGE, epigraph: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
--- FROM THE 2007 MANUSCRIPT FILE (the same edition as this copy) --- DEDICATION PAGE (page 1 of the file): Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard.
EPIGRAPH (page 2 of the file): "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (page 3 of the file - the page not photographed on this copy): This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 / Written and edited by Tom Jensen / To order a copy or to find out more information please visit my website: / poemsbytom.com / You can also email the author at [e-mail withheld] / (ALL emails will be responded to as soon as possible)
POEMS SORTED BY SUBJECT (pages 165-166 of the file; printed in three columns, read here one column at a time): KRISTIN: Abracadabra / Another song / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / Light (the) / Light or the white (the) / Rainy day sunshine (original) / Train (the) / Water, flesh and bone / World (the)
GIRL # 2: Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Clinical depression / How can you / Hurting her knees and pride / Nothing at all
GIRL # 3: Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / It's all about love / Oasis
GIRL # 4: Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine
GIRL # 5: It could be you / Little bird / Rainbows or waterfalls / Smell the flowers / Unwritten and unsaid / Where I'm from
GIRL # 6: In a jiffy / Keep it short
OTHER GIRLS: In the pouring rain / This slice of heaven
LOVE: Abracadabra / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the pouring rain / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / It's all about love / Light (the) / Lost and found / Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine (original) / This slice of heaven / Watcher (the) / Where I'm from / World (the) / Your name
LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE: Another song / Bite of the apple (a) / Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / Get outta my house / How can you / In a jiffy / Internal bruises / Keep it short / Let down / Little bird / Looking for love in all the wrong / Married to something else / Nothing at all / Rainy day sunshine / Train (the) / Unwritten and unsaid / Used to be / Water, flesh and bone
MOTIVATIONAL: Alison's airplane / Better than it seems / Breaking the chains / (un)Climbing the ladder / Dying day / Fields of time / Game (the) / Keep it short / Learn from the masters / My biography / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Snowflakes
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Alcohol / Alison's airplane / Always moving / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / (un)Climbing the ladder / Daylight again / Dead end / Fresh start (a) / Have a drink / Let me live the dream / Light or the white (the) / Married to something else / Old friends / Overpopulation / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Something in my genes / Sorrow's curves / Two of a kind / Watering the weeds
TOM PERSONAL: Better than it seems / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / Corey story (the) / Fields of time / Learn from the masters / Love it or leave it / Maybe someday / My biography / Old friends / Quest for immortality / You spilled my coffee / Your name
LEGACY: Better than it seems / Cliffhanger / Crystal ball / Fresh start (a) / Quest for immortality
REAL LIFE EVENTS: Any given day / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Gettin' juiced / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Sniper's song (a)
NATURE: Overpopulation / Perching on powerlines / Right between the eyes / Violence is their solution
POLITICS: Mud slides / Pardon me / Politician blues / Pushing the button / Violence is their solution
PRO-GOD: Abracadabra / Watcher (the)
ANTI - RELIGIOUS: Closer to god / Doubting Thomas / Shepherd (the) / Sunday morning sex / Tom's psalm
STATE OF THE WORLD: Another history lesson / Any given day / Call it fate / Clean wipe to the slate / Corey story (the) / Downs and ups / Exit the sandman / Knowing the know / Mud slides / Paradigm (the) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Playing chess / Song for mediocrity / Spreading the word / Status quo woes / United we stand / You spilled my coffee
DEATH: Any given day / Bars and scars / Clinical depression / Coming of fall (the) / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Cost of war / Dead end / Fallen clouds / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / One slip of the knife / Pushing the button / Quest for immortality / Sniper's song (a) / Spreading the word / Venus
SOLITUDE AND LONLINESS: Breaking the chains / Cliffhanger / Coming of fall (the) / Maybe someday / No complaints / One slip of the knife / She
CORRUPTED YOUTH: Daddy taught me / Innocence lost
WAR: Any given day / Cost of war (the) / Four wars / Pushing the button / Shepherd (the) / Staking the flag
BE DIFFERENT: Another history lesson / Any given day / Clean wipe to the slate / Looking for love in all the wrong / Love it or leave it / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Picture something nice / Pretty toys / She / Smell the flowers / Status quo woes / Trivial pursuit
INJUSTICE: Bars and scars / Call it fate / Corey story (the) / Four wars / Getting' juiced / Mickey D's / Mud slides / Picture something nice / Staking the flag / Straight for the border
RACISM: Daddy taught me / Four wars / Paradigm (the) / Two thousand miles
UNCERTAINTY: Crystal ball / Disciple of dirt / Does the fire still glow / Water, flesh and bone
TEMPTATION: Bite of the apple (a) / Clinical depression / Light or the white (the) / Oasis / One slip of the knife / Pretty toys / Quest for immortality / Venus
HUMOR: Floating head / Get outta my house / Hurting her knees and pride / In a jiffy / My biography / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Rumors form heaven / Straight for the border / Sunday morning sex / Uh, that's Christmas nana
VIGILANTE VIOLENCE: Bars and scars / Venus
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- None seen (photo read)
Item 1129
POEMS BY TOM (COPY 2 OF 2)
In one sentence: A white perfect-bound paperback, POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen, 130 poems to be read in order like a novel, famous-names cover, December 2007 or later (age 29 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A white glossy perfect-bound paperback, the December 2007 edition of POEMS BY TOM, with the title in red set inside a wall of famous names printed in black capitals. The back cover describes 130 poems meant to be read in order like a novel - song-based poems, commentary and quotes for people who do not usually read poetry. Inside, a dedication to Tom's father faces a Mark Twain epigraph.
- Why it matters
- Tom's first book - Tom's own file of the book calls it 'the book that started it all'. This copy is the December 2007 first printing, the same edition as item 1813; the later December 2008 working printing is item 1142. It states his aim in his own words: poetry for people who do not traditionally enjoy poetry, written to make the reader think.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; First book
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOEMS BY TOM (2007)
- Age when written
- made at age 29 or laterproved: the edition line This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 - edition date (the edition line was read in Tom's own file of the book and on another copy of the same printing, item 1813; this copy's spine width, back-cover words and dedication spread match that edition)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER, SPINE, BACK COVER AND DEDICATION SPREAD (photo read of this copy) --- FRONT COVER: "POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen" (red type) set inside a solid wall of famous names in black capitals: THE BEATLES NEIL ARMSTRONG MAHATMA GANDHI / ERNEST HEMINGWAY PABLO PICASSO BOB MARLEY / HANK AARON J.D. SALINGER THE ROLLING STONES / ALBERT EINSTEIN THOMAS JEFFERSON KARL MARX / ARCHIMEDES [POEMS] JAMES JOYCE / JESSE OWENS MARCO POLO / JOHN LENNON ALFRED NOBEL VINCENT VAN GOGH / ABRAHAM LINCOLN [BY] THE WHO CY YOUNG / SUSAN B. ANTHONY GEORGE GERSHWIN / ROBERTO CLEMENTE VINCENT VAN GOGH / JESUS CHRIST JIMI HENDRIX GEOFFREY CHAUCER / GEORGE ORWELL [TOM] THOMAS EDISON / CHARLES DARWIN MICHAELANGELO / FRANK SINATRA JACKIE ROBINSON J.R.R. TOLKIEN / SIGMUND FREUD NEIL YOUNG PLATO MARCO POLO / VOLTAIRE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BILL RUSSELL / LEONARDO DA VINCI MARK TWAIN SAMUEL MORSE / MOSES QUEEN BOB DYLAN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART LOUIS ARMSTRONG / GEORGE WASHINGTON MICHAEL JORDAN GALILEO / MUHAMMAD ALI MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOMER / ROBERT KENNEDY LED ZEPPELIN WAYNE GRETZKY / JAHANNES GUTENBERG REMBRANDT KUBLAI KHAN / WINSTON CHURCHILL [by] CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / ALEXANDER THE GREAT NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI / BABE RUTH [Tom Jensen] THE DOORS / ARISTOTLE CONFUCIUS / ELVIS PRESLEY ISAAC NEWTON CHARLES DICKENS / NAPOLEON BONAPARTE NELSON MANDELA VIRGIL / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN BUDDHA JULIUS CAESAR.
SPINE: "POEMS BY TOM".
BACK COVER: "If you were ever curious about how Holden Caulfield and John Lennon would feel about the world today then have I got something for you...POEMS BY TOM is a collection of 130 poems meant to be read in order just like a novel. This book is a blend of song-based poems, commentary, supporting information and famous (and some not-so-famous) quotes all meant to enlighten the average reader. Ultimately, this is a book of poetry for those people who do not traditionally enjoy books of poetry.
Okay, here's the deal: I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't sing. Over the last ten years I have developed a talent for writing song lyrics but they're not really commercial because I try to use my writing skills to free people's minds - not brainwash them into buying some silly crap that they don't need. Nearly everything inside of these pages is here to get people to start thinking about the world we live in and how we can make it better. It is through these poems and commentary that I tell my life story - making sure to point out exactly where I did good and, conversely, just where I made a few mistakes along the way. I write about everything from being in love to September 11th to battling drugs and alcohol. I have poems about politics, racism, God, nature...there's an index in the back of the book so give it a quick flip through.
I am a college graduate with a very unique perspective on life. Some of the things that I say or write you will wholeheartedly agree with me on and some of the other things you read will make you want to ring my neck but I can promise you this much...I will make you think. Oh yeah, you may be wondering to yourself if he's such a great writer then why didn't he come up with a better name for his book? My answer is because after writing almost 800 poems in my life (all with titles) I told myself that that's enough already - I'm finished with titles for awhile."
DEDICATION PAGE: "Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard."
FACING PAGE, epigraph: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
--- FROM THE 2007 MANUSCRIPT FILE (the same edition as this copy) --- DEDICATION PAGE (page 1 of the file): Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard.
EPIGRAPH (page 2 of the file): "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (page 3 of the file - the page not photographed on this copy): This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 / Written and edited by Tom Jensen / To order a copy or to find out more information please visit my website: / poemsbytom.com / You can also email the author at [e-mail withheld] / (ALL emails will be responded to as soon as possible)
POEMS SORTED BY SUBJECT (pages 165-166 of the file; printed in three columns, read here one column at a time): KRISTIN: Abracadabra / Another song / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / Light (the) / Light or the white (the) / Rainy day sunshine (original) / Train (the) / Water, flesh and bone / World (the)
GIRL # 2: Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Clinical depression / How can you / Hurting her knees and pride / Nothing at all
GIRL # 3: Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / It's all about love / Oasis
GIRL # 4: Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine
GIRL # 5: It could be you / Little bird / Rainbows or waterfalls / Smell the flowers / Unwritten and unsaid / Where I'm from
GIRL # 6: In a jiffy / Keep it short
OTHER GIRLS: In the pouring rain / This slice of heaven
LOVE: Abracadabra / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the pouring rain / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / It's all about love / Light (the) / Lost and found / Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine (original) / This slice of heaven / Watcher (the) / Where I'm from / World (the) / Your name
LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE: Another song / Bite of the apple (a) / Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / Get outta my house / How can you / In a jiffy / Internal bruises / Keep it short / Let down / Little bird / Looking for love in all the wrong / Married to something else / Nothing at all / Rainy day sunshine / Train (the) / Unwritten and unsaid / Used to be / Water, flesh and bone
MOTIVATIONAL: Alison's airplane / Better than it seems / Breaking the chains / (un)Climbing the ladder / Dying day / Fields of time / Game (the) / Keep it short / Learn from the masters / My biography / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Snowflakes
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Alcohol / Alison's airplane / Always moving / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / (un)Climbing the ladder / Daylight again / Dead end / Fresh start (a) / Have a drink / Let me live the dream / Light or the white (the) / Married to something else / Old friends / Overpopulation / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Something in my genes / Sorrow's curves / Two of a kind / Watering the weeds
TOM PERSONAL: Better than it seems / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / Corey story (the) / Fields of time / Learn from the masters / Love it or leave it / Maybe someday / My biography / Old friends / Quest for immortality / You spilled my coffee / Your name
LEGACY: Better than it seems / Cliffhanger / Crystal ball / Fresh start (a) / Quest for immortality
REAL LIFE EVENTS: Any given day / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Gettin' juiced / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Sniper's song (a)
NATURE: Overpopulation / Perching on powerlines / Right between the eyes / Violence is their solution
POLITICS: Mud slides / Pardon me / Politician blues / Pushing the button / Violence is their solution
PRO-GOD: Abracadabra / Watcher (the)
ANTI - RELIGIOUS: Closer to god / Doubting Thomas / Shepherd (the) / Sunday morning sex / Tom's psalm
STATE OF THE WORLD: Another history lesson / Any given day / Call it fate / Clean wipe to the slate / Corey story (the) / Downs and ups / Exit the sandman / Knowing the know / Mud slides / Paradigm (the) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Playing chess / Song for mediocrity / Spreading the word / Status quo woes / United we stand / You spilled my coffee
DEATH: Any given day / Bars and scars / Clinical depression / Coming of fall (the) / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Cost of war / Dead end / Fallen clouds / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / One slip of the knife / Pushing the button / Quest for immortality / Sniper's song (a) / Spreading the word / Venus
SOLITUDE AND LONLINESS: Breaking the chains / Cliffhanger / Coming of fall (the) / Maybe someday / No complaints / One slip of the knife / She
CORRUPTED YOUTH: Daddy taught me / Innocence lost
WAR: Any given day / Cost of war (the) / Four wars / Pushing the button / Shepherd (the) / Staking the flag
BE DIFFERENT: Another history lesson / Any given day / Clean wipe to the slate / Looking for love in all the wrong / Love it or leave it / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Picture something nice / Pretty toys / She / Smell the flowers / Status quo woes / Trivial pursuit
INJUSTICE: Bars and scars / Call it fate / Corey story (the) / Four wars / Getting' juiced / Mickey D's / Mud slides / Picture something nice / Staking the flag / Straight for the border
RACISM: Daddy taught me / Four wars / Paradigm (the) / Two thousand miles
UNCERTAINTY: Crystal ball / Disciple of dirt / Does the fire still glow / Water, flesh and bone
TEMPTATION: Bite of the apple (a) / Clinical depression / Light or the white (the) / Oasis / One slip of the knife / Pretty toys / Quest for immortality / Venus
HUMOR: Floating head / Get outta my house / Hurting her knees and pride / In a jiffy / My biography / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Rumors form heaven / Straight for the border / Sunday morning sex / Uh, that's Christmas nana
VIGILANTE VIOLENCE: Bars and scars / Venus
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- None seen (photo read)
SPINE: "POEMS BY TOM".
BACK COVER: "If you were ever curious about how Holden Caulfield and John Lennon would feel about the world today then have I got something for you...POEMS BY TOM is a collection of 130 poems meant to be read in order just like a novel. This book is a blend of song-based poems, commentary, supporting information and famous (and some not-so-famous) quotes all meant to enlighten the average reader. Ultimately, this is a book of poetry for those people who do not traditionally enjoy books of poetry.
Okay, here's the deal: I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't sing. Over the last ten years I have developed a talent for writing song lyrics but they're not really commercial because I try to use my writing skills to free people's minds - not brainwash them into buying some silly crap that they don't need. Nearly everything inside of these pages is here to get people to start thinking about the world we live in and how we can make it better. It is through these poems and commentary that I tell my life story - making sure to point out exactly where I did good and, conversely, just where I made a few mistakes along the way. I write about everything from being in love to September 11th to battling drugs and alcohol. I have poems about politics, racism, God, nature...there's an index in the back of the book so give it a quick flip through.
I am a college graduate with a very unique perspective on life. Some of the things that I say or write you will wholeheartedly agree with me on and some of the other things you read will make you want to ring my neck but I can promise you this much...I will make you think. Oh yeah, you may be wondering to yourself if he's such a great writer then why didn't he come up with a better name for his book? My answer is because after writing almost 800 poems in my life (all with titles) I told myself that that's enough already - I'm finished with titles for awhile."
DEDICATION PAGE: "Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard."
FACING PAGE, epigraph: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
--- FROM THE 2007 MANUSCRIPT FILE (the same edition as this copy) --- DEDICATION PAGE (page 1 of the file): Dedication: This book is dedicated to my father. I am living proof of the tremendous impact that a great male role model can have in not only a child's life but also an adult's life. Luckily, my old man is still kicking and even though no one would ever argue that he is a perfect man he is the closest thing to a perfect parent that I ever needed (or wanted). If he was tremendously wealthy then I would be a different person than I am today; in the same respect if he was dirt poor then I would also have ended up being someone different - he did just well enough to put me in good enough shape so he could help me but not so good that I never had to work myself.
I always believed that your parents or guardians have the capability to teach you everything that you need to know in life - everything that he did wrong I try to do the complete opposite of and everything that he did right I try to emulate. Come on now...what else do you need in life to teach you? He taught me right from wrong and wrong from right even though he didn't always know which lesson he was teaching at the time. He always meant well and what more can one ask of anybody in this world other than that? Exactly. That is the best that anyone can hope for and luckily I am very blessed in this regard.
EPIGRAPH (page 2 of the file): "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them [at all]." - Mark Twain, American author (1835 - 1910).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (page 3 of the file - the page not photographed on this copy): This book is copyrighted December 11th, 2007 / Written and edited by Tom Jensen / To order a copy or to find out more information please visit my website: / poemsbytom.com / You can also email the author at [e-mail withheld] / (ALL emails will be responded to as soon as possible)
POEMS SORTED BY SUBJECT (pages 165-166 of the file; printed in three columns, read here one column at a time): KRISTIN: Abracadabra / Another song / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / Light (the) / Light or the white (the) / Rainy day sunshine (original) / Train (the) / Water, flesh and bone / World (the)
GIRL # 2: Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Clinical depression / How can you / Hurting her knees and pride / Nothing at all
GIRL # 3: Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / It's all about love / Oasis
GIRL # 4: Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine
GIRL # 5: It could be you / Little bird / Rainbows or waterfalls / Smell the flowers / Unwritten and unsaid / Where I'm from
GIRL # 6: In a jiffy / Keep it short
OTHER GIRLS: In the pouring rain / This slice of heaven
LOVE: Abracadabra / Better than me / Dream land / End of the road (the) / In the pouring rain / In the shape of an angel / It could be you / It's all about love / Light (the) / Lost and found / Rainbows or waterfalls / Rainy day sunshine (original) / This slice of heaven / Watcher (the) / Where I'm from / World (the) / Your name
LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE: Another song / Bite of the apple (a) / Blessing in disguise / Bottom of the lake / Breaking her heart / Cry me a river / Ex-poem (an) / Get outta my house / How can you / In a jiffy / Internal bruises / Keep it short / Let down / Little bird / Looking for love in all the wrong / Married to something else / Nothing at all / Rainy day sunshine / Train (the) / Unwritten and unsaid / Used to be / Water, flesh and bone
MOTIVATIONAL: Alison's airplane / Better than it seems / Breaking the chains / (un)Climbing the ladder / Dying day / Fields of time / Game (the) / Keep it short / Learn from the masters / My biography / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Snowflakes
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Alcohol / Alison's airplane / Always moving / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / (un)Climbing the ladder / Daylight again / Dead end / Fresh start (a) / Have a drink / Let me live the dream / Light or the white (the) / Married to something else / Old friends / Overpopulation / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Something in my genes / Sorrow's curves / Two of a kind / Watering the weeds
TOM PERSONAL: Better than it seems / Clean wipe to the slate / Cliffhanger / Corey story (the) / Fields of time / Learn from the masters / Love it or leave it / Maybe someday / My biography / Old friends / Quest for immortality / You spilled my coffee / Your name
LEGACY: Better than it seems / Cliffhanger / Crystal ball / Fresh start (a) / Quest for immortality
REAL LIFE EVENTS: Any given day / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Gettin' juiced / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Sniper's song (a)
NATURE: Overpopulation / Perching on powerlines / Right between the eyes / Violence is their solution
POLITICS: Mud slides / Pardon me / Politician blues / Pushing the button / Violence is their solution
PRO-GOD: Abracadabra / Watcher (the)
ANTI - RELIGIOUS: Closer to god / Doubting Thomas / Shepherd (the) / Sunday morning sex / Tom's psalm
STATE OF THE WORLD: Another history lesson / Any given day / Call it fate / Clean wipe to the slate / Corey story (the) / Downs and ups / Exit the sandman / Knowing the know / Mud slides / Paradigm (the) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Playing chess / Song for mediocrity / Spreading the word / Status quo woes / United we stand / You spilled my coffee
DEATH: Any given day / Bars and scars / Clinical depression / Coming of fall (the) / Cop asked the witnesses (a) / Cost of war / Dead end / Fallen clouds / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / One slip of the knife / Pushing the button / Quest for immortality / Sniper's song (a) / Spreading the word / Venus
SOLITUDE AND LONLINESS: Breaking the chains / Cliffhanger / Coming of fall (the) / Maybe someday / No complaints / One slip of the knife / She
CORRUPTED YOUTH: Daddy taught me / Innocence lost
WAR: Any given day / Cost of war (the) / Four wars / Pushing the button / Shepherd (the) / Staking the flag
BE DIFFERENT: Another history lesson / Any given day / Clean wipe to the slate / Looking for love in all the wrong / Love it or leave it / Ode to Jason (a fallen hero) / Patching the hole / Pen and paper / Perfect world (a) / Picture something nice / Pretty toys / She / Smell the flowers / Status quo woes / Trivial pursuit
INJUSTICE: Bars and scars / Call it fate / Corey story (the) / Four wars / Getting' juiced / Mickey D's / Mud slides / Picture something nice / Staking the flag / Straight for the border
RACISM: Daddy taught me / Four wars / Paradigm (the) / Two thousand miles
UNCERTAINTY: Crystal ball / Disciple of dirt / Does the fire still glow / Water, flesh and bone
TEMPTATION: Bite of the apple (a) / Clinical depression / Light or the white (the) / Oasis / One slip of the knife / Pretty toys / Quest for immortality / Venus
HUMOR: Floating head / Get outta my house / Hurting her knees and pride / In a jiffy / My biography / Rehab, rehab, rehab / Rumors form heaven / Straight for the border / Sunday morning sex / Uh, that's Christmas nana
VIGILANTE VIOLENCE: Bars and scars / Venus
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- None seen (photo read)
Item 1126
CHOMSKIAN POETRY / SPOKEN WORD POETRY (WHITE BOOKLET, PUBLISHED JULY 4TH 2011)
In one sentence: A printed white perfect-bound booklet of Chomskian poetry and spoken word poetry, both title lists on the cover, dedicated to Noam Chomsky, July 2011 or later (age 32 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A white glossy perfect-bound paperback of around 150 pages, whose front cover carries a sepia banner of Noam Chomsky's eyes, two numbered title lists (53 Chomskian poems and 60 spoken word poems) and Tom's small yellow author-photo block. The dedication page - to the ghost of Milton Friedman and to Noam Chomsky - says the book was built around two spoken-word CDs and is PUBLISHED JULY 4th, 2011; the back cover prints the poem SHADES. The year 2011 is hand-written in black marker on the page edges.
- Why it matters
- It pairs Tom's Chomskian political poems with his poems waiting for music, both title lists side by side on the cover, and its dedication page is Tom's statement of purpose - over 50 songs made so far, musicians invited from all over the world - in his own words.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Chomskian Poetry / Spoken Word Poetry (2011) ; Chomskian
- Published in
- IN A BOOKCHOMSKIAN POETRY / SPOKEN WORD POETRY (2011)
- Age when written
- made at age 32 or laterproved: the edition line PUSBLISHED JULY 4th, 2011 - edition date (July 4 falls before his birthday, so age 32); the hand-written 2011 on the page edges agrees
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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Blacked out for privacy - an e-mail address
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): sepia banner photo across the top of a man's eyes in glasses with white hair (Noam Chomsky, NOT SURE), then "CHOMSKIAN POETRY" in a hand-lettered display face, then a two-column numbered title list: 01 another history lesson; 02 beast; 03 being hip; 04 better bitter; 05 can't have that; 06 cardboard box; 07 cement; 08 complicated subject; 09 east timor; 10 empty room; 11 end game; 12 enemy of this state; 13 failing; 14 fences; 15 have not; 16 heresy speak no evil; 17 hidden evils; 18 high risers; 19 hope floats; 20 i am; 21 insomnia; 22 intellectual property; 23 keeping up; 24 knowing the know; 25 lazy citizen; 26 master plan; 27 me and you; 28 mickey d's; 29 monetization; 30 nine to five state of mind; 31 obamafication; 32 oh juanita; 33 one percent war; 34 pardon me; 35 picture something nice; 36 playing chess; 37 power is; 38 pushing the button; 39 racist; 40 rescue; 41 sign of the times; 42 staking the flag; 43 status quo woes; 44 the cost of war; 45 the paradigm; 46 the poorest chorus; 47 time bomb; 48 tools of fools; 49 uncashable; 50 united we stand; 51 violence is their solution; 52 visited a place; 53 you spilled my coffee. Below that a heavy underlined headline "SPOKEN WORD POETRY" and a second numbered list: 01 a friend; 02 a perfect world; 03 advice; 04 all in good time; 05 as for me; 06 aum...what she said...om; 07 best left; 08 big shoes; 09 butterfly; 10 call it fate; 11 crystal ball; 12 daylight again; 13 deep seeded; 14 dirt nap; 15 empty eyes; 16 exit the sandman; 17 expired; 18 ex-poem; 19 facing the dawn; 20 fate is a word; 21 fly swatter of love; 22 groovy gravy; 23 he said she said; 24 heart strings; 25 heavy machines; 26 heavy to light cream; 27 in a click; 28 it doesn't matter; 29 it's your turn; 30 jewelry box; 31 looking for love; 32 lost and found; 33 love it or leave it; 34 lyrical groom & musical wife; 35 melody of sorrow; 36 michelangelo and marble; 37 my precious; 38 nap time; 39 now boarding; 40 only shared with you; 41 pandora's box; 42 pen and paper; 43 pendulum; 44 pretty toys; 45 rain; 46 rehab; 47 secret room; 48 shades; 49 silhouette of a stranger; 50 slip stream; 51 solitary parade; 52 stranger...then fiction; 53 synergy; 54 ten feet tall; 55 the end of the road; 56 triangle; 57 underrated; 58 used to be; 59 where I am from; 60 within reach. Between the columns a small yellow-orange author photo block "Tom Jensen / Thinker, Writer, Poet, Songwriter and Activist", then "DON'T WORRY, I WILL SAVE THE WORLD FROM EVIL !!!", "my website is: READTOM.COM", "Email: [e-mail withheld]".
BACK COVER (white, black type): "DO YOU READTOM.com ? / FIRST YOU BECOME A READER / THEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER / THAT'S WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER / TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER
SHADES / by Tom Jensen
What color are your eyes? / To me that's as important / As the color of your skin / About this I am quite certain
What color are you inside? / That's what really matters / What we can see outside / Are just shades and spatters
Shades from mighty bright white / To midnight black or blacker / To me it's a mitigated factor / Much like the clothes of a good actor
For it's just a tiny fraction of the whole / Something that's beyond all of our control / Gives no insight to the depths of the soul / Might show where we're from / But not where we're gonna go..."
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / Dedication: This collection of poems is dedicated to ghost of Milton Friedman...that man / was sent by God to act as the great moral compass for all of us to use as a guide to our / life, our way of thinking and how we view the word. When I find myself facing times of / doubt, despair and uncertainty I just think to myself: WHAT WOULD MILTON / FRIEDMAN DO? Once I feel I have that answer then I just do the exact opposite of what / I think he would do...and then, without fail, I always find myself acting and thinking in / the proper manner. While many people may denounce the man at length I must say that I / find him to be an extremely valuable resource, tool and guide to a better way of / life...when you use him properly... So, here's to you buddy! Cheers and Rest In Peace....
This book is also dedicated to Noam Chomsky. Noam has inspired millions of people / from all over the world to keep fighting injustice and to never lose hope no matter what / happens or how dire the circumstances seem. I speak for countless people when I say / Thank You Noam!
This book is broken down into two sections: The first section is poems waiting for music / and the second section is Chomskian poetry. I have made these poems available both on / my website and also available on Youtube as spoken word poems and I even sing some / of them to a little tune that plays in my head...haha...Each of these collections is / available on a CD with me speaking/reciting the lyrics and I created this book specifically / around the contents of those two CDs.
ALL POEMS IN THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN / THIS BOOK IS COPY WRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN / PUSBLISHED JULY 4th, 2011
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems into songs.
I've had over 50 songs made so far.
My website is READTOM.com
My Youtube channel for songs made from my lyrics is called TUBESBESTMUSIC
My Youtube channel for poems waiting for music is called LYRICALBRILLIANCE
You can find all three by using these links:
http://readtom.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/tubesbestmusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/lyricalbrilliance
--- FULL INDEX, SECTION 1 (word for word from the file: POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC / SPOKEN WORD POETRY, 60 titles) --- / PAGE NUMBERS: POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC / SPOKEN WORD POETRY
3 a friend 41 looking for love / 4 a perfect world 42 lost and found / 7 advice 43 love it or leave it / 8 all in good time 45 lyrical groom and musical wife / 9 as for me 45 melody of sorrow / 10 aum...what she said...om 47 michelangelo and marble / 11 best left 48 my precious / 13 big shoes 49 nap time / 15 butterfly 49 now boarding / 15 call it fate 51 only shared with you / 17 crystal ball 51 pandora's box / 17 daylight again 53 pen and paper / 19 deep seeded 54 pendulum / 20 dirt nap 56 pretty toys / 22 empty eyes 57 rain / 23 exit the sandman 58 rehab / 24 expired 60 secret room / 25 ex-poem 61 shades / 26 facing the dawn 61 silhouette of a stranger / 27 fate is a word 62 slip stream / 28 fly swatter of love 63 solitary parade / 29 groovy gravy 64 stranger...then fiction / 30 he said she said 65 synergy / 33 heart strings 65 ten feet tall / 33 heavy machines 67 the end of the road / 35 heavy to light cream 68 triangle / 36 in a click 70 underrated / 37 it doesn't matter 71 used to be / 39 it's your turn 72 where I am from / 40 jewelry box 74 within reach
( this space is not really empty...hmmm....think about that concept for a moment )
--- FULL INDEX, SECTION 2 (word for word from the file: section page 76 and PAGE NUMBERS FOR CHOMSKIAN POETRY, 53 titles) --- / THE END OF THIS COLLECTION
NOAM CHOMSKY IS MY FAVORITE WRITER, THINKER AND HUMAN BEING... / WELL, ACTUALLY...THERE ARE A COUPLE WOMEN THAT I LOVE MORE / THAN CHOMSKY...BUT OTHER THAN THEM....THIS GUY IS THE BEST
EXAMPLE OF WHAT JUST ONE PERSON CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN / THE WORLD...
THESE POEMS ARE WRITTEN BY ME BUT ARE WRITTEN IN THE SPIRIT OF / NOAM AND IN THE ZINNIAN (HOWARD ZINN) PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING
AT THE WORLD FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND NOT FROM THE TOP / DOWN....IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT I MEAN BY THAT THEN JUST START
READING AND YOU'LL SOON FIGURE IT OUT...
PAGE NUMBERS FOR CHOMSKIAN POETRY:
77 another history lesson 110 mickey d's / 78 beast 111 monetization / 79 being hip 113 nine to five state of mind / 80 better bitter 114 obamafication / 81 can't have that 115 oh juanita / 82 cardboard box 116 one percent war / 83 cement 117 pardon me / 85 complicated subject 120 picture something nice / 86 east timor 122 playing chess / 87 empty room 124 power is / 88 end game 125 pushing the button / 90 enemy of this state 126 racist / 91 failing 127 rescue / 92 fences 128 sign of the times / 93 have not 129 staking the flag / 94 heresy speak no evil 131 status quo woes / 97 hidden evils 133 the cost of war / 100 high risers 135 the paradigm / 101 hope floats 136 the poorest chorus / 102 i am 139 time bomb / 103 insomnia 140 tools of fools / 104 intellectual property 141 uncashable / 105 keeping up 142 united we stand / 105 knowing the know 144 violence is their solution / 106 lazy citizen 145 visited a place / 108 master plan 147 you spilled my coffee / 109 me and you
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / HANDWRITING: "2011" written in black marker on the bottom page edges of the text block.
BACK COVER (white, black type): "DO YOU READTOM.com ? / FIRST YOU BECOME A READER / THEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER / THAT'S WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER / TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER
SHADES / by Tom Jensen
What color are your eyes? / To me that's as important / As the color of your skin / About this I am quite certain
What color are you inside? / That's what really matters / What we can see outside / Are just shades and spatters
Shades from mighty bright white / To midnight black or blacker / To me it's a mitigated factor / Much like the clothes of a good actor
For it's just a tiny fraction of the whole / Something that's beyond all of our control / Gives no insight to the depths of the soul / Might show where we're from / But not where we're gonna go..."
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / Dedication: This collection of poems is dedicated to ghost of Milton Friedman...that man / was sent by God to act as the great moral compass for all of us to use as a guide to our / life, our way of thinking and how we view the word. When I find myself facing times of / doubt, despair and uncertainty I just think to myself: WHAT WOULD MILTON / FRIEDMAN DO? Once I feel I have that answer then I just do the exact opposite of what / I think he would do...and then, without fail, I always find myself acting and thinking in / the proper manner. While many people may denounce the man at length I must say that I / find him to be an extremely valuable resource, tool and guide to a better way of / life...when you use him properly... So, here's to you buddy! Cheers and Rest In Peace....
This book is also dedicated to Noam Chomsky. Noam has inspired millions of people / from all over the world to keep fighting injustice and to never lose hope no matter what / happens or how dire the circumstances seem. I speak for countless people when I say / Thank You Noam!
This book is broken down into two sections: The first section is poems waiting for music / and the second section is Chomskian poetry. I have made these poems available both on / my website and also available on Youtube as spoken word poems and I even sing some / of them to a little tune that plays in my head...haha...Each of these collections is / available on a CD with me speaking/reciting the lyrics and I created this book specifically / around the contents of those two CDs.
ALL POEMS IN THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN / THIS BOOK IS COPY WRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN / PUSBLISHED JULY 4th, 2011
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems into songs.
I've had over 50 songs made so far.
My website is READTOM.com
My Youtube channel for songs made from my lyrics is called TUBESBESTMUSIC
My Youtube channel for poems waiting for music is called LYRICALBRILLIANCE
You can find all three by using these links:
http://readtom.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/tubesbestmusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/lyricalbrilliance
--- FULL INDEX, SECTION 1 (word for word from the file: POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC / SPOKEN WORD POETRY, 60 titles) --- / PAGE NUMBERS: POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC / SPOKEN WORD POETRY
3 a friend 41 looking for love / 4 a perfect world 42 lost and found / 7 advice 43 love it or leave it / 8 all in good time 45 lyrical groom and musical wife / 9 as for me 45 melody of sorrow / 10 aum...what she said...om 47 michelangelo and marble / 11 best left 48 my precious / 13 big shoes 49 nap time / 15 butterfly 49 now boarding / 15 call it fate 51 only shared with you / 17 crystal ball 51 pandora's box / 17 daylight again 53 pen and paper / 19 deep seeded 54 pendulum / 20 dirt nap 56 pretty toys / 22 empty eyes 57 rain / 23 exit the sandman 58 rehab / 24 expired 60 secret room / 25 ex-poem 61 shades / 26 facing the dawn 61 silhouette of a stranger / 27 fate is a word 62 slip stream / 28 fly swatter of love 63 solitary parade / 29 groovy gravy 64 stranger...then fiction / 30 he said she said 65 synergy / 33 heart strings 65 ten feet tall / 33 heavy machines 67 the end of the road / 35 heavy to light cream 68 triangle / 36 in a click 70 underrated / 37 it doesn't matter 71 used to be / 39 it's your turn 72 where I am from / 40 jewelry box 74 within reach
( this space is not really empty...hmmm....think about that concept for a moment )
--- FULL INDEX, SECTION 2 (word for word from the file: section page 76 and PAGE NUMBERS FOR CHOMSKIAN POETRY, 53 titles) --- / THE END OF THIS COLLECTION
NOAM CHOMSKY IS MY FAVORITE WRITER, THINKER AND HUMAN BEING... / WELL, ACTUALLY...THERE ARE A COUPLE WOMEN THAT I LOVE MORE / THAN CHOMSKY...BUT OTHER THAN THEM....THIS GUY IS THE BEST
EXAMPLE OF WHAT JUST ONE PERSON CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN / THE WORLD...
THESE POEMS ARE WRITTEN BY ME BUT ARE WRITTEN IN THE SPIRIT OF / NOAM AND IN THE ZINNIAN (HOWARD ZINN) PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING
AT THE WORLD FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND NOT FROM THE TOP / DOWN....IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT I MEAN BY THAT THEN JUST START
READING AND YOU'LL SOON FIGURE IT OUT...
PAGE NUMBERS FOR CHOMSKIAN POETRY:
77 another history lesson 110 mickey d's / 78 beast 111 monetization / 79 being hip 113 nine to five state of mind / 80 better bitter 114 obamafication / 81 can't have that 115 oh juanita / 82 cardboard box 116 one percent war / 83 cement 117 pardon me / 85 complicated subject 120 picture something nice / 86 east timor 122 playing chess / 87 empty room 124 power is / 88 end game 125 pushing the button / 90 enemy of this state 126 racist / 91 failing 127 rescue / 92 fences 128 sign of the times / 93 have not 129 staking the flag / 94 heresy speak no evil 131 status quo woes / 97 hidden evils 133 the cost of war / 100 high risers 135 the paradigm / 101 hope floats 136 the poorest chorus / 102 i am 139 time bomb / 103 insomnia 140 tools of fools / 104 intellectual property 141 uncashable / 105 keeping up 142 united we stand / 105 knowing the know 144 violence is their solution / 106 lazy citizen 145 visited a place / 108 master plan 147 you spilled my coffee / 109 me and you
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / HANDWRITING: "2011" written in black marker on the bottom page edges of the text block.
Item 1127
CHOMSKIAN POETRY - 120 DISSIDENT POEMS BY TOM JENSEN (MAZE COVER, FEBRUARY 19TH 2011)
In one sentence: A printed white paperback, CHOMSKIAN POETRY - 120 dissident poems by Tom Jensen, maze cover, McGraw-Hill open-publishing imprint, 147 pages, February 2011 or later (age 32 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A white glossy perfect-bound paperback, 147 numbered pages, with a 3D white maze and a red arrow path on the front and a grey engineering blueprint of a gear assembly on the back, both carrying the McGraw-Hill open-publishing badge. Page 1 holds the dedication, an about-me note, the copyright line and the words Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011; the book is in two parts, summaries and the dissident poems, and ends with the binary-code poem and THE END on page 147.
- Why it matters
- It is an early dated anthology of Tom's dissident poems; the line Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011 is the anchor date for the whole Chomskian Poetry family of books, indexes and flyers.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Chomskian Poetry - 120 Dissident Poems (2011) ; Chomskian
- Published in
- IN A BOOKCHOMSKIAN POETRY - 120 DISSIDENT POEMS (2011)
- Age when written
- made at age 32 or laterproved: the edition line Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011 - edition date (February falls before his birthday, so age 32)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "CHOMSKIAN POETRY / 120 dissident poems / by / Tom Jensen" in plain black sans type over a 3D rendered white maze with a red arrow path running out of the bottom right; bottom-left badge "McGraw-Hill open-publishing".
PAGE 1 (verbatim): "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your right. Thank you. Have a nice day.
ABOUT ME: I like butter more than guns...and I don't really like butter all that much. I like Arundhati Roy way more than guns and butter put together.
My website is readtom.com / Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader....then you become a believer... / Then we all get together...to try to make this world better
ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before...
Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS: / (1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems contained in this anthology. / (2) DISSIDENT SECTION - poems drawing attention to things that need major fixing and changing in this world. Inequality, injustice, lying, greed, corporatism, politics and many other evils are addressed here."
BACK COVER: "Do You READTOM.com ? / 147 pages of dissident poems. / DISSIDENT: a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy or institution." over a grey engineering blueprint of a gear wheel and shaft assembly; bottom-left "McGraw-Hill open-publishing" badge; bottom-right barcode.
No handwriting on this item. No manuscript of this edition found on C (10-12); summaries and poems stay unread until one turns up.
PAGE 1 (verbatim): "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your right. Thank you. Have a nice day.
ABOUT ME: I like butter more than guns...and I don't really like butter all that much. I like Arundhati Roy way more than guns and butter put together.
My website is readtom.com / Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader....then you become a believer... / Then we all get together...to try to make this world better
ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before...
Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS: / (1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems contained in this anthology. / (2) DISSIDENT SECTION - poems drawing attention to things that need major fixing and changing in this world. Inequality, injustice, lying, greed, corporatism, politics and many other evils are addressed here."
BACK COVER: "Do You READTOM.com ? / 147 pages of dissident poems. / DISSIDENT: a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy or institution." over a grey engineering blueprint of a gear wheel and shaft assembly; bottom-left "McGraw-Hill open-publishing" badge; bottom-right barcode.
No handwriting on this item. No manuscript of this edition found on C (10-12); summaries and poems stay unread until one turns up.
Item 1145
POEMS & SONG LYRICS (RED ROSES COVER, FEB 2011)
In one sentence: A black printed paperback, POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen, three red roses on the cover, 492 pages in six parts, February 2011 or later (age 32 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A print-on-demand paperback, POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen, black glossy cover with three red roses across the lower half front and back, scuffed and scratched with the spine edge worn white, 492 pages, dated Feb. 19, 2011 on the back cover and on page 1. The dedication page lays out the six parts: summaries, dissident section, poems, songs, offensive section and alphabetical index.
- Why it matters
- The full 492-page anthology of February 2011 - the book that gathers Tom's dissident poems, love poems and finished songs in one place, naming in the index the musicians who set them. It appears to be the parent book of the CHOMSKIAN POETRY index already catalogued as item 1934.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Poems & Song Lyrics (2011) ; Dissident
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOEMS & SONG LYRICS (2011)
- Age when written
- made at age 32 or laterproved: the edition line February 19th, 2011 - edition date, also printed Feb. 19, 2011 on the back cover
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
FRONT COVER: "POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen" in white on black over three red roses.
BACK COVER, top left in white: "READTOM.com / 492 pages / Feb. 19, 2011"; three red roses lower half; white barcode box bottom right reading "5 800055 084087" (digits NOT SURE, no ISBN printed).
PAGE 1, DEDICATION page: "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your right. Thank you. Have a nice day." "ABOUT ME: I am currently under the influence of what holds our atoms in place." "My website is readtom.com" "Do you readtom.com?" "First you become a reader....then you become a believer... Then we all get together...to try to make this world better" "ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before..." "Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011" "NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SIX PARTS: (1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems and songs contained in this anthology. (2) DISSIDENT SECTION - poems drawing attention to things that need major fixing and changing in this world. Inequality, injustice, lying, greed, corporatism, politics and many other evils are addressed here. (3) POEMS SECTION - poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section is not overly offensive or political and contains poems and lyrics waiting for music. (4) SONGS SECTION - song titles, lyrics and musician / singer names are found here. (5) OFFENSIVE SECTION - this is where the naughty poems and lyrics are found. This section contains poems and lyrics that deal with subjects and language that many of you may find offensive. Hence it is in its own section (6) ALPHABETICAL INDEX - a quick reference section of all mixed poems, songs, dissident and offensive lyrics sorted alphabetically (by title) with corresponding page number."
SUMMARIES page, DISSIDENT section, page numbers and one-line summaries: p. 11 BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world; p. 12 BEING BUBBA - at least it's not Manny being Manny; p. 12 A BLACK HISTORY - of the United States; p. 13 BOARDWALK - Bill Gates was here; p. 14 CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallows' poles; p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly Hillbilly spoof Chomsky style; p. 15 EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide; p 16 END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination; p. 18 FIFTY GRAND - operation entertainment; p. 19 GETTIN' JUICED - O.J. Simpson wasn't here; p. 20 GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils; p. 22 GUNS AND BUTTER - pick butter just once; p. 22 HERESY SPEAKS NO EVIL - things wrong with my country; p. 25 HIGH RISERS - hey, people steal; p. 26 HOPE FLOATS - defending democracy from corporate kids; p. 27 INSOMNIA - most people have slept their entire lives; p. 27 LAZY CITIZEN - bad dissident!; p. 28 MASTER PLAN - now this world makes total sense; p. 30 ME AND YOU - another shocking doctrine; p. 31 MISTER ED - hello Wilbur...buck the system; p. 32 MONITIZATION - inspired by becoming a partner on the tube; p. 33 MONEY TRAIN - looking for track marks; p. 34 NINE TO FIVE STATE OF MIND - keeps us in line...that rhymes!; p. 35 OBAMAFICATION - falling for the hype again; p. 36 PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever; p. 40 PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go?; p. 41 THE POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America; p. 43 POWER IS - as power does; p. 44 ROW ROW - it's not my boat; p. 45 RUN FORREST RUN - Jenny is actually smarter than you think; p. 46 RUNNING SCARED - chase those terrorists; p. 47 SHORT FUSE - sound of lighter clicking...run; p. 48 SIGN OF THE TIMES - civil unrest begins here; p. 49 SOMETHING IN THE AIR - besides hydrogen and carbon molecul(es) (cut off at photo edge); p. 51 SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't (cut off); p. 52 STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screw(ed) (cut off); p. 54 TIME BOMB - what happens when you commit terrorism all aroun(d) (cut off); p. 55 VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause. POEMS: p. 57 A FRIEND - send yourself some flowers; p. 58 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes; p. 59 ALCOHOL - escaping alcohol (page continues, not photographed).
LAST PAGE, p. 492, end of the alphabetical index ((S) = song, (O) = offensive): p. 375 WARMER WATERS - my sheep and the cliff story; p. 376 WARMER WEATHER - it's good to be gifted; p. 377 WARNING - people really should come with warning labels; p. 437 THE WATCHER - matt mccarthy - show God this to prove I'm a believer (S); p. 378 WATER BIRDS - I sure did a lot of drugs when I was younger; p. 439 WATER FLESH AND BONE - justin justice - leaving someone you love (S); p. 481 WATERING THE WEEDS - enablers are just as bad as anything (O); p. 378 WATERFALLS - who took the water away? Ouch!; p. 380 WAY UP NORTH - learn a lot about life up there; p. 440 WE ARE THE ONES - tom jensen / pete - dirty jobs that have to be done (S); p. 381 WEATHERING THE STORM - no more safe ports; p. 482 WELL, WELL, WELL - don't die hated by all (O); p. 381 WELL-PLACED 'E' - zero to hero with just one letter...hooray!; p. 383 WELL ORGANIZED - the manipulation of people by organized religion; p. 442 WHAT WE SHARE - justin justice - love song based on a daydream (S); p. 383 WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic; p. 385 WHO KNOWS YOU - better yet....who doesn't know you could tell me more; p. 386 WHO STARTED THE FIRE - I didn't do it; p. 483 WHY WOMEN GO IN PAIRS - another good one got away (O); p. 387 WITHIN REACH - do you love me?; p. 444 WORTH THE WAIT - justin justice - patience pays off...blah blah blah (S); p. 445 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF - justin justice - but I tried (S); p. 388 YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity; p 390 ZEROES - let us bask in the glory of binary code. Then centred: "THE END".
No handwriting seen in these photos.
BACK COVER, top left in white: "READTOM.com / 492 pages / Feb. 19, 2011"; three red roses lower half; white barcode box bottom right reading "5 800055 084087" (digits NOT SURE, no ISBN printed).
PAGE 1, DEDICATION page: "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your right. Thank you. Have a nice day." "ABOUT ME: I am currently under the influence of what holds our atoms in place." "My website is readtom.com" "Do you readtom.com?" "First you become a reader....then you become a believer... Then we all get together...to try to make this world better" "ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before..." "Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011" "NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SIX PARTS: (1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems and songs contained in this anthology. (2) DISSIDENT SECTION - poems drawing attention to things that need major fixing and changing in this world. Inequality, injustice, lying, greed, corporatism, politics and many other evils are addressed here. (3) POEMS SECTION - poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section is not overly offensive or political and contains poems and lyrics waiting for music. (4) SONGS SECTION - song titles, lyrics and musician / singer names are found here. (5) OFFENSIVE SECTION - this is where the naughty poems and lyrics are found. This section contains poems and lyrics that deal with subjects and language that many of you may find offensive. Hence it is in its own section (6) ALPHABETICAL INDEX - a quick reference section of all mixed poems, songs, dissident and offensive lyrics sorted alphabetically (by title) with corresponding page number."
SUMMARIES page, DISSIDENT section, page numbers and one-line summaries: p. 11 BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world; p. 12 BEING BUBBA - at least it's not Manny being Manny; p. 12 A BLACK HISTORY - of the United States; p. 13 BOARDWALK - Bill Gates was here; p. 14 CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallows' poles; p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly Hillbilly spoof Chomsky style; p. 15 EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide; p 16 END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination; p. 18 FIFTY GRAND - operation entertainment; p. 19 GETTIN' JUICED - O.J. Simpson wasn't here; p. 20 GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils; p. 22 GUNS AND BUTTER - pick butter just once; p. 22 HERESY SPEAKS NO EVIL - things wrong with my country; p. 25 HIGH RISERS - hey, people steal; p. 26 HOPE FLOATS - defending democracy from corporate kids; p. 27 INSOMNIA - most people have slept their entire lives; p. 27 LAZY CITIZEN - bad dissident!; p. 28 MASTER PLAN - now this world makes total sense; p. 30 ME AND YOU - another shocking doctrine; p. 31 MISTER ED - hello Wilbur...buck the system; p. 32 MONITIZATION - inspired by becoming a partner on the tube; p. 33 MONEY TRAIN - looking for track marks; p. 34 NINE TO FIVE STATE OF MIND - keeps us in line...that rhymes!; p. 35 OBAMAFICATION - falling for the hype again; p. 36 PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever; p. 40 PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go?; p. 41 THE POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America; p. 43 POWER IS - as power does; p. 44 ROW ROW - it's not my boat; p. 45 RUN FORREST RUN - Jenny is actually smarter than you think; p. 46 RUNNING SCARED - chase those terrorists; p. 47 SHORT FUSE - sound of lighter clicking...run; p. 48 SIGN OF THE TIMES - civil unrest begins here; p. 49 SOMETHING IN THE AIR - besides hydrogen and carbon molecul(es) (cut off at photo edge); p. 51 SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't (cut off); p. 52 STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screw(ed) (cut off); p. 54 TIME BOMB - what happens when you commit terrorism all aroun(d) (cut off); p. 55 VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause. POEMS: p. 57 A FRIEND - send yourself some flowers; p. 58 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes; p. 59 ALCOHOL - escaping alcohol (page continues, not photographed).
LAST PAGE, p. 492, end of the alphabetical index ((S) = song, (O) = offensive): p. 375 WARMER WATERS - my sheep and the cliff story; p. 376 WARMER WEATHER - it's good to be gifted; p. 377 WARNING - people really should come with warning labels; p. 437 THE WATCHER - matt mccarthy - show God this to prove I'm a believer (S); p. 378 WATER BIRDS - I sure did a lot of drugs when I was younger; p. 439 WATER FLESH AND BONE - justin justice - leaving someone you love (S); p. 481 WATERING THE WEEDS - enablers are just as bad as anything (O); p. 378 WATERFALLS - who took the water away? Ouch!; p. 380 WAY UP NORTH - learn a lot about life up there; p. 440 WE ARE THE ONES - tom jensen / pete - dirty jobs that have to be done (S); p. 381 WEATHERING THE STORM - no more safe ports; p. 482 WELL, WELL, WELL - don't die hated by all (O); p. 381 WELL-PLACED 'E' - zero to hero with just one letter...hooray!; p. 383 WELL ORGANIZED - the manipulation of people by organized religion; p. 442 WHAT WE SHARE - justin justice - love song based on a daydream (S); p. 383 WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic; p. 385 WHO KNOWS YOU - better yet....who doesn't know you could tell me more; p. 386 WHO STARTED THE FIRE - I didn't do it; p. 483 WHY WOMEN GO IN PAIRS - another good one got away (O); p. 387 WITHIN REACH - do you love me?; p. 444 WORTH THE WAIT - justin justice - patience pays off...blah blah blah (S); p. 445 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF - justin justice - but I tried (S); p. 388 YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity; p 390 ZEROES - let us bask in the glory of binary code. Then centred: "THE END".
No handwriting seen in these photos.
Item 1147
POEMS & SONG LYRICS (PAINTED FACE COVER, SEPT 2011)
In one sentence: A black printed paperback, POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen, a painted portrait on the cover, 714-plus pages in five parts, September 2011 or later (age 33 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A Lulu paperback, POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen, with a painted, posterised portrait of a bald man's face on the front cover, scuffed and scratched with worn spine edges, ISBN 978-1-105-16367-8, Lulu ID 11755456, at least 714 pages (714 is the page number on the blank NOTES page; the dedication line of the later book LYRICS TO 100 SONGS, item 1140, also says 714 pages). Page 1 carries a dedication, the readtom.com lines, the note that over 50 songs had been made from Tom's words, the anthology date September 18th, 2011 and the five-part plan: finished song lyrics, poems, shorter lyrics, index, notes.
- Why it matters
- The September 2011 anthology, seven months after the roses-cover book, and the first to open with the finished songs; it records that over 50 songs had been made from Tom's lyrics by that date. Not a copy of item 1566, which is the July 2012 edition of the same title family.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Poems & Song Lyrics (2011)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOEMS & SONG LYRICS (2011)
- Age when written
- made at age 33 or laterproved: the edition line September 18th, 2011 - edition date; back cover ISBN 978-1-105-16367-8, Lulu ID 11755456
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "POEMS & SONG LYRICS by Tom Jensen" in black over a painted portrait of a bald man's face (author portrait, NOT SURE who painted it). / BACK COVER, white on black, centred: "MY WEBSITE IS / READTOM.COM / YOUTUBE CHANNELS: / TUBESBESTMUSIC FOR SONGS / LYRICALBRILLIANCE FOR POEMS"; white barcode box bottom right: "ISBN 978-1-105-16367-8" "90000" "ID: 11755456" "www.lulu.com" "9 781105 163678".
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file, page 1) --- / 1 / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to [name withheld]...because sometimes all it takes / in life is one believer...
My website is readtom.com / Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into song - / over 50 songs have been made from my words so far.
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before...
Date of this new anthology is September 18th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE / PARTS:
(1) FINISHED SONG LYRIC SECTION - This book begins with my poems and / lyrics that have already been turned into songs. Song titles, summaries and / musician / singer names can be found in the song index at the back of the book. / All my songs can be listened to on the youtube channel TUBESBESTMUSIC. / Many of them are also featured on my website: READTOM.COM
(2) POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This / section contains all of my poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these / poems can be found on my youtube channel LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on / my website: READTOM.COM
(3) SHORTER LYRIC SECTION - This final section of the book contains / shorter lyrics that have not been used in any poems or songs. Many of these lyrics / will be continued to be worked on until they blossom into finished poems or are / used in the making of songs. They are available here if anyone wants to co-write a / song with me and add to what I have written already.
(4) INDEX - At the end of the book is an index of all finished songs, poems and / shorter lyrics with the corresponding page numbers that each can be found / on...this is for easy look up by title. Also, if you download this book as a pdf file / then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title by typing it into the search / box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem or song and want to find it quickly and easily.
(5) NOTES - The last 10 pages of this book are intentionally left blank and / reserved for notes, new poems, lyrics and the occasional doodle... / 2 / .
--- FULL INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 686-703: FINISHED SONG INDEX p.686, POETRY INDEX p.687-698 (page number then title), SHORTER LYRIC INDEX p.699-703) --- / --- THE END --- / 686 / Finished Song Index
p. 3 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice - I'm not the center of the earth? / p. 4 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner - awaiting a heart's flower pedals to open / p. 5 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice - heartbreak can lead to good things / p. 7 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice - that bout sums it up / p. 7 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne - lonely, isolated and depressed / p. 9 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice - blazing your own path / p. 10 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo - last time with them before you breakup / p. 11 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson - missed turns / p. 13 DEAD END by Justin Justice - dying of cocaine overdose / p. 13 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki - `alone' on the train / p. 15 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore - trapped in purgatory / p. 16 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette - how can you do that? / p. 17 FRESCO by Justin Justice - love song of all love songs / p. 18 THE GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen - pregnancy pacts / p. 19 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice - what planet are you living on? / p. 20 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo- that's a question to a former lover / p. 21 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice - don't be shy with intimacy / p. 22 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice- what a dealer says at sixteen... / p. 23 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy - what makes your life complete? / p. 24 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice - dying in 9/11 / p. 26 LET DOWN by Justin Justice - reasons not to sway from your original ideas / p. 27 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice - lied to by a lover / p. 29 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice- married to a drunk / p. 30 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo - serious depression can be funny / p. 30 THE NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice - it all comes down to this / p. 32 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice - intensely powerful life lesson / p. 32 OVERRATED- by Tyler Thompson - everyone else seems to be compared to me / p. 34 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice - always screwing up love / p. 34 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice - I shoot you and you don't die / p. 35 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham - what my friend Lai does / p. 37 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice - I'd like...to... / p. 38 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis - coulda, woulda, shoulda, didn't / p. 40 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice - what goes up... / p. 40 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson - thinking of love / p. 41 STRANDED by Justin Justice- what do you expect from an island? / p. 42 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson - what color are the trees? / p. 43 THE TRAIN by Justin Justice- always leave at a designated time / p. 43 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham- will true love ever be discovered? / p. 45 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner - finding the pieces to your broken heart / p. 47 THE WATCHER by Matt McCarthy- show God this to prove I'm a believer / p. 47 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice- leaving someone you love / p. 48 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete - dirty jobs that have to be done / p. 50 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice- love song based on a daydream / p. 52 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice - patience pays off...blah blah blah / p. 53 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice - but I tried / 687 / Poetry Index
054 a friend / 055 abracadabra / 055 acid rain / 056 actress / 057 adam and eve / 057 advice / 058 after my time / 059 alcohol / 060 all bottled up / 061 almighty / 062 always moving / 064 american dream / 064 another cigarette / 065 another history lesson / 066 another one hit wonder / 068 another quarter / 069 any given day / 070 apocalypse now see ya later / 072 apples and oranges / 073 around / 074 around the king's table / 075 as for me / 076 at least one a day / 077 aum...what she said...om / 078 back on track / 078 barrel roll / 079 bars and scars / 080 battle cry / 081 beast / 082 beats growing corn / 083 because you're my baby / 084 behave / 085 being bubba / 085 being hip / 086 best left / 088 best wishes / 088 bet my mother / 089 betrayal / 091 better bitter / 092 better choices / 093 better than it seems / 094 better than me / 095 beware of the snoogins / 096 big shoes / 097 biggest surprise / 098 birthright / 099 bite of the apple / 101 black dress / 688 / Poetry Index
102 black face / 102 black history / 103 blame / 104 blank pages / 105 blood on the tracks / 105 blotches / 106 blue skies / 106 boardwalk / 107 boo hoo hoo / 107 bottle cap sniffer / 108 bottom of the lake / 109 brand new day / 110 braveheart / 111 building a castle / 111 burning the candle / 112 bus driver / 113 but him / 114 butter fingers / 115 butterfly / 116 by design / 116 call it fate / 117 call it what you want / 118 candy store / 119 can't have that / 119 cardboard box / 120 catcher in the rye / 121 cats and cows / 122 cats and dogs / 122 cave of soul / 123 cement / 124 certainly uncertain / 125 chameleon / 126 changing a tire / 127 changing the weather / 127 chello / 128 chicken coup soup / 130 chomsky song / 130 clear view / 131 clever / 132 cliff hanger / 133 climbing the ladder / 135 clinical depression / 137 close friends / 138 closer to god / 138 coming home / 139 coming of fall / 140 complicated subject / 141 cop asked the witnesses / 142 corey story / 689 / Poetry Index
143 cost of war / 145 cousin of a kennedy / 146 cry me a river / 147 crystal ball / 148 daddy taught me / 149 damsel in distress / 149 dance floor / 151 day at a time / 151 daylight again / 152 dead warrior / 152 deep seeded / 153 deeper / 154 defenseless / 154 demeanor / 155 derek's blood / 155 dime a dozen / 156 dirt nap / 157 disciple of dirt / 159 do do you wanna / 159 doctor's cure / 159 does the fire still glow / 160 dog paddling in the deep end / 161 dot dot space / 164 doubting thomas / 165 downs and ups / 165 drawing a blank / 166 dream land / 167 drinking solution / 168 dropping science / 169 duty / 170 dying day / 171 east timor / 173 eight / 173 ela, lady of the wind / 174 empty bottle / 176 empty eyes / 177 empty room / 177 end game / 179 end of the road / 180 enemy of this state / 181 engraver / 181 essence of my existence / 182 eternal fountain / 182 even sign / 183 everything has changed / 183 exception / 184 exit the sandman / 185 expired / 186 ex-poem / 690 / Poetry Index
187 extreme / 187 f the w / 188 face to face / 189 facing the dawn / 190 fading fast / 191 failing / 192 false alarm / 193 fancy words / 194 fate is a word / 196 fences / 197 festival / 197 fields of time / 199 fifty grand / 200 fifty ways to love your lover / 201 first place / 202 fish / 203 fitting in / 203 five minute thought / 204 fleeting / 205 floating head / 205 flow / 207 fly swatter of love / 207 following the blind / 208 fool and his lover / 209 footprints of love / 209 forget about us / 209 forget me knot / 210 forget tomorrow / 210 forty days / 211 four wars / 214 frames / 215 framingham blues / 216 free as a kite / 217 free mason / 218 free sanity / 219 free willy / 219 fresh start / 221 fried chicken / 222 from the gin mill to the saw mil / 222 gambler / 223 game / 224 garden of eden / 225 gauging time / 226 get outta my house / 227 gettin' juiced / 228 getting burnt / 229 getting freckles / 230 giant ants / 230 global warming / 691 / Poetry Index
231 gold star / 232 golden rule / 232 golden temple / 233 goldfish / 233 good fight / 234 good man's path / 235 good morning day and night / 236 good samaritan / 237 grant's womb / 239 green eyes / 240 groovy gravy / 242 grow up / 242 grown to love / 243 guns and butter / 244 half full / 245 half-hearted belief / 246 happy birthday to me / 247 hasta diablo / 248 hate crimes / 249 have not / 249 he said she said / 252 head first / 253 heartbroken / 253 heartstrings / 254 heavy machines / 255 heavy to light cream / 256 helping out / 257 hen house / 258 heresy speaks no evil / 260 hidden evils / 262 hide and seek / 263 high hopes / 264 high noon / 264 high risers / 266 history and time / 266 homewrecker / 267 hope floats / 268 hot toddy / 269 house of shattered glass / 270 how and when / 271 hundred dollar headaches / 272 hurting her knees and pride / 274 hypocrites / 275 i am / 276 in a click / 277 in a jiffy / 279 in the shape of an angel / 279 independent / 280 innocence lost / 692 / Poetry Index
282 inside of me / 283 insist / 284 insomnia / 284 intellectual property / 285 iron will / 286 it doesn't matter / 287 it's all about love / 289 it's your turn / 290 jewelry box / 291 julia's garden / 293 jumping jack / 294 just a (grady) little poem / 295 just your shoes / 295 keep it short / 295 keeping up / 296 key / 297 kicking the can / 297 kneeling / 299 king's cane / 299 knowing the know / 300 land of coal / 301 last man standing / 302 last shot / 303 lazy citizen / 304 learn from the masters / 305 leaving california / 306 legend / 306 lessoning the load / 308 let me live the dream / 310 let me shine / 311 light / 313 light inside your lamp / 314 light or the white / 315 little break / 315 little more time / 316 living large / 318 lonely clouds / 320 looking for love / 321 lost and found / 322 lost love / 323 love it or leave it / 324 love sick love / 324 lyrical groom and musical wife / 325 making a killing / 326 making a list / 327 man enough / 327 man in the sky / 328 man is man / 329 manchester bay / 693 / Poetry Index
330 marijuana farmer / 330 master plan / 331 me / 332 me and you / 333 me myself and i / 334 me you and hoobie do / 335 meet michael hawk / 338 melody of sorrow / 339 melting snow / 340 men on my shoulder / 340 messy room / 341 michaelangelo and marble / 342 mickey d's / 343 midas touch / 344 mine / 345 minority majority / 346 mister ed / 347 monetization / 348 money / 349 money train / 350 monotony and the circle of death / 351 morsals / 352 mountains and valleys / 352 mourning in the morning / 353 mudslingers / 353 my best friends / 354 my biography / 355 my garden / 356 my little hands / 357 my little revolution / 358 my muse / 359 my pleasure / 360 my precious / 361 my white christmas / 362 mystic haze / 363 names / 363 nap time / 364 naplam / 364 napoleon's daughter / 365 negativity / 366 never again / 367 never be / 369 never buy your poster / 370 never expect it / 371 new currency / 372 night light / 373 nine to five equals thirteen / 375 nine to five state of mind / 376 no resurrection / 694 / Poetry Index
376 no snow / 377 no thanks babe / 378 not a zero / 379 not easy finding / 380 nothing at all / 381 now boarding / 382 number one / 383 oasis / 385 obamafication / 386 observations / 387 ocean side / 388 ode to jason / 389 of the daze / 390 off the road / 391 oh juanita / 392 old eyes / 392 old friends / 394 old man winter / 397 on defense / 397 on my way / 398 on the rocks / 400 one more / 400 one percent war / 401 only shared with you / 402 open and closed / 403 open mic night / 404 other side / 405 outta the park / 405 overpopulation / 406 pandora's box / 408 paradigm / 409 pardon me / 412 park the car / 413 pass a rash / 414 passion for soul / 414 past / 415 patching the hole / 416 paths / 417 pavlov's dog / 417 paying your dues / 418 pearching on powerlines / 419 pen and paper / 420 pendulum / 421 penguins / 422 people in your pocket / 422 people like me / 423 perception shift / 424 perfect imperfections / 426 perfect world / 695 / Poetry Index
428 pests / 429 picture something nice / 431 pigeon land / 431 plastic rap / 432 play your hand / 432 playing chess / 434 point my finger / 435 pool of love / 436 poorest chorus / 438 portapotty / 439 postal worker's payback / 440 postcard / 442 power is / 442 prayer for life's meaning / 443 pretty gold bracelet / 444 pretty toys / 447 pretty words / 447 prime time / 449 prison guard anthem / 450 promises / 450 proximity / 451 proxy war / 452 puppet / 452 pushing the button / 453 pyramids / 454 quest for immortality / 455 questions and answer / 456 racist / 457 rain / 459 rainbows or waterfalls / 461 raining in boston / 462 red on my rose / 463 rehab / 465 reincarnation / 466 rescue / 467 rest in peace / 467 rest of my days / 468 rhythem and soul / 469 road to nowhere / 469 robin hood / 470 rock number ten / 470 rolling up your sleeves / 471 rose colored spectacles / 471 row row / 472 rumors from heaven / 474 run forrest run / 475 running scared / 476 running the street / 477 safe return / 696 / Poetry Index
477 same single word / 478 sandcastles / 479 sayonara / 480 scary thought / 481 scrape your soul / 482 screwed by your uncle / 483 second date / 484 secret code / 485 secret room / 486 see saw / 486 seeds sewn / 487 seven voices / 488 sexual intellectual / 489 shades / 489 shadow boxing / 490 shadow of smoke / 491 she / 492 she knew what she was doing / 492 shepherd / 494 short fuse / 494 sign of the times / 495 silhouette of a stranger / 496 sinbad the sailor / 497 since i am a poet / 497 singer songwriter / 498 skating with bill lee / 499 sky and light / 501 skype me / 502 slip stream / 503 smiles and frowns / 503 smoke signals / 504 smothered / 505 sniper's song / 506 solitary parade / 507 something in my genes / 509 something in the air / 510 somewhere / 511 song for mediocrity / 513 space race / 513 splediforious / 515 spreading the word / 516 staking the flag / 518 standing near the wall / 519 starving / 520 statues in capsules / 521 status quo woes / 523 sticks and stones / 524 still rocking the world / 525 still walking the earth / 697 / Poetry Index
525 story of my life / 526 straight for the border / 526 stranger in the manger / 527 stranger then fiction / 528 summer themed happiness / 530 summer's the time / 531 sun beams / 532 sunday morning sex / 533 sunlight / 536 swimming cows / 536 swimming in salt lake / 538 symphony in my mind / 538 synergy / 539 table for two / 540 taking pawns / 540 tales of wings / 541 tasty / 541 tears / 542 ten feet tall / 543 thanks dad / 544 that's that / 544 they told me / 545 things will get better / 546 thirty seconds / 546 this slice of heaven / 547 this very room / 548 thousand miles above / 549 time and a half / 550 time bomb / 551 time will tell the truth / 552 tomorrow / 552 tom's psalm / 553 tools of fools / 554 top of the ledge / 555 top of the mountain / 556 totem pole / 557 trail of tears / 557 trees of green / 558 triangle / 560 trivial pursuit / 562 true colors / 562 trust me / 563 trust worthy / 564 truth / 565 twelve days / 565 twenty seven / 566 two pair / 568 two seasons / 569 two thousand miles / 698 / Poetry Index
571 uh that's christmas nana / 572 uncashable / 573 underrated / 574 united we stand / 575 unshore / 577 unwritten and unsaid / 578 venus / 583 view askew / 584 violence is their solution / 586 visions / 587 visited a place / 589 voices with faces / 589 walking paradox / 591 walking through walls / 591 warm day of winter / 592 warm weather / 593 warmer waters / 594 warning / 595 washed away / 595 watch this / 596 watching and waiting / 597 water birds / 598 waterfalls / 598 watering the weeds / 600 way up north / 600 weathering the storm / 601 well well well / 602 well-organized / 603 well-placed e / 604 what i do / 604 what i'll do / 605 what you do / 606 where i am from / 607 which is which / 608 while we're at it / 609 white eyes / 610 who knows you / 611 who started the fire / 611 why women go in pairs / 612 window seat / 612 winter themed happiness / 614 with her i'll make it / 615 within reach / 617 yard dog / 617 you spilled my coffee / 619 your brother / 620 zeroes / 699
Shorter Lyric Index / 622 all gone
all i got / all in the name of / all sappy / 623 and then hey / another plane / asop said it / audience of fate / 624 bad luck / bah / barred windows open door / batter up / 625 being polite / beeing to seeing / best man or woman / birthday candles / 626 black hand / box sets / breaking the law / 627 building bridges / burger king / buried treasure / 628 butter / by the pound / can't dance in these pance / captain haybar / 629 car broken down / carpenter and the b*tch / castle of sand / catch twenty two / 630 changing / chasing you / chinkens in a basket / chromosome kid / 631 clutching pennies / completed / coronas at the beach / covered in tar / 632 crescent moon / dariven innayugo / day dreaming two / 633 deep dark place / desperate measures / displaced / dog in the yard / down under the basement stairs / 634 escaping the demons / every day / everytime / 700 / Shorter Lyric Index
635 everything / facade / faking it / false gods / father son spirit
636 fdr and the four freedoms / feel safe here / fighting the cold / finding a cure
637 finding myself / for you my people / gate of fate / general tom / getting stronger
638 gg to e / give it up / goodbye to you / greater than i
639 greatest / green / green eggs / greeting / harmless hippie
640 her illusion / heroes / hero's saga
641 hey ray / higher power / history repeats itself / hit the dirt
642 hit the road / hollow as a bottle / house fixer
643 house of the lord / hymn to jim, er john / i call him dad
644 i can't tell you / i don't care / i don't remember / i like the early morning / i used to be an a-hole
645 i used to be one of you / iggy's anthem / imagery / in and out
646 in the warmth of her eyes / innocence of a child / jam
647 justice versus power / 701 / Shorter Lyric Index
647 king in a house of cards / last second / learning hate
648 leaving your roots / learning to walk / legions
649 little black man / losing my mind and hair / love song in works
650 lowered the bar / lust
651 machine / macho / mary jane / middle isn't forming / more than a friend
652 motivation separation / must have seen him first / mudslides
653 my baby's gonna leave me / my better half / my own hands / my own little world
654 my shitty stool / never forgotten / next booth
655 next step next breath / night falls / no houses
656 no need to stay / no need to write a song / no sleep today / not afraid / nothing but trouble
657 off the wall / on another plane / one big competition / one thing
658 other people's cancer / overdose / padded room / pass out on the floor / poetic life
659 point of reference / poison apple
660 rachel / rain falling / raising the stakes
661 read tom / 702 / Shorter Lyric Index
661 reality / recycling
662 religion class / rescued from the water / reality check
663 rick and roll it's in my soul / run away from the light / sad to see
664 same old song / say anything
665 say right / scented berries / screwing around / seeing stars / shattered
666 shimmering / side road / silver is the color
667 simple life / slam the door / smell the flowers two
668 so sorry / solving the puzzle / somedays / someone else's family
669 sonar / soulmates lost / spine / stalked
670 staring at the ceiling / starting the day
671 state of harmony / store's closed
672 summer breeze / sunrise / table / take a seat
673 take no prisoners / teacher and the student / teacher's gone
674 tears like niagra / think before you act / this or that
675 thoughts on twenty one / three minus one / throwing pies
676 time stands still on this block / tomorrow is the day / too close / 703
Shorter Lyric Index / 676 train (the other one) / 677 treading water
try again / tug of war / 678 unbendable soldiers / unfortunately / 679 until god kills me (for my blasphemy) / ups / very hot / 680 victim of fate / vigilante / viral / walk home alone / 681 wasabi night / wasted time / 682 watts / whack a mole / what if / what was that / 683 whatever i can do / where it all started / who is your hero / who let you outta your cage / will do / 684 winter of the dead / yesterday's songs / 685 you better keep it / your alibi / 686 FINISHED SONG INDEX / 687 POETRY INDEX / 699 SHORTER LYRIC INDEX / 704 BLANK PAGES AT END OF BOOK FOR NOTES
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--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file, page 1) --- / 1 / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to [name withheld]...because sometimes all it takes / in life is one believer...
My website is readtom.com / Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into song - / over 50 songs have been made from my words so far.
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before...
Date of this new anthology is September 18th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE / PARTS:
(1) FINISHED SONG LYRIC SECTION - This book begins with my poems and / lyrics that have already been turned into songs. Song titles, summaries and / musician / singer names can be found in the song index at the back of the book. / All my songs can be listened to on the youtube channel TUBESBESTMUSIC. / Many of them are also featured on my website: READTOM.COM
(2) POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This / section contains all of my poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these / poems can be found on my youtube channel LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on / my website: READTOM.COM
(3) SHORTER LYRIC SECTION - This final section of the book contains / shorter lyrics that have not been used in any poems or songs. Many of these lyrics / will be continued to be worked on until they blossom into finished poems or are / used in the making of songs. They are available here if anyone wants to co-write a / song with me and add to what I have written already.
(4) INDEX - At the end of the book is an index of all finished songs, poems and / shorter lyrics with the corresponding page numbers that each can be found / on...this is for easy look up by title. Also, if you download this book as a pdf file / then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title by typing it into the search / box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem or song and want to find it quickly and easily.
(5) NOTES - The last 10 pages of this book are intentionally left blank and / reserved for notes, new poems, lyrics and the occasional doodle... / 2 / .
--- FULL INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 686-703: FINISHED SONG INDEX p.686, POETRY INDEX p.687-698 (page number then title), SHORTER LYRIC INDEX p.699-703) --- / --- THE END --- / 686 / Finished Song Index
p. 3 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice - I'm not the center of the earth? / p. 4 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner - awaiting a heart's flower pedals to open / p. 5 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice - heartbreak can lead to good things / p. 7 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice - that bout sums it up / p. 7 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne - lonely, isolated and depressed / p. 9 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice - blazing your own path / p. 10 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo - last time with them before you breakup / p. 11 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson - missed turns / p. 13 DEAD END by Justin Justice - dying of cocaine overdose / p. 13 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki - `alone' on the train / p. 15 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore - trapped in purgatory / p. 16 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette - how can you do that? / p. 17 FRESCO by Justin Justice - love song of all love songs / p. 18 THE GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen - pregnancy pacts / p. 19 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice - what planet are you living on? / p. 20 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo- that's a question to a former lover / p. 21 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice - don't be shy with intimacy / p. 22 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice- what a dealer says at sixteen... / p. 23 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy - what makes your life complete? / p. 24 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice - dying in 9/11 / p. 26 LET DOWN by Justin Justice - reasons not to sway from your original ideas / p. 27 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice - lied to by a lover / p. 29 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice- married to a drunk / p. 30 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo - serious depression can be funny / p. 30 THE NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice - it all comes down to this / p. 32 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice - intensely powerful life lesson / p. 32 OVERRATED- by Tyler Thompson - everyone else seems to be compared to me / p. 34 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice - always screwing up love / p. 34 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice - I shoot you and you don't die / p. 35 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham - what my friend Lai does / p. 37 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice - I'd like...to... / p. 38 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis - coulda, woulda, shoulda, didn't / p. 40 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice - what goes up... / p. 40 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson - thinking of love / p. 41 STRANDED by Justin Justice- what do you expect from an island? / p. 42 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson - what color are the trees? / p. 43 THE TRAIN by Justin Justice- always leave at a designated time / p. 43 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham- will true love ever be discovered? / p. 45 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner - finding the pieces to your broken heart / p. 47 THE WATCHER by Matt McCarthy- show God this to prove I'm a believer / p. 47 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice- leaving someone you love / p. 48 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete - dirty jobs that have to be done / p. 50 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice- love song based on a daydream / p. 52 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice - patience pays off...blah blah blah / p. 53 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice - but I tried / 687 / Poetry Index
054 a friend / 055 abracadabra / 055 acid rain / 056 actress / 057 adam and eve / 057 advice / 058 after my time / 059 alcohol / 060 all bottled up / 061 almighty / 062 always moving / 064 american dream / 064 another cigarette / 065 another history lesson / 066 another one hit wonder / 068 another quarter / 069 any given day / 070 apocalypse now see ya later / 072 apples and oranges / 073 around / 074 around the king's table / 075 as for me / 076 at least one a day / 077 aum...what she said...om / 078 back on track / 078 barrel roll / 079 bars and scars / 080 battle cry / 081 beast / 082 beats growing corn / 083 because you're my baby / 084 behave / 085 being bubba / 085 being hip / 086 best left / 088 best wishes / 088 bet my mother / 089 betrayal / 091 better bitter / 092 better choices / 093 better than it seems / 094 better than me / 095 beware of the snoogins / 096 big shoes / 097 biggest surprise / 098 birthright / 099 bite of the apple / 101 black dress / 688 / Poetry Index
102 black face / 102 black history / 103 blame / 104 blank pages / 105 blood on the tracks / 105 blotches / 106 blue skies / 106 boardwalk / 107 boo hoo hoo / 107 bottle cap sniffer / 108 bottom of the lake / 109 brand new day / 110 braveheart / 111 building a castle / 111 burning the candle / 112 bus driver / 113 but him / 114 butter fingers / 115 butterfly / 116 by design / 116 call it fate / 117 call it what you want / 118 candy store / 119 can't have that / 119 cardboard box / 120 catcher in the rye / 121 cats and cows / 122 cats and dogs / 122 cave of soul / 123 cement / 124 certainly uncertain / 125 chameleon / 126 changing a tire / 127 changing the weather / 127 chello / 128 chicken coup soup / 130 chomsky song / 130 clear view / 131 clever / 132 cliff hanger / 133 climbing the ladder / 135 clinical depression / 137 close friends / 138 closer to god / 138 coming home / 139 coming of fall / 140 complicated subject / 141 cop asked the witnesses / 142 corey story / 689 / Poetry Index
143 cost of war / 145 cousin of a kennedy / 146 cry me a river / 147 crystal ball / 148 daddy taught me / 149 damsel in distress / 149 dance floor / 151 day at a time / 151 daylight again / 152 dead warrior / 152 deep seeded / 153 deeper / 154 defenseless / 154 demeanor / 155 derek's blood / 155 dime a dozen / 156 dirt nap / 157 disciple of dirt / 159 do do you wanna / 159 doctor's cure / 159 does the fire still glow / 160 dog paddling in the deep end / 161 dot dot space / 164 doubting thomas / 165 downs and ups / 165 drawing a blank / 166 dream land / 167 drinking solution / 168 dropping science / 169 duty / 170 dying day / 171 east timor / 173 eight / 173 ela, lady of the wind / 174 empty bottle / 176 empty eyes / 177 empty room / 177 end game / 179 end of the road / 180 enemy of this state / 181 engraver / 181 essence of my existence / 182 eternal fountain / 182 even sign / 183 everything has changed / 183 exception / 184 exit the sandman / 185 expired / 186 ex-poem / 690 / Poetry Index
187 extreme / 187 f the w / 188 face to face / 189 facing the dawn / 190 fading fast / 191 failing / 192 false alarm / 193 fancy words / 194 fate is a word / 196 fences / 197 festival / 197 fields of time / 199 fifty grand / 200 fifty ways to love your lover / 201 first place / 202 fish / 203 fitting in / 203 five minute thought / 204 fleeting / 205 floating head / 205 flow / 207 fly swatter of love / 207 following the blind / 208 fool and his lover / 209 footprints of love / 209 forget about us / 209 forget me knot / 210 forget tomorrow / 210 forty days / 211 four wars / 214 frames / 215 framingham blues / 216 free as a kite / 217 free mason / 218 free sanity / 219 free willy / 219 fresh start / 221 fried chicken / 222 from the gin mill to the saw mil / 222 gambler / 223 game / 224 garden of eden / 225 gauging time / 226 get outta my house / 227 gettin' juiced / 228 getting burnt / 229 getting freckles / 230 giant ants / 230 global warming / 691 / Poetry Index
231 gold star / 232 golden rule / 232 golden temple / 233 goldfish / 233 good fight / 234 good man's path / 235 good morning day and night / 236 good samaritan / 237 grant's womb / 239 green eyes / 240 groovy gravy / 242 grow up / 242 grown to love / 243 guns and butter / 244 half full / 245 half-hearted belief / 246 happy birthday to me / 247 hasta diablo / 248 hate crimes / 249 have not / 249 he said she said / 252 head first / 253 heartbroken / 253 heartstrings / 254 heavy machines / 255 heavy to light cream / 256 helping out / 257 hen house / 258 heresy speaks no evil / 260 hidden evils / 262 hide and seek / 263 high hopes / 264 high noon / 264 high risers / 266 history and time / 266 homewrecker / 267 hope floats / 268 hot toddy / 269 house of shattered glass / 270 how and when / 271 hundred dollar headaches / 272 hurting her knees and pride / 274 hypocrites / 275 i am / 276 in a click / 277 in a jiffy / 279 in the shape of an angel / 279 independent / 280 innocence lost / 692 / Poetry Index
282 inside of me / 283 insist / 284 insomnia / 284 intellectual property / 285 iron will / 286 it doesn't matter / 287 it's all about love / 289 it's your turn / 290 jewelry box / 291 julia's garden / 293 jumping jack / 294 just a (grady) little poem / 295 just your shoes / 295 keep it short / 295 keeping up / 296 key / 297 kicking the can / 297 kneeling / 299 king's cane / 299 knowing the know / 300 land of coal / 301 last man standing / 302 last shot / 303 lazy citizen / 304 learn from the masters / 305 leaving california / 306 legend / 306 lessoning the load / 308 let me live the dream / 310 let me shine / 311 light / 313 light inside your lamp / 314 light or the white / 315 little break / 315 little more time / 316 living large / 318 lonely clouds / 320 looking for love / 321 lost and found / 322 lost love / 323 love it or leave it / 324 love sick love / 324 lyrical groom and musical wife / 325 making a killing / 326 making a list / 327 man enough / 327 man in the sky / 328 man is man / 329 manchester bay / 693 / Poetry Index
330 marijuana farmer / 330 master plan / 331 me / 332 me and you / 333 me myself and i / 334 me you and hoobie do / 335 meet michael hawk / 338 melody of sorrow / 339 melting snow / 340 men on my shoulder / 340 messy room / 341 michaelangelo and marble / 342 mickey d's / 343 midas touch / 344 mine / 345 minority majority / 346 mister ed / 347 monetization / 348 money / 349 money train / 350 monotony and the circle of death / 351 morsals / 352 mountains and valleys / 352 mourning in the morning / 353 mudslingers / 353 my best friends / 354 my biography / 355 my garden / 356 my little hands / 357 my little revolution / 358 my muse / 359 my pleasure / 360 my precious / 361 my white christmas / 362 mystic haze / 363 names / 363 nap time / 364 naplam / 364 napoleon's daughter / 365 negativity / 366 never again / 367 never be / 369 never buy your poster / 370 never expect it / 371 new currency / 372 night light / 373 nine to five equals thirteen / 375 nine to five state of mind / 376 no resurrection / 694 / Poetry Index
376 no snow / 377 no thanks babe / 378 not a zero / 379 not easy finding / 380 nothing at all / 381 now boarding / 382 number one / 383 oasis / 385 obamafication / 386 observations / 387 ocean side / 388 ode to jason / 389 of the daze / 390 off the road / 391 oh juanita / 392 old eyes / 392 old friends / 394 old man winter / 397 on defense / 397 on my way / 398 on the rocks / 400 one more / 400 one percent war / 401 only shared with you / 402 open and closed / 403 open mic night / 404 other side / 405 outta the park / 405 overpopulation / 406 pandora's box / 408 paradigm / 409 pardon me / 412 park the car / 413 pass a rash / 414 passion for soul / 414 past / 415 patching the hole / 416 paths / 417 pavlov's dog / 417 paying your dues / 418 pearching on powerlines / 419 pen and paper / 420 pendulum / 421 penguins / 422 people in your pocket / 422 people like me / 423 perception shift / 424 perfect imperfections / 426 perfect world / 695 / Poetry Index
428 pests / 429 picture something nice / 431 pigeon land / 431 plastic rap / 432 play your hand / 432 playing chess / 434 point my finger / 435 pool of love / 436 poorest chorus / 438 portapotty / 439 postal worker's payback / 440 postcard / 442 power is / 442 prayer for life's meaning / 443 pretty gold bracelet / 444 pretty toys / 447 pretty words / 447 prime time / 449 prison guard anthem / 450 promises / 450 proximity / 451 proxy war / 452 puppet / 452 pushing the button / 453 pyramids / 454 quest for immortality / 455 questions and answer / 456 racist / 457 rain / 459 rainbows or waterfalls / 461 raining in boston / 462 red on my rose / 463 rehab / 465 reincarnation / 466 rescue / 467 rest in peace / 467 rest of my days / 468 rhythem and soul / 469 road to nowhere / 469 robin hood / 470 rock number ten / 470 rolling up your sleeves / 471 rose colored spectacles / 471 row row / 472 rumors from heaven / 474 run forrest run / 475 running scared / 476 running the street / 477 safe return / 696 / Poetry Index
477 same single word / 478 sandcastles / 479 sayonara / 480 scary thought / 481 scrape your soul / 482 screwed by your uncle / 483 second date / 484 secret code / 485 secret room / 486 see saw / 486 seeds sewn / 487 seven voices / 488 sexual intellectual / 489 shades / 489 shadow boxing / 490 shadow of smoke / 491 she / 492 she knew what she was doing / 492 shepherd / 494 short fuse / 494 sign of the times / 495 silhouette of a stranger / 496 sinbad the sailor / 497 since i am a poet / 497 singer songwriter / 498 skating with bill lee / 499 sky and light / 501 skype me / 502 slip stream / 503 smiles and frowns / 503 smoke signals / 504 smothered / 505 sniper's song / 506 solitary parade / 507 something in my genes / 509 something in the air / 510 somewhere / 511 song for mediocrity / 513 space race / 513 splediforious / 515 spreading the word / 516 staking the flag / 518 standing near the wall / 519 starving / 520 statues in capsules / 521 status quo woes / 523 sticks and stones / 524 still rocking the world / 525 still walking the earth / 697 / Poetry Index
525 story of my life / 526 straight for the border / 526 stranger in the manger / 527 stranger then fiction / 528 summer themed happiness / 530 summer's the time / 531 sun beams / 532 sunday morning sex / 533 sunlight / 536 swimming cows / 536 swimming in salt lake / 538 symphony in my mind / 538 synergy / 539 table for two / 540 taking pawns / 540 tales of wings / 541 tasty / 541 tears / 542 ten feet tall / 543 thanks dad / 544 that's that / 544 they told me / 545 things will get better / 546 thirty seconds / 546 this slice of heaven / 547 this very room / 548 thousand miles above / 549 time and a half / 550 time bomb / 551 time will tell the truth / 552 tomorrow / 552 tom's psalm / 553 tools of fools / 554 top of the ledge / 555 top of the mountain / 556 totem pole / 557 trail of tears / 557 trees of green / 558 triangle / 560 trivial pursuit / 562 true colors / 562 trust me / 563 trust worthy / 564 truth / 565 twelve days / 565 twenty seven / 566 two pair / 568 two seasons / 569 two thousand miles / 698 / Poetry Index
571 uh that's christmas nana / 572 uncashable / 573 underrated / 574 united we stand / 575 unshore / 577 unwritten and unsaid / 578 venus / 583 view askew / 584 violence is their solution / 586 visions / 587 visited a place / 589 voices with faces / 589 walking paradox / 591 walking through walls / 591 warm day of winter / 592 warm weather / 593 warmer waters / 594 warning / 595 washed away / 595 watch this / 596 watching and waiting / 597 water birds / 598 waterfalls / 598 watering the weeds / 600 way up north / 600 weathering the storm / 601 well well well / 602 well-organized / 603 well-placed e / 604 what i do / 604 what i'll do / 605 what you do / 606 where i am from / 607 which is which / 608 while we're at it / 609 white eyes / 610 who knows you / 611 who started the fire / 611 why women go in pairs / 612 window seat / 612 winter themed happiness / 614 with her i'll make it / 615 within reach / 617 yard dog / 617 you spilled my coffee / 619 your brother / 620 zeroes / 699
Shorter Lyric Index / 622 all gone
all i got / all in the name of / all sappy / 623 and then hey / another plane / asop said it / audience of fate / 624 bad luck / bah / barred windows open door / batter up / 625 being polite / beeing to seeing / best man or woman / birthday candles / 626 black hand / box sets / breaking the law / 627 building bridges / burger king / buried treasure / 628 butter / by the pound / can't dance in these pance / captain haybar / 629 car broken down / carpenter and the b*tch / castle of sand / catch twenty two / 630 changing / chasing you / chinkens in a basket / chromosome kid / 631 clutching pennies / completed / coronas at the beach / covered in tar / 632 crescent moon / dariven innayugo / day dreaming two / 633 deep dark place / desperate measures / displaced / dog in the yard / down under the basement stairs / 634 escaping the demons / every day / everytime / 700 / Shorter Lyric Index
635 everything / facade / faking it / false gods / father son spirit
636 fdr and the four freedoms / feel safe here / fighting the cold / finding a cure
637 finding myself / for you my people / gate of fate / general tom / getting stronger
638 gg to e / give it up / goodbye to you / greater than i
639 greatest / green / green eggs / greeting / harmless hippie
640 her illusion / heroes / hero's saga
641 hey ray / higher power / history repeats itself / hit the dirt
642 hit the road / hollow as a bottle / house fixer
643 house of the lord / hymn to jim, er john / i call him dad
644 i can't tell you / i don't care / i don't remember / i like the early morning / i used to be an a-hole
645 i used to be one of you / iggy's anthem / imagery / in and out
646 in the warmth of her eyes / innocence of a child / jam
647 justice versus power / 701 / Shorter Lyric Index
647 king in a house of cards / last second / learning hate
648 leaving your roots / learning to walk / legions
649 little black man / losing my mind and hair / love song in works
650 lowered the bar / lust
651 machine / macho / mary jane / middle isn't forming / more than a friend
652 motivation separation / must have seen him first / mudslides
653 my baby's gonna leave me / my better half / my own hands / my own little world
654 my shitty stool / never forgotten / next booth
655 next step next breath / night falls / no houses
656 no need to stay / no need to write a song / no sleep today / not afraid / nothing but trouble
657 off the wall / on another plane / one big competition / one thing
658 other people's cancer / overdose / padded room / pass out on the floor / poetic life
659 point of reference / poison apple
660 rachel / rain falling / raising the stakes
661 read tom / 702 / Shorter Lyric Index
661 reality / recycling
662 religion class / rescued from the water / reality check
663 rick and roll it's in my soul / run away from the light / sad to see
664 same old song / say anything
665 say right / scented berries / screwing around / seeing stars / shattered
666 shimmering / side road / silver is the color
667 simple life / slam the door / smell the flowers two
668 so sorry / solving the puzzle / somedays / someone else's family
669 sonar / soulmates lost / spine / stalked
670 staring at the ceiling / starting the day
671 state of harmony / store's closed
672 summer breeze / sunrise / table / take a seat
673 take no prisoners / teacher and the student / teacher's gone
674 tears like niagra / think before you act / this or that
675 thoughts on twenty one / three minus one / throwing pies
676 time stands still on this block / tomorrow is the day / too close / 703
Shorter Lyric Index / 676 train (the other one) / 677 treading water
try again / tug of war / 678 unbendable soldiers / unfortunately / 679 until god kills me (for my blasphemy) / ups / very hot / 680 victim of fate / vigilante / viral / walk home alone / 681 wasabi night / wasted time / 682 watts / whack a mole / what if / what was that / 683 whatever i can do / where it all started / who is your hero / who let you outta your cage / will do / 684 winter of the dead / yesterday's songs / 685 you better keep it / your alibi / 686 FINISHED SONG INDEX / 687 POETRY INDEX / 699 SHORTER LYRIC INDEX / 704 BLANK PAGES AT END OF BOOK FOR NOTES
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None. Page 714 ruled NOTES page is blank, no handwriting; no handwriting seen in the photos (photo read).
Item 1131
180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (COPY 1 OF 3)
In one sentence: A black paperback with three red roses, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, poems by category with an index, printed November 2012 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with three red roses on the front and back covers, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, about 268 pages, ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4. The dedication page dates the collection November 17th, 2012 and lists the poems by category - Love, Heartbreak, Inspiring, Chomskian, Internal Struggle, Funny, Relationship, Social Issues, Drugs/Alcohol, Depressing, Real Life, Miscellaneous - with an alphabetized index at the back. The back cover invites musicians from all over the world to turn the words into songs, over 100 made so far.
- Why it matters
- The 2012 call to musicians in print: this is the collection Tom put out for the world to set to music. Another copy of this book, with the same title and ISBN, is already in the archive as item 1088.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOK180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (2012)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the edition line November 17th, 2012 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2012
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by tom jensen" (white type on black, three red roses). / BACK COVER: "DO YOU READTOM.COM / MY NAME IS TOM AND I INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... OVER 100 SONGS MADE SO FAR... / YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE: TUBESBESTMUSIC (for music) LYRICALBRILLIANCE (for poems)"; barcode box ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4, 90000, 9 781300 408314.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
Item 1132
180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (COPY 2 OF 3)
In one sentence: A black paperback with three red roses, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, poems by category with an index, printed November 2012 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with three red roses on the front and back covers, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, about 268 pages, ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4. The dedication page dates the collection November 17th, 2012 and lists the poems by category - Love, Heartbreak, Inspiring, Chomskian, Internal Struggle, Funny, Relationship, Social Issues, Drugs/Alcohol, Depressing, Real Life, Miscellaneous - with an alphabetized index at the back. The back cover invites musicians from all over the world to turn the words into songs, over 100 made so far.
- Why it matters
- The 2012 call to musicians in print: this is the collection Tom put out for the world to set to music. Another copy of this book, with the same title and ISBN, is already in the archive as item 1088.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOK180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (2012)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the edition line November 17th, 2012 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2012
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by tom jensen" (white type on black, three red roses). / BACK COVER: "DO YOU READTOM.COM / MY NAME IS TOM AND I INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... OVER 100 SONGS MADE SO FAR... / YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE: TUBESBESTMUSIC (for music) LYRICALBRILLIANCE (for poems)"; barcode box ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4, 90000, 9 781300 408314.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
Item 1133
180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (COPY 3 OF 3)
In one sentence: A black paperback with three red roses, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, poems by category with an index, printed November 2012 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with three red roses on the front and back covers, 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen, about 268 pages, ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4. The dedication page dates the collection November 17th, 2012 and lists the poems by category - Love, Heartbreak, Inspiring, Chomskian, Internal Struggle, Funny, Relationship, Social Issues, Drugs/Alcohol, Depressing, Real Life, Miscellaneous - with an alphabetized index at the back. The back cover invites musicians from all over the world to turn the words into songs, over 100 made so far.
- Why it matters
- The 2012 call to musicians in print: this is the collection Tom put out for the world to set to music. Another copy of this book, with the same title and ISBN, is already in the archive as item 1088.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOK180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS (2012)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the edition line November 17th, 2012 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2012
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by tom jensen" (white type on black, three red roses). / BACK COVER: "DO YOU READTOM.COM / MY NAME IS TOM AND I INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... OVER 100 SONGS MADE SO FAR... / YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE: TUBESBESTMUSIC (for music) LYRICALBRILLIANCE (for poems)"; barcode box ISBN 978-1-300-40831-4, 90000, 9 781300 408314.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND CATEGORY LISTINGS (word for word from the file, pages 1-2) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make your / biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like there have been times when / I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com / I'm a road's scholar of the soul / Do you readtom.com? / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader.... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 songs have / been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before... / Date of this new collection is November 17th, 2012
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section contains all of my / poems that have yet to be put to music. Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, phrase or title / by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great if you remember only a line of a / poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
NOTE TO READER - THIS BOOK HAS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL POEMS WITHIN / THIS COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
POEM LISTINGS BY CATEGORY
LOVE page 3 / HEARTBREAK page 32
INSPIRING page 54 / CHOMSKIAN page 105 / INTERNAL STRUGGLE page 133
FUNNY page 168 / RELATIONSHIP page 176 / SOCIAL ISSUES page 207 / DRUGS/ALCOHOL page 221 / DEPRESSING page 236
REAL LIFE page 245 / MISCELLANEOUS page 249 / (ALPHABETIZED INDEX page 264)
--- ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 264-268; title ... page ... category) --- / ALPHABETIZED POEM INDEX: alcohol ... p. 222 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; as for me ... p. 134 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; aum (what she said) om ... p.4 ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 178 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 179 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 5 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 180 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 182 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; call it fate ... p. 208 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 108 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 6 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 59 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 210 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 7 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 223 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 109 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 34 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 136 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 60 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 137 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 138 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 211 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; does the fire still glow ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drinking solution ... p. 225 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 140 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dying day ... p. 141 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 36 ... HEARTBREAK; end of the road ... p. 8 ... LOVE; endless chorus ... p. 37 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 226 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; ex-poem ... p. 38 ... HEARTBREAK; exit the sandman ... p. 143 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 183 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 61 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 62 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 144 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; fences ... p. 110 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 250 ... MISCELLANEOUS; forever ... p. 9 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 39 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 64 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 65 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 169 ... FUNNY; golden archer ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 184 ... RELATIONSHIPS; groovy gravy ... p. 145 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy birthday to me ... p. 237 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 68 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 112 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 70 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 146 ... NTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 40 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 148 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; here i am ... p. 10 ... LOVE; hey waiter ... p. 11 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 213 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 149 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 72 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 186 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 171 ... FUNNY; in a click ... p. 150 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 238 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 113 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 114 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 74 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 76 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 78 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 187 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; kneeling ... p. 79 ... INSPIRING; last man standing ... p. 81 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 188 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 190 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 227 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 12 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 116 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 251 ... MISCELLANEOUS; little more time ... p. 41 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 173 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 42 ... HEARTBREAK; looking for love ... p. 13 ... LOVE; lost and found ... p. 15 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 44 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 16 ... LOVE; making a killing ... p. 83 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 84 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 192 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 45 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 117 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 151 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 119 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 194 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 195 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 85 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 18 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 152 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 46 ... HEARTBREAK; oasis ... p. 153 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; off the road ... p. 120 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 215 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 48 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 19 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 20 ... LOVE; pandora's box ... p. 253 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paradigm ... p. 217 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 22 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 155 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 157 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; pennywise ... p. 121 ... CHOMSKIAN; perfect imperfections ... p. 23 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 87 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 240 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 122 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 219 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 124 ... CHOMSKIAN; postcard ... p. 89 ... INSPIRING; presence ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 25 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 92 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 126 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 127 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 158 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 241 ... DEPRESSING; red on my rose ... p. 93 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 229 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 95 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 255 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sandcastles ... p. 196 ... RELATIONSHIPS; secret room ... p. 96 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 27 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 160 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 258 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 161 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 259 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 97 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 246 ... REAL LIFE; solitary parade ... p. 98 ... INSPIRING; something ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 231 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 99 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 164 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 175 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 248 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 198 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 128 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 130 ... CHOMSKIAN; studio ... p. 260 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 100 ... INSPIRING; sweeping ... p. 220 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 101 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 102 ... INPIRING; tears of trust ... p. 200 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 29 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 261 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 201 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; timeless to ten ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; top of the ledge ... p. 233 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; trash can ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; triangle ... p. 202 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 30 ... LOVE; twelve days ... p. 204 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 52 ... HEARTBREAK; uncashable ... p. 132 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 166 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; valentine woes ... p. 53 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 205 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 243 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 234 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 31 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; you spilled my coffee ... p. 262 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting on the book (photo read).
Item 1107
TOM JENSEN - THINKER, WRITER, POET, SONGWRITER AND ACTIVIST (127 SONGS)
In one sentence: A printed hardcover from Lulu with Tom's author photo on the cover, holding the lyrics of 127 songs made from his words, September 2013 or later (age 35 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A glossy laminated Lulu hardcover with a yellow-to-orange cover and a colour head-and-shoulders photo of Tom above the title. Inside are the lyrics of 127 songs made from Tom's words, one song per page, each headed by the musician who set it and the line to listen and download free at readtom.com, with a three-page song index by category on pages 128-130. The back cover carries Lulu ID 14124306 and no printed date.
- Why it matters
- It is the hardcover record of the readtom.com project at its peak: every one of the 127 songs that musicians around the world had made from Tom's lyrics, gathered in one book.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Thinker, Writer, Poet, Songwriter and Activist (127 songs) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOKTom Jensen - Thinker, Writer, Poet, Songwriter and Activist (year not printed, September 2013 or later)
- Age when written
- made at age 35 or laterlikely - no printed date in the book; its own book file (127 FINISHED SONGS LYRIC BOOK.pdf / 127 finished songs.docx) was made on September 24, 2013, and the 120-song lyric book of March 26, 2013 came before it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): author photo above "Tom Jensen" / "Thinker, Writer, Poet, Songwriter and Activist" in dark blue display type on a yellow-orange gradient.
BACK COVER (all caps, black on yellow): "I WRITE POEMS & LYRICS FOR SONGS AND INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... OVER 127 SONGS MADE FROM MY WORDS SO FAR...THIS BOOKS HAS ALL OF THEM. DO YOU READTOM.COM ??? FIRST YOU BECOME A READER THEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER THAT'S WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER!!! I COULD SEND YOU A DIFFERENT POEM OR SONG EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU EVER READ OR HEARD THE SAME ONE TWICE. I SAVE THE WORLD ONE PERSON AT A TIME - IS TODAY YOUR DAY? OPEN THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT..." Bottom right: barcode box "ID: 14124306 / www.lulu.com", barcode digits 5 800098 061052.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE --- / NONE IN THE FILE. The file opens straight on page 1 (ABSOLUTELY MARIE) and ends with the index on page 130. No printed date anywhere in the file.
--- FULL INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 128-130) --- / 128
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 3 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN / p. 4 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING / p. 5 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 6 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING / p. 7 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING / p. 8 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING / p. 9 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 13 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING / p. 14 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE / p. 15 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 16 CHOMSKY SONG by Tom Jensen ......................... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 17 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING / p. 18 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE / p. 19 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK / p. 20 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 21 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN / p. 22 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 24 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 26 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 27 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 40 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE / p. 41 FUZZY MATH by Tom Jensen............................ SPOOF / PARODY / p. 42 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 43 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 44 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING / p. 45 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE / p. 46 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .............................. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 47 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING / 129
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 48 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 49 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 50 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE / p. 51 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 52 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK / p. 53 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE / p. 54 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK / p. 55 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE / p. 56 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING / p. 57 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 58 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING / p. 59 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE / p. 60 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS / p. 61 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 62 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK / p. 63 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK / p. 64 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK / p. 65 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING / p. 66 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE / p. 67 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 68 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 69 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING / p. 70 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK / p. 71 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE .................................................INSPIRING / p. 72 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK / p. 73 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 74 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE / p. 75 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 76 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK / p. 77 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING / p. 78 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 79 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING / p. 80 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING / p. 81 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 82 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN / p. 83 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE / p. 84 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 85 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING ...................................INSPIRING / p. 86 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN / p. 87 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE / p. 88 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY / p. 89 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING / p. 90 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING / p. 91 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 92 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE / p. 93 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 94 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE / 130
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 95 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN / p. 96 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING / p. 97 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING / p. 98 SPAMMING by Tom Jensen .................................. SPOOF / PARODY / p. 99 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING / p. 100 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE / p. 101 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING / p. 102 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE / p. 103 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING / p. 104 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING / p. 105 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 106 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK / p. 107 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 108 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE / p. 109 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK / p. 110 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK / p. 111 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 112 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 113 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 114 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE / p. 115 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK / p. 116 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 117 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE / p. 118 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 119 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING / p. 120 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 121 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 122 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE / p. 123 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE / p. 124 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE / p. 125 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 126 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE / p. 127 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice
... INTERNAL STRUGGLE
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None seen (photo read)
BACK COVER (all caps, black on yellow): "I WRITE POEMS & LYRICS FOR SONGS AND INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... OVER 127 SONGS MADE FROM MY WORDS SO FAR...THIS BOOKS HAS ALL OF THEM. DO YOU READTOM.COM ??? FIRST YOU BECOME A READER THEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER THAT'S WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER!!! I COULD SEND YOU A DIFFERENT POEM OR SONG EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU EVER READ OR HEARD THE SAME ONE TWICE. I SAVE THE WORLD ONE PERSON AT A TIME - IS TODAY YOUR DAY? OPEN THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT..." Bottom right: barcode box "ID: 14124306 / www.lulu.com", barcode digits 5 800098 061052.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE --- / NONE IN THE FILE. The file opens straight on page 1 (ABSOLUTELY MARIE) and ends with the index on page 130. No printed date anywhere in the file.
--- FULL INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 128-130) --- / 128
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 3 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN / p. 4 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING / p. 5 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 6 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING / p. 7 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING / p. 8 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING / p. 9 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 13 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING / p. 14 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE / p. 15 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 16 CHOMSKY SONG by Tom Jensen ......................... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 17 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING / p. 18 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE / p. 19 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK / p. 20 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 21 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN / p. 22 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 24 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 26 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 27 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 40 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE / p. 41 FUZZY MATH by Tom Jensen............................ SPOOF / PARODY / p. 42 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 43 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 44 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING / p. 45 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE / p. 46 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .............................. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 47 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING / 129
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 48 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 49 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 50 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE / p. 51 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 52 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK / p. 53 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE / p. 54 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK / p. 55 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE / p. 56 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING / p. 57 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 58 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING / p. 59 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE / p. 60 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS / p. 61 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 62 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK / p. 63 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK / p. 64 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK / p. 65 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING / p. 66 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE / p. 67 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 68 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 69 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING / p. 70 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK / p. 71 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE .................................................INSPIRING / p. 72 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK / p. 73 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 74 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE / p. 75 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 76 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK / p. 77 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING / p. 78 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 79 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING / p. 80 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING / p. 81 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 82 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN / p. 83 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE / p. 84 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 85 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING ...................................INSPIRING / p. 86 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN / p. 87 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE / p. 88 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY / p. 89 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING / p. 90 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING / p. 91 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS / p. 92 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE / p. 93 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 94 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE / 130
SONG INDEX All songs contain lyrics by Tom Jensen. Visit: READTOM.COM
p. 95 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN / p. 96 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING / p. 97 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING / p. 98 SPAMMING by Tom Jensen .................................. SPOOF / PARODY / p. 99 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING / p. 100 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE / p. 101 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING / p. 102 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE / p. 103 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING / p. 104 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING / p. 105 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 106 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK / p. 107 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 108 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE / p. 109 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK / p. 110 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK / p. 111 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS / p. 112 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 113 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS / p. 114 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE / p. 115 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK / p. 116 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 117 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE / p. 118 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 119 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING / p. 120 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 121 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN / p. 122 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE / p. 123 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE / p. 124 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE / p. 125 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 126 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE / p. 127 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice
... INTERNAL STRUGGLE
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Item 1134
LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (COPY 1 OF 2)
In one sentence: A black paperback, red roses, LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen, poems waiting for music, March 2013 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with three red roses on the front cover, LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen, 258 pages per the manuscript file, ISBN 978-1-300-88468-2. The dedication page dates the collection March 27th, 2013 and says it holds 200 poems not yet put to music as of that printing; the back cover counts over 120 songs made so far and names the YouTube channels TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE.
- Why it matters
- The successor to 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS four months on - same cover design, the song count raised from over 100 to over 120 - it marks how fast the readtom.com collaborations were growing in 2013.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Lyrics To 200 Poems (2013) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOKLYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (2013)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the edition line March 27th, 2013 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT AND BACK COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover pages) --- / FRONT COVER: "LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen" (white type on black, three red roses). / BACK COVER: "MY NAME IS TOM AND I INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... / OVER 120 SONGS MADE SO FAR / DO YOU READTOM.COM ??? / My YouTube channels are: TUBESBESTMUSIC for finished songs and LYRICALBRILLIANCE for poems not yet made into songs / ENJOY!!!"; barcode box ISBN 978-1-300-88468-2, 90000, 9 781300 884682.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to / make your biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like
there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com
I'm a road's scholar of the soul / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better...
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - / Over 120 songs have been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2013 or before...
Date of this new collection is March 27th, 2013
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section / contains 200 of my poems that have not yet to be put to music as of the date of this
printing.
Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, / phrase or title by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great
if you remember only a line of a poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
My YouTube channels are TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE
Enjoy! / DOODLE HERE!!!
--- INDEX (ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST printed on pages 2-7 of the book, from the file; 199 lines; title ... page ... theme) --- / ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST: alcohol ... p. 9 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; aum (what she said) om ... p 10. ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 11 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 12 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 13 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 14 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 15 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 17 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 18 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 20 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 22 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 23 ... HEARTBREAK; buzzing ... p. 24 ... CHOMSKIAN; call it fate ... p. 24 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 26 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 27 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 28 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 29 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 30 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 31 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 33 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 35 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 36 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 38 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 39 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 40 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; disrobed ... p. 41 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; does the fire still glow ... p. 42 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drink more water ... p. 43 ... INSPIRING; drinking solution ... p. 44 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 45 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dry wall ... p. 46 ... MISCELLANEOUS; dying day ... p. 47 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 49 ... HEARTBREAK; endless chorus ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; ex-poem ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 52 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; exit the sandman ... p. 53 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 54 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 58 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; feeding time ... p. 59 ... MISCELLANEOUS; fences ... p. 61 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 63 ... MISCELLANEOUS; flicker ... p. 63 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; forever ... p. 64 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 65 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 66 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 69 ... FUNNY; go ... p. 71 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 73 ... RELATIONSHIPS; good seat ... p. 75 ... MISCELLANEOUS; groovy gravy ... p. 76 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy accident ... p. 77 ... MISCELLANEOUS; happy birthday to me ... p. 79 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 80 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 81 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 82 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 84 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 86 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 87 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hey waiter ... p. 88 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 88 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 90 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 93 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 94 ... FUNNY; idle bee ... p. 96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; in a click ... p .96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 98 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 100 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 101 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 102 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 105 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; king klaus ... p. 107 ... MISCELLANEOUS; kneeling ... p. 108 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 109 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 111 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 113 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 114 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 116 ... MISCELLANEOUS; like rolling a bone ... p. 118 ... SPOOF / PARODY; little ditties ... p. 123 ... INSPIRING; little more time ... p. 124 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 125 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 126 ... HEARTBREAK; lost and found ... p. 128 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 129 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 130 ... LOVE; lovely infinity ... p. 132 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; making a killing ... p. 133 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 134 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 135 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 137 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 138 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 140 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 141 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 142 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 143 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 145 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 147 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 148 ... HEARTBREAK; off the road ... p. 150 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 151 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 152 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 154 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 154 ... LOVE; order in the court ... p. 156 ... MISCELLANEOUS; pandora's box ... p. 157 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paper thin ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; paradigm ... p. 160 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 162 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; perfect imperfections ... p. 166 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 168 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 170 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 171 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 173 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 174 ... CHOMSKIAN; pleasures and treasures ... p. 176 ... CHOMSKIAN; poet ... p. 177 ... DEPRESSING; posters of posers ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; presence ... p. 178 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 179 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 181 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 182 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 183 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 184 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 185 ... DEPRESSING; rainbow ... p. 186 ... INSPIRING; red on my rose ... p. 187 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 189 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 191 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 192 ... MISCELLANEOUS; secret room ... p. 194 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 195 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 196 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 196 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 198 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 199 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 200 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 202 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 203 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 204 ... REAL LIFE; something ... p. 206 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 207 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 209 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 210 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 211 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 212 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 213 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 215 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 216 ... CHOMSKIAN; street level ... p. 218 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; studio ... p. 219 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 220 ... INSPIRING; surviving the stairs ... p. 222 ... RELATIONSHIPS; sweeping ... p. 223 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 224 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 225 ... INPIRING; table for three ... p. 226 ... LOVE; tears of trust ... p. 227 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 228 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 229 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 230 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 231 ... HEARTBREAK; time ... p. 232 ... MISCELLANEOUS; timeless to ten ... p. 233 ... INSPIRING; toilet paper song ... p. 234 ... MISCELLANEOUS; tones ... p. 234 ... DEPRESSING; top of the ledge ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 236 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; triangle ... p. 238 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 239 ... LOVE; trust your whiskers ... p. 240 ... MISCELLANEOUS; twelve days ... p. 241 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 242 ... HEARTBREAK; two faced ... p. 243 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; uncashable ... p. 244 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 245 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; unwinding road ... p. 246 ... RELATIONSHIPS; valentine woes ... p. 248 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 249 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 250 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 252 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 253 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 254 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 255 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; words fly ... p. 256 ... MISCELLANEOUS; you spilled my coffee ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - the photo read (card 1134) found NO handwriting.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to / make your biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like
there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com
I'm a road's scholar of the soul / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better...
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - / Over 120 songs have been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2013 or before...
Date of this new collection is March 27th, 2013
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section / contains 200 of my poems that have not yet to be put to music as of the date of this
printing.
Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, / phrase or title by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great
if you remember only a line of a poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
My YouTube channels are TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE
Enjoy! / DOODLE HERE!!!
--- INDEX (ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST printed on pages 2-7 of the book, from the file; 199 lines; title ... page ... theme) --- / ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST: alcohol ... p. 9 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; aum (what she said) om ... p 10. ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 11 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 12 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 13 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 14 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 15 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 17 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 18 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 20 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 22 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 23 ... HEARTBREAK; buzzing ... p. 24 ... CHOMSKIAN; call it fate ... p. 24 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 26 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 27 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 28 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 29 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 30 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 31 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 33 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 35 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 36 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 38 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 39 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 40 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; disrobed ... p. 41 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; does the fire still glow ... p. 42 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drink more water ... p. 43 ... INSPIRING; drinking solution ... p. 44 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 45 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dry wall ... p. 46 ... MISCELLANEOUS; dying day ... p. 47 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 49 ... HEARTBREAK; endless chorus ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; ex-poem ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 52 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; exit the sandman ... p. 53 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 54 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 58 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; feeding time ... p. 59 ... MISCELLANEOUS; fences ... p. 61 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 63 ... MISCELLANEOUS; flicker ... p. 63 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; forever ... p. 64 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 65 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 66 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 69 ... FUNNY; go ... p. 71 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 73 ... RELATIONSHIPS; good seat ... p. 75 ... MISCELLANEOUS; groovy gravy ... p. 76 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy accident ... p. 77 ... MISCELLANEOUS; happy birthday to me ... p. 79 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 80 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 81 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 82 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 84 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 86 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 87 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hey waiter ... p. 88 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 88 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 90 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 93 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 94 ... FUNNY; idle bee ... p. 96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; in a click ... p .96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 98 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 100 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 101 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 102 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 105 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; king klaus ... p. 107 ... MISCELLANEOUS; kneeling ... p. 108 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 109 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 111 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 113 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 114 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 116 ... MISCELLANEOUS; like rolling a bone ... p. 118 ... SPOOF / PARODY; little ditties ... p. 123 ... INSPIRING; little more time ... p. 124 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 125 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 126 ... HEARTBREAK; lost and found ... p. 128 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 129 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 130 ... LOVE; lovely infinity ... p. 132 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; making a killing ... p. 133 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 134 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 135 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 137 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 138 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 140 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 141 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 142 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 143 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 145 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 147 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 148 ... HEARTBREAK; off the road ... p. 150 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 151 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 152 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 154 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 154 ... LOVE; order in the court ... p. 156 ... MISCELLANEOUS; pandora's box ... p. 157 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paper thin ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; paradigm ... p. 160 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 162 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; perfect imperfections ... p. 166 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 168 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 170 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 171 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 173 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 174 ... CHOMSKIAN; pleasures and treasures ... p. 176 ... CHOMSKIAN; poet ... p. 177 ... DEPRESSING; posters of posers ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; presence ... p. 178 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 179 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 181 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 182 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 183 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 184 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 185 ... DEPRESSING; rainbow ... p. 186 ... INSPIRING; red on my rose ... p. 187 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 189 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 191 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 192 ... MISCELLANEOUS; secret room ... p. 194 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 195 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 196 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 196 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 198 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 199 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 200 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 202 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 203 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 204 ... REAL LIFE; something ... p. 206 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 207 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 209 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 210 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 211 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 212 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 213 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 215 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 216 ... CHOMSKIAN; street level ... p. 218 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; studio ... p. 219 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 220 ... INSPIRING; surviving the stairs ... p. 222 ... RELATIONSHIPS; sweeping ... p. 223 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 224 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 225 ... INPIRING; table for three ... p. 226 ... LOVE; tears of trust ... p. 227 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 228 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 229 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 230 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 231 ... HEARTBREAK; time ... p. 232 ... MISCELLANEOUS; timeless to ten ... p. 233 ... INSPIRING; toilet paper song ... p. 234 ... MISCELLANEOUS; tones ... p. 234 ... DEPRESSING; top of the ledge ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 236 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; triangle ... p. 238 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 239 ... LOVE; trust your whiskers ... p. 240 ... MISCELLANEOUS; twelve days ... p. 241 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 242 ... HEARTBREAK; two faced ... p. 243 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; uncashable ... p. 244 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 245 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; unwinding road ... p. 246 ... RELATIONSHIPS; valentine woes ... p. 248 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 249 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 250 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 252 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 253 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 254 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 255 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; words fly ... p. 256 ... MISCELLANEOUS; you spilled my coffee ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - the photo read (card 1134) found NO handwriting.
Item 1135
LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (COPY 2 OF 2)
In one sentence: A black paperback, red roses, LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen, poems waiting for music, March 2013 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with three red roses on the front cover, LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen, about 258 pages, ISBN 978-1-300-88468-2. The dedication page dates the collection March 27th, 2013 and says it holds 200 poems not yet put to music as of that printing; the back cover counts over 120 songs made so far and names the YouTube channels TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE.
- Why it matters
- The successor to 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS four months on - same cover design, the song count raised from over 100 to over 120 - it marks how fast the readtom.com collaborations were growing in 2013.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Lyrics To 200 Poems (2013) ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOKLYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (2013)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the edition line March 27th, 2013 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT AND BACK COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover pages) --- / FRONT COVER: "LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS by Tom Jensen" (white type on black, three red roses). / BACK COVER: "MY NAME IS TOM AND I INVITE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TURN MY WORDS INTO SONGS... / OVER 120 SONGS MADE SO FAR / DO YOU READTOM.COM ??? / My YouTube channels are: TUBESBESTMUSIC for finished songs and LYRICALBRILLIANCE for poems not yet made into songs / ENJOY!!!"; barcode box ISBN 978-1-300-88468-2, 90000, 9 781300 884682.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to / make your biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like
there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com
I'm a road's scholar of the soul / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better...
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - / Over 120 songs have been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2013 or before...
Date of this new collection is March 27th, 2013
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section / contains 200 of my poems that have not yet to be put to music as of the date of this
printing.
Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, / phrase or title by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great
if you remember only a line of a poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
My YouTube channels are TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE
Enjoy! / DOODLE HERE!!!
--- INDEX (ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST printed on pages 2-7 of the book, from the file; 199 lines; title ... page ... theme) --- / ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST: alcohol ... p. 9 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; aum (what she said) om ... p 10. ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 11 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 12 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 13 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 14 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 15 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 17 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 18 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 20 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 22 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 23 ... HEARTBREAK; buzzing ... p. 24 ... CHOMSKIAN; call it fate ... p. 24 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 26 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 27 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 28 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 29 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 30 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 31 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 33 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 35 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 36 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 38 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 39 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 40 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; disrobed ... p. 41 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; does the fire still glow ... p. 42 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drink more water ... p. 43 ... INSPIRING; drinking solution ... p. 44 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 45 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dry wall ... p. 46 ... MISCELLANEOUS; dying day ... p. 47 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 49 ... HEARTBREAK; endless chorus ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; ex-poem ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 52 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; exit the sandman ... p. 53 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 54 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 58 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; feeding time ... p. 59 ... MISCELLANEOUS; fences ... p. 61 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 63 ... MISCELLANEOUS; flicker ... p. 63 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; forever ... p. 64 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 65 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 66 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 69 ... FUNNY; go ... p. 71 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 73 ... RELATIONSHIPS; good seat ... p. 75 ... MISCELLANEOUS; groovy gravy ... p. 76 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy accident ... p. 77 ... MISCELLANEOUS; happy birthday to me ... p. 79 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 80 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 81 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 82 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 84 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 86 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 87 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hey waiter ... p. 88 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 88 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 90 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 93 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 94 ... FUNNY; idle bee ... p. 96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; in a click ... p .96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 98 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 100 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 101 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 102 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 105 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; king klaus ... p. 107 ... MISCELLANEOUS; kneeling ... p. 108 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 109 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 111 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 113 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 114 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 116 ... MISCELLANEOUS; like rolling a bone ... p. 118 ... SPOOF / PARODY; little ditties ... p. 123 ... INSPIRING; little more time ... p. 124 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 125 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 126 ... HEARTBREAK; lost and found ... p. 128 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 129 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 130 ... LOVE; lovely infinity ... p. 132 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; making a killing ... p. 133 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 134 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 135 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 137 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 138 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 140 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 141 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 142 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 143 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 145 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 147 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 148 ... HEARTBREAK; off the road ... p. 150 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 151 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 152 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 154 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 154 ... LOVE; order in the court ... p. 156 ... MISCELLANEOUS; pandora's box ... p. 157 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paper thin ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; paradigm ... p. 160 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 162 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; perfect imperfections ... p. 166 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 168 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 170 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 171 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 173 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 174 ... CHOMSKIAN; pleasures and treasures ... p. 176 ... CHOMSKIAN; poet ... p. 177 ... DEPRESSING; posters of posers ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; presence ... p. 178 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 179 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 181 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 182 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 183 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 184 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 185 ... DEPRESSING; rainbow ... p. 186 ... INSPIRING; red on my rose ... p. 187 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 189 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 191 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 192 ... MISCELLANEOUS; secret room ... p. 194 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 195 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 196 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 196 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 198 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 199 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 200 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 202 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 203 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 204 ... REAL LIFE; something ... p. 206 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 207 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 209 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 210 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 211 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 212 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 213 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 215 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 216 ... CHOMSKIAN; street level ... p. 218 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; studio ... p. 219 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 220 ... INSPIRING; surviving the stairs ... p. 222 ... RELATIONSHIPS; sweeping ... p. 223 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 224 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 225 ... INPIRING; table for three ... p. 226 ... LOVE; tears of trust ... p. 227 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 228 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 229 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 230 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 231 ... HEARTBREAK; time ... p. 232 ... MISCELLANEOUS; timeless to ten ... p. 233 ... INSPIRING; toilet paper song ... p. 234 ... MISCELLANEOUS; tones ... p. 234 ... DEPRESSING; top of the ledge ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 236 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; triangle ... p. 238 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 239 ... LOVE; trust your whiskers ... p. 240 ... MISCELLANEOUS; twelve days ... p. 241 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 242 ... HEARTBREAK; two faced ... p. 243 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; uncashable ... p. 244 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 245 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; unwinding road ... p. 246 ... RELATIONSHIPS; valentine woes ... p. 248 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 249 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 250 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 252 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 253 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 254 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 255 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; words fly ... p. 256 ... MISCELLANEOUS; you spilled my coffee ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - the photo read (card 1135) found NO handwriting.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to / make your biggest dream come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like
there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up...
My website is readtom.com
I'm a road's scholar of the soul / I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader... / Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together... / To try to make this world better...
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - / Over 120 songs have been made from my words so far...
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2013 or before...
Date of this new collection is March 27th, 2013
POEMS SECTION - My poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. This section / contains 200 of my poems that have not yet to be put to music as of the date of this
printing.
Many of these poems can be found on my YouTube channel / LYRICALBRILLIANCE and also on my website: READTOM.COM
INDEX -if you download this book as a pdf file then you can easily search for any word, / phrase or title by typing it into the search box at the top of the document. This is great
if you remember only a line of a poem and want to find it quickly and easily.
My YouTube channels are TUBESBESTMUSIC and LYRICALBRILLIANCE
Enjoy! / DOODLE HERE!!!
--- INDEX (ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST printed on pages 2-7 of the book, from the file; 199 lines; title ... page ... theme) --- / ALPHABETIZED POETRY LIST: alcohol ... p. 9 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; aum (what she said) om ... p 10. ... LOVE; bad match ... p. 11 ... RELATIONSHIPS; best left ... p. 12 ... INSPIRING; best wishes ... p. 13 ... RELATIONSHIPS; better than me ... p. 14 ... RELATIONSHIPS; big shoes ... p. 15 ... INSPIRING; bird on a string ... p. 17 ... LOVE; birthright ... p. 18 ... CHOMSKIAN; bite of the apple ... p. 20 ... RELATIONSHIPS; brain games ... p. 22 ... RELATIONSHIPS; butterfingers ... p. 23 ... HEARTBREAK; buzzing ... p. 24 ... CHOMSKIAN; call it fate ... p. 24 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; cello ... p. 26 ... CHOMSKIAN; chameleon ... p. 27 ... LOVE; changing the game ... p. 28 ... INSPIRING; chit chat chatter ... p. 29 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; chosen one ... p. 30 ... LOVE; climbing the ladder ... p. 31 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; concrete people ... p. 33 ... CHOMSKIAN; cry me a river ... p. 33 ... HEARTBREAK; crystal ball ... p. 35 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dance floor ... p. 36 ... INSPIRING; day to day ... p. 38 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; daylight again ... p. 39 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; disciple of dirt ... p. 40 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; disrobed ... p. 41 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; does the fire still glow ... p. 42 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; drink more water ... p. 43 ... INSPIRING; drinking solution ... p. 44 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; dry ice ... p. 45 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; dry wall ... p. 46 ... MISCELLANEOUS; dying day ... p. 47 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; empty eyes ... p. 49 ... HEARTBREAK; endless chorus ... p. 50 ... HEARTBREAK; ex-poem ... p. 51 ... HEARTBREAK; exception ... p. 52 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; exit the sandman ... p. 53 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; face to face ... p. 54 ... RELATIONSHIPS; facing the dawn ... p. 55 ... INSPIRING; fancy words ... p. 57 ... INSPIRING; fate is a word ... p. 58 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; feeding time ... p. 59 ... MISCELLANEOUS; fences ... p. 61 ... CHOMSKIAN; fitting in ... p. 63 ... MISCELLANEOUS; flicker ... p. 63 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; forever ... p. 64 ... LOVE; forget me knot ... p. 65 ... HEARTBREAK; fourteen days ... p. 66 ... INSPIRING; friend ... p. 67 ... INSPIRING; get outta my house ... p. 69 ... FUNNY; go ... p. 71 ... INSPIRING; good morning day and night ... p. 73 ... RELATIONSHIPS; good seat ... p. 75 ... MISCELLANEOUS; groovy gravy ... p. 76 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; happy accident ... p. 77 ... MISCELLANEOUS; happy birthday to me ... p. 79 ... DEPRESSING; happy people ... p. 80 ... INSPIRING; have not ... p. 81 ... CHOMSKIAN; have to laugh ... p. 82 ... INSPIRING; he said she said ... p. 84 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; heartstrings ... p. 86 ... HEARTBREAK; helping out ... p. 87 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hey waiter ... p. 88 ... LOVE; hidden evils ... p. 88 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; hiding the dirt ... p. 90 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; hope floats ... p. 91 ... INSPIRING; how and when ... p. 93 ... RELATIONSHIPS; hurting her knees and pride ... p. 94 ... FUNNY; idle bee ... p. 96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; in a click ... p .96 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; innocence lost ... p. 98 ... DEPRESSING; insomnia ... p. 100 ... CHOMSKIAN; intellectual property ... p. 101 ... CHOMSKIAN; it doesn't matter ... p. 102 ... INSPIRING; jewelry box ... p. 103 ... INSPIRING; jumping jack ... p. 104 ... INSPIRING; keep it short ... p. 105 ... RELATIONSHIPS; keeping up ... p. 106 ... CHOMSKIAN; king klaus ... p. 107 ... MISCELLANEOUS; kneeling ... p. 108 ... INSPIRING; let it ride ... p. 109 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me in ... p. 111 ... RELATIONSHIPS; let me live the dream ... p. 113 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; let me shine ... p. 114 ... LOVE; liars and lawyers ... p. 115 ... CHOMSKIAN; life line ... p. 116 ... MISCELLANEOUS; like rolling a bone ... p. 118 ... SPOOF / PARODY; little ditties ... p. 123 ... INSPIRING; little more time ... p. 124 ... HEARTBREAK; living large ... p. 125 ... FUNNY; lonely clouds ... p. 126 ... HEARTBREAK; lost and found ... p. 128 ... LOVE; lost love ... p. 129 ... HEARTBREAK; love it or leave it ... p. 130 ... LOVE; lovely infinity ... p. 132 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; making a killing ... p. 133 ... INSPIRING; making a list ... p. 134 ... INSPIRING; me myself and i ... p. 135 ... RELATIONSHIPS; mine ... p. 137 ... HEARTBREAK; monetization ... p. 138 ... CHOMSKIAN; my little hands ... p. 139 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; my precious ... p. 140 ... CHOMSKIAN; mystics haze ... p. 141 ... RELATIONSHIPS; nap time ... p. 142 ... RELATIONSHIPS; never be ... p. 143 ... INSPIRING; night light ... p. 145 ... LOVE; no return ... p. 147 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; nothing at all ... p. 148 ... HEARTBREAK; off the road ... p. 150 ... CHOMSKIAN; oh juanita ... p. 151 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; on the rocks ... p. 152 ... HEARTBREAK; only shared with you ... p. 154 ... LOVE; open and closed ... p. 154 ... LOVE; order in the court ... p. 156 ... MISCELLANEOUS; pandora's box ... p. 157 ... MISCELLANEOUS; paper thin ... p. 159 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; paradigm ... p. 160 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; paradox ... p. 162 ... LOVE; pen and paper ... p. 163 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; people like me ... p. 165 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; perfect imperfections ... p. 166 ... LOVE; perfect world ... p. 168 ... INSPIRING; pests ... p. 170 ... DEPRESSING; picture something nice ... p. 171 ... CHOMSKIAN; pigeon land ... p. 173 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; playing chess ... p. 174 ... CHOMSKIAN; pleasures and treasures ... p. 176 ... CHOMSKIAN; poet ... p. 177 ... DEPRESSING; posters of posers ... p. 177 ... RELATIONSHIPS; presence ... p. 178 ... INSPIRING; pretty gold bracelet ... p. 179 ... LOVE; pretty words ... p. 181 ... INSPIRING; pushing the button ... p. 182 ... CHOMSKIAN; puzzle pieces ... p. 183 ... CHOMSKIAN; rage ... p. 184 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; rain ... p. 185 ... DEPRESSING; rainbow ... p. 186 ... INSPIRING; red on my rose ... p. 187 ... INSPIRING; rehab ... p. 189 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; riding a wave ... p. 191 ... INSPIRING; rumors from heaven ... p. 192 ... MISCELLANEOUS; secret room ... p. 194 ... INSPIRING; see saws ... p. 195 ... MISCELLANEOUS; shadow boxing ... p. 196 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; shimmering ... p. 196 ... LOVE; sides ... p. 198 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; silhouette of a stranger ... p. 199 ... MISCELLANEOUS; sky and light ... p. 200 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; slip stream ... p. 202 ... MISCELLANEOUS; smiles and frowns ... p. 203 ... INSPIRING; sniper's song ... p. 204 ... REAL LIFE; something ... p. 206 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; something in my genes ... p. 207 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; somewhere ... p. 209 ... INSPIRING; spinning ... p. 210 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; spreading the word ... p. 211 ... FUNNY; staking the flag ... p. 212 ... REAL LIFE; standing near the wall ... p. 213 ... RELATIONSHIPS; statues in capsules ... p. 215 ... CHOMSKAIN; status quo woes ... p. 216 ... CHOMSKIAN; street level ... p. 218 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; studio ... p. 219 ... MISCELLANEOUS; subterfuge ... p. 220 ... INSPIRING; surviving the stairs ... p. 222 ... RELATIONSHIPS; sweeping ... p. 223 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; symphony in my mind ... p. 224 ... INSPIRING; synergy ... p. 225 ... INPIRING; table for three ... p. 226 ... LOVE; tears of trust ... p. 227 ... RELATIONSHIPS; ten feet tall ... p. 228 ... LOVE; thirty seconds ... p. 229 ... MISCELLANEOUS; this time ... p. 230 ... RELATIONSHIPS; this very room ... p. 231 ... HEARTBREAK; time ... p. 232 ... MISCELLANEOUS; timeless to ten ... p. 233 ... INSPIRING; toilet paper song ... p. 234 ... MISCELLANEOUS; tones ... p. 234 ... DEPRESSING; top of the ledge ... p. 235 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; top of the mountain ... p. 236 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; triangle ... p. 238 ... RELATIONSHIPS; trust me ... p. 239 ... LOVE; trust your whiskers ... p. 240 ... MISCELLANEOUS; twelve days ... p. 241 ... RELATIONSHIPS; twisting the knife ... p. 242 ... HEARTBREAK; two faced ... p. 243 ... SOCIAL ISSUES; uncashable ... p. 244 ... CHOMSKIAN; underrated ... p. 245 ... INTERNAL STRUGGLE; unwinding road ... p. 246 ... RELATIONSHIPS; valentine woes ... p. 248 ... HEARTBREAK; visions ... p. 249 ... RELATIONSHIPS; walking paradox ... p. 250 ... DEPRESSING; well placed e ... p. 252 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; what i do ... p. 253 ... LOVE; which is which ... p. 254 ... INSPIRING; who knows you ... p. 255 ... DRUGS / ALCOHOL; words fly ... p. 256 ... MISCELLANEOUS; you spilled my coffee ... p. 257 ... MISCELLANEOUS
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - the photo read (card 1135) found NO handwriting.
Item 1108
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 1 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: WORN - heavy grey scuffing across the whole black cover and a crease or wear line at the lower left; one of the most worn of the 18 copies.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1108).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1108).
Item 1109
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 2 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean glossy cover, faint wear along the spine edge only.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1109).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1109).
Item 1110
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 3 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean glossy cover with only light scuff marks.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1110).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1110).
Item 1111
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 4 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD with light wear - fine surface scratches and some whitening along the spine edge and lower spine.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1111).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1111).
Item 1112
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 5 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: VERY GOOD - the cleanest of the 18 copies, only slight whitening at the top of the spine edge.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1112).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1112).
Item 1113
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 6 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean glossy cover, one small wear mark near the top-right corner.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1113).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1113).
Item 1114
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 7 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover, light wear along the spine edge, the book block looks slightly bowed.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1114).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1114).
Item 1115
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 8 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean glossy cover, light scuffs only.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1115).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1115).
Item 1116
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 9 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover, a light scuff at the top-left near the spine.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1116).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1116).
Item 1117
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 10 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover with dust specks, faint wear at the spine edge.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1117).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1117).
Item 1118
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 11 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover, light wear at the top-left spine corner.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1118).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1118).
Item 1119
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 12 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover, light wear at the bottom-left corner.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1119).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1119).
Item 1120
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 13 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - clean cover, a light scuff at the top-left.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1120).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1120).
Item 1121
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 14 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: GOOD - light surface scratches, spine wear at the top-left corner.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1121).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1121).
Item 1122
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 15 OF 18) WITH LOOSE INDEX SHEETS
In one sentence: A black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, red roses cover, with loose index sheets carrying Tom's handwritten notes, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch, with light grey scuffing on the cover, most along the top band and the lower right. Lying beside it in the same frame are at least three loose printer sheets holding a themed title index (page numbers 3 to at least 368, so from a bigger book than this one), with Tom's notes in black pen on the top sheet saying the page numbers do not apply and that his best work is at the top of each list.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; this copy also carries Tom's own ranking note - best at the top, worse as you go - on a themed index of his whole catalogue.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018) ; Indexes and lists ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / HANDWRITING ON THE TOP LOOSE SHEET (black pen, Tom's hand, read from the photo): boxed: "Page numbers are not applicible" [sic]. Below it: "My Best stuff is on the TOP of the list. worse as you go" followed by a down arrow. To the right: "My website is offline but all my stuff is on youtube readtom dotcom (first name) (last name)". Two titles struck through in pen: "green eyes 366" (under STATE OF THE WORLD and under CHOMSKIAN). / The printed themed index on the loose sheets (STATE OF THE WORLD, CHOMSKIAN, DEPRESSING, LONELINESS & SOLITUDE, LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE, DEATH, TEMPTATION, BE DIFFERENT, NATURE, RELIGIOUS, REAL LIFE, POLITICAL, SOCIAL ISSUES, MISCELLANEOUS, SPOOFS, LOVE, INSPIRING / MOTIVATIONAL, RELATIONSHIPS, HEARTBREAK, FUNNY, INTERNAL STRUGGLE) was machine-read separately - it is not carried here because it is not this book's index because it is not this book's index.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / HANDWRITING ON THE TOP LOOSE SHEET (black pen, Tom's hand, read from the photo): boxed: "Page numbers are not applicible" [sic]. Below it: "My Best stuff is on the TOP of the list. worse as you go" followed by a down arrow. To the right: "My website is offline but all my stuff is on youtube readtom dotcom (first name) (last name)". Two titles struck through in pen: "green eyes 366" (under STATE OF THE WORLD and under CHOMSKIAN). / The printed themed index on the loose sheets (STATE OF THE WORLD, CHOMSKIAN, DEPRESSING, LONELINESS & SOLITUDE, LOVE NOT MEANT TO BE, DEATH, TEMPTATION, BE DIFFERENT, NATURE, RELIGIOUS, REAL LIFE, POLITICAL, SOCIAL ISSUES, MISCELLANEOUS, SPOOFS, LOVE, INSPIRING / MOTIVATIONAL, RELATIONSHIPS, HEARTBREAK, FUNNY, INTERNAL STRUGGLE) was machine-read separately - it is not carried here because it is not this book's index because it is not this book's index.
Item 1123
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 16 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: WORN - the most scuffed of the 18 copies, grey mottling across the whole cover, whitened bottom edge and lower-right corner, spine edge worn.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1123).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1123).
Item 1124
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 17 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: SCUFFED - grey mottling over the lower half, fine scratches beside READTOM.COM, a small nick at the top-left corner.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1124).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1124).
Item 1125
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (COPY 18 OF 18)
In one sentence: A printed black Lulu paperback, ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, red roses on the cover, print-on-demand copy, June 2018 or later (age 39 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A black glossy perfect-bound paperback with the title in white and three red roses across the lower half of the front cover. It is one more copy of ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics, the 178-page Lulu book of 2018, one of the 18 in this batch. Condition: SCUFFED - grey wear across the top band and the lower left, a small white nick left of centre above the left-hand rose, bottom-edge wear.
- Why it matters
- ONLY THE BEST is Tom's own pick of his strongest poems and song lyrics, printed by Lulu in 2018 to hand out; every copy in the archive is part of that story.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics (2018)
- Age when written
- made at age 39 or laterproved: the edition line Only The Best, published 6/28/2018 - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1658)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (from the photo read; the manuscript file has no cover page) --- / FRONT COVER (read from the photo): "ONLY THE BEST / poems & song / lyrics / by Tom Jensen" in white type at the top of a black cover, three red roses in a row across the lower half, "READTOM.COM" in white at the bottom right.
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1125).
--- PAGE 1: DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (word for word from the file) --- / INDEX: There is a helpful poem/song index located on page 174 of this book...
Dedication: This book is dedicated to humanity. / Us humans need all the help that we can get.
About Me: My name is Tom Jensen. I am really good at three things in this world. / One of them is writing lyrics for songs with the occasional poem tossed / in every so often for style points.
About This: I've been writing poems and song lyrics for over twenty years. In 2007 / I put a bunch of my poems onto YouTube and asked musicians to turn / them into songs. Many of them did. This is a collection of almost 300 of / my best poems and lyrics for songs. The reason I waited so long before I / brought this to the people is that I wanted to make sure it was legit. It is.
My Goal: I believe that art is a vehicle for change with necessary time outs taken for / escapism.
My website: You can find lots more poems and songs at readtom.com
Apologies: Many people have been sacrificed in some way or another for the making of these / poems and songs. That was a byproduct not an intention.
Contact: I am always looking for people who like what I do and want to help. / There is contact information available at readtom.com
Donate: Please visit my website for more information.
Thank you for your time, / Tom Jensen
This collection was published: 6/28/2018 / Currently seeking publishing agent / © by Tom Jensen / Warning: Explicit Lyrics. / Parental Discretion is advised.
--- INDEX (printed on pages 174-177 of the book, from the file; 299 titles; the two printed columns are flattened to one list in printed order) --- / p. 03 Actress / p. 03 Advice / p. 03 Alcohol / p. 04 Alison's airplane / p. 04 All in good time / p. 05 Always moving / p. 05 Another history lesson / p. 06 As for me / p. 06 As I play / p. 07 Aum...what she said...om / p. 07 Beast / p. 08 Beauties and beasts / p. 08 Behave / p. 08 Best left / p. 09 Betrayal / p. 10 Better than it seems / p. 10 Big shoes / p. 11 Bird on a string / p. 12 Birthright / p. 12 Bite of the apple / p. 13 Blessing in disguise / p. 14 Bottle me up / p. 15 Brain games / p. 15 Breaking her heart / p. 16 Breaking the chains / p. 16 Bricklayer / p. 16 Broken mirror / p. 17 Butterfly / p. 17 Call it fate / p. 18 Camaraderie / p. 19 Can't have that / p. 19 Carry me / p. 19 Cello / p. 20 Cement / p. 21 Change / p. 21 Chit chat chatter / p. 22 Clean wipe to the slate / p. 22 Climbing the ladder / p. 23 Clinical depression / p. 24 Color of love / p. 25 Come for a ride / p. 25 Come to me / p. 26 Coming of fall / p. 26 Complicated subject / p. 27 Cop asked the witnesses / p. 27 Corey story / p. 28 Cost of war / p. 29 Cry me a river / p. 29 Crystal ball / p. 30 Curves of sorrow / p. 30 Cutie pie / p. 30 Daddy taught me / p. 31 Daylight again / p. 32 Dead end / p. 32 Dead silence / p. 32 Deep seeded / p. 33 Dirt / p. 33 Discartes / p. 34 Down / p. 34 Downward spiral / p. 35 Dreamland / p. 35 Dust to dust / p. 36 Either way / p. 36 Empty bottle / p. 37 Empty eyes / p. 37 Empty room / p. 38 Endless chorus / p. 38 End of the road / p. 39 Enemy of this state / p. 39 Even / p. 39 Ex-poem / p. 40 Exit the sandman / p. 40 Expired / p. 41 F the w / p. 41 Face to face / p. 42 Failing / p. 42 Fallen clouds / p. 43 Fallen walls / p. 43 Fancy words / p. 44 Fate is a word / p. 45 Fences / p. 45 Fields of time / p. 46 Fight for peace / p. 47 First class / p. 47 First place / p. 48 Flicker / p. 48 Floating head / p. 48 Flow / p. 49 Forever / p. 49 Forget me knot / p. 50 Fourth chakra / p. 50 Frames / p. 51 Friend / p. 51 Fresco / p. 52 Get outta my house / p. 53 Gift / p. 53 Groovy gravy / p. 54 Gypsy mamma / p. 55 Half full / p. 55 Hall of fame / p. 56 Happy birthday to me / p. 56 Happy place / p. 57 Harry patch / p. 57 Have not / p. 58 He said she said / p. 58 Heartstrings / p. 59 Here and now / p. 59 Here I am / p. 60 Heresy speaks no evil / p. 61 Hey waiter / p. 62 Hidden evils / p. 63 History to me / p. 63 Hope floats / p. 64 House of shattered glass / p. 64 How and when / p. 65 How can you / p. 65 Hurting her knees and pride / p. 66 I am / p. 67 Idle bee / p. 67 In a click / p. 68 In a jiffy / p. 69 In the pouring rain / p. 69 Innocence lost / p. 70 Intellectual property / p. 71 Internal bruises / p. 71 Invisible prison / p. 72 It could be you / p. 72 It doesn't matter / p. 73 It is your turn / p. 73 Jewelry box / p. 74 Julia's garden / p. 75 Keeping up / p. 76 Kicking the can / p. 76 Last cup of coffee / p. 77 Last man standing / p. 77 Learn from the masters / p. 78 Leaving California / p. 78 Leaving your roots / p. 79 Let down / p. 79 Let me in / p. 80 Let me live the dream / p. 81 Light / p. 82 Linear / p. 82 Little bird / p. 83 Little more time / p. 83 Living large / p. 84 Looking for love / p. 85 Lost and found / p. 85 Love it or leave it / p. 86 Low down / p. 86 Lyrical groom and musical bride / p. 87 Making a killing / p. 87 Married to something else / p. 88 Matches to burn / p. 88 Match maker / p. 89 Maybe someday / p. 89 Meet michael hawk / p. 90 Melody of sorrow / p. 91 Messy room / p. 91 Michelangelo and marble / p. 92 Mickey d's / p. 93 Midas touch / p. 93 Monetization / p. 94 Monuments / p. 95 Moth / p. 95 Multiverse / p. 95 My garden / p. 96 My little hands / p. 96 My precious / p. 97 Name in lights / p. 97 Nap time / p. 97 Nature of man / p. 98 Never be / p. 99 Never expect it / p. 100 New sight / p. 100 Night light / p. 101 No thanks babe / p. 101 Nothing at all / p. 102 Now boarding / p. 102 Oasis / p. 102 Obamafication / p. 103 Ocean side / p. 103 Ode to jason / p. 104 Off the road / p. 104 Old friends / p. 105 On the rocks / p. 106 One slip of the knife / p. 106 Only shared with you / p. 107 Open and closed / p. 107 Other times / p. 108 Overrated / p. 108 Pandora's box / p. 109 Paper thin / p. 110 Paradigm / p. 111 Pardon me / p. 112 Pen and paper / p. 113 Pendulum / p. 114 Penguins / p. 114 Pennywise / p. 114 Perfect world / p. 116 Picture something nice / p. 117 Playing chess / p. 118 Pledge / p. 118 Poorest chorus / p. 119 Pretty fountains / p. 119 Pretty gold bracelet / p. 120 Pretty toys / p. 121 Pushing the button / p. 122 Puzzle pieces / p. 122 Rage / p. 123 Rain / p. 123 Rainyday sunshine / p. 124 Rat park / p. 124 Rehab / p. 125 Rest in peace / p. 126 Riding a wave / p. 126 Right between the eyes / p. 127 Ripples / p. 127 Rival / p. 128 Rocking the world / p. 128 Rock star dreams / p. 128 Sandcastles / p. 129 Secret room / p. 129 Shades / p. 130 Shadow boxing / p. 130 Shadow of smoke / p. 131 She / p. 131 Sides / p. 132 Sign of the times / p. 133 Silhouette of a stranger / p. 133 Singer songwriter / p. 134 Sky and light / p. 135 Sleepwalkers / p. 136 Slip stream / p. 136 Smell the flowers / p. 136 Smiles and frowns / p. 137 Sniper's song / p. 138 Snowflakes / p. 138 Solving problems / p. 139 Something in my genes / p. 140 Spinning / p. 141 Staking the flag / p. 141 Stars / p. 142 Status quo woes / p. 143 Steady calm / p. 144 Still thinking of you tonight / p. 144 Stranded / p. 144 Stranger...then fiction / p. 145 Studio / p. 145 Summer's the time / p. 145 Sunlight / p. 146 Sun rises / p. 147 Sure shore / p. 148 Synergy / p. 148 Table for two / p. 148 Tears of trust / p. 149 That's that / p. 149 Thick skin / p. 150 Thirty seconds / p. 150 Thunderstorms / p. 150 Time bomb / p. 151 Timeless to ten / p. 151 Tom's psalm / p. 152 Tonight's moonlight / p. 152 Traffic / p. 153 Train / p. 153 Trash can / p. 153 Trending / p. 154 Triangle / p. 155 Trying times / p. 155 Twisting the knife / p. 155 Uh, that's christmas nana / p. 156 Uncashable / p. 156 Undefeated / p. 157 Underrated / p. 157 United we stand / p. 158 Unity / p. 159 Untitled and unlabeled / p. 159 Unwinnable / p. 160 Unwritten and unsaid / p. 160 Used to be / p. 161 Valentine woes / p. 161 Venus / p. 164 Victim of fate / p. 164 Violence is their solution / p. 165 Visited a place / p. 166 Walking paradox / p. 167 Warmer waters / p. 167 Watcher / p. 168 Water flesh and bone / p. 168 We are the ones / p. 169 Well placed e / p. 170 What I'll do / p. 170 What we share / p. 171 Wheat and chaff / p. 171 Where I am from / p. 172 Within reach / p. 172 Worth the wait / p. 173 You can never run away from yourself
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None - only the front cover was photographed; no handwriting seen on this copy (photo read, card 1125).
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
Item 1142
POEMS BY TOM (ANNOTATED WORKING COPY)
In one sentence: Tom's working copy of the printed POEMS BY TOM, its index pages covered in pen checks, red circles and handwritten song lists, December 2008 or later (age 30 or older).
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PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
PUBLISHED
Tom's own working copy of POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen, the December 2008 edition with a wall of famous names printed on the white cover and the title in red, 454-plus pages, inside front cover torn along the hinge. The copyright page, both inside covers and the printed index (pages 2-12) are covered in black-pen check marks, red-ink circles, pencil circles, struck-through titles and handwritten lists of song titles, among them a page-numbered 'PoP Potential' list and a check-marked list on the inside back cover. One inside page shows the poem DUTY.
- Why it matters
- This is the book Tom worked from: the marks show which poems he was pushing as songs, which were already finished songs by JD Justice, Tyler Thompson and others, and the new titles he added by hand after the December 2008 printing. DUTY holds the line 'my pen and paper have a mind of their own'.
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- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Poems By Tom (2008) ; Handwritten by Tom
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- IN A BOOKPOEMS BY TOM (2008)
- Age when written
- made at age 30 or laterproved: the copyright page December 16th, 2008 - edition date; the pen and red-ink notes were added later, their date NOT SURE
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- Tom's Story: 2008
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The handwriting is the point of this copy; the printed index itself is not repeated here - it is NOT in the manuscript on C: POEMS BY TOM (the book that started it all!).pdf/.docx on C is the December 11th, 2007 edition (130 poems, index at the back), not this December 16th, 2008 printing (words agent W1, 10-12), so the 2008 printed index exists only in the photos (the first-pass photo read).
COVER: "POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen" in red, set inside a wall of famous names printed in black (THE BEATLES, NEIL ARMSTRONG, MAHATMA GANDHI, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, PABLO PICASSO, BOB MARLEY ... JULIUS CAESAR).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (printed, page 1): "This collection of lyrics and poems is copy written by Tom Jensen on December 16th, 2008. Many of the poems and lyrics found here have also been copy written at a previous date as well. Lyrics used for songs have also been copy written by both myself and the artists who have created songs using my (or inspired by my) lyrics as well. This collection of poems, songs and lyrics is my most updated versions of all of my lyrics as of December 16th, 2008. I highly recommend anyone creating music from these lyrics to double check my youtube channel (poemsbytom2) to make sure there have not been any recent edits since this hard copy book was published. I am constantly revising and reworking my poems and lyrics. Thank you."
HANDWRITING ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE (black pen, song titles round the margins, * = starred): top: "Song demo: access pass word" / "(scribbled word) RHYME <-"; right margin: "clinical depression", "She said, He said * duet", "pretty toys", "No complaints", "Tyler", "early morning"; bottom: "Miss You Kiss You", "* Let me live the dream", "* pen and paper", "* Perfect WORLD", "Nothing at all" (boxed), "I don't remember", "empty eyes", "* Intellectual property", "* It's all about Love", "* Jewelry Box", "* Down spiral", "Daylight again", "* End of road", "* I Have Not", "* Innocense lost".
HANDWRITING ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER, black pen, headed "PoP Potential" (underlined): "P. 37 Breaking the Chains / P. 42 chicken coup soup / P. 55 cry me a river / P. 57 daylight again / P. 63 disciple of dirt / P. 68 downward spiral / P. 68 drinking solution / P. 71 empty bottle / P. 77 exit the sandman / P. 78 ex-poem / P. 79 facing the dawn". Red pen list below it: "Corey Storey / Crystall Ball / Dead Silence / Heresy speak No evil / Light or White / Married to something else / Number One / Snow Flakes / Curves of Sorrow / Sunday morning sex / Two pair / underrated / United we stand / Watcher". Black pen column at the right edge, each with a dash: "Something Happened" (at top), "- Open and Clos(ed) / - On the rocks / - OASIS / - Mickey D's / Lonely clouds / - It's all about love <- / - it doesn't matt(er) <- / - It could be you / - I have No(t) / Good morning day / - Forget me-Knot / - Fancy words / - Drinking Solution / Dead Silence / - Cop asked the witnesses / Chicken Coup soup / - Bite of the Apple / Better than it seems / - As for me / - Any given day / - Always Moving"; "might" written on the facing page edge.
MARKS ON THE PRINTED INDEX, pages 2-12 (titles only; the printed one-line descriptions are in the manuscript). PEN CHECK MARK beside: ALCOHOL, ALISON'S AIRPLANE, ALWAYS MOVING, ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON, ANY GIVEN DAY, APOCALYPSE NOW SEE YOU LATER, BATTLE CRY, BEST LEFT, BETTER THAN IT SEEMS, A BITE OF THE APPLE, BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, BREAKING THE CHAINS, CALL IT FATE, CHICKEN COUP SOUP, CLINICAL DEPRESSION, COP ASKED THE WITNESSES, THE COREY STORY, COST OF WAR, CRY ME A RIVER, DAYLIGHT AGAIN, DEEP SEEDED, DISCIPLE OF DIRT, DIRT NAP, DOES THE FIRE STILL GLOW, DRINKING SOLUTION, EMPTY EYES, END GAME, END OF THE ROAD, ENEMY OF THIS STATE, EXIT THE SANDMAN, EX-POEM, FALLEN CLOUDS, FANCY WORDS, FIELDS OF TIME, FIGHT FOR PEACE, FORGET ME KNOT, GET OUTTA MY HOUSE, GOOD MORNING DAY AND NIGHT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAVE NOT, HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL, HIDDEN EVILS (red check), HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE, I DON'T WANT ANY (red check), IN A JIFFY, INNOCENSE LOST, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IT COULD BE YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE, IT'S YOUR TURN, JEWELRY BOX, JULIA'S GARDEN, LEARN FROM THE MASTERS, LET ME LIVE THE DREAM, LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, LOST AND FOUND, MELODY OF SORROW, MESSY ROOM, MICKEY D'S, MISS YOU KISS YOU, NOTHING AT ALL, OASIS, ODE TO JASON, OLD FRIENDS, ON DEFENSE, ON THE ROCKS, OPEN AND CLOSED, PANDORA'S BOX, THE PARADIGM, PARDON ME, PEN AND PAPER, PERFECT WORLD, PICTURE SOMETHING NICE, PLAYING CHESS (red check), POLITICIAN BLUES, POLITICS 101, THE POOREST CHORUS, PRETTY GOLD BRACELET, PRETTY TOYS, PUSHING THE BUTTON, REHAB REHAB REHAB, SECRET ROOM, SHADOW BOXING, SHADOW OF SMOKE, SHE SAID HE SAID, SHE, SKY AND LIGHT, SNIPER'S SONG, SOLITARY PARADE, SOMETHING IN MY GENES, SPREADING THE WORD, STATUS QUO WOES, THIS VERY ROOM, TOM'S PSALM, UNCLIMBING THE LADDER, USED TO BE, VANITY AFFAIR, VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION, WALKING PARADOX, WHERE I'M FROM, WITHIN REACH, YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE. RED-INK CIRCLE round the whole line (nearly all are the printed 'finished song' credits): ALISON'S AIRPLANE, BLACK DRESS (NATURE OF MAN), BLESSING IN DISGUISE, BREAKING HER HEART, BREAKING THE CHAINS, CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE, COME FOR A RIDE, CRYSTAL BALL, DEAD END, DEAD SILENCE, FRESCO, FUZZY MATH, THE GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN, HERE AND NOW, HOW CAN YOU, IN THE POURING RAIN, INTERNAL BRUISES, LAST CUP OF COFFEE, LET DOWN, LITTLE BIRD, MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE SOMEDAY, ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE, OVERRATED, RAINY DAY SUNSHINE, RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES, ROCKING THE WORLD, SMELL THE FLOWERS, SNOW FLAKES, TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT, THE TRAIN, UNITY, THE WATCHER, WATER FLESH AND BONE, WHAT WE SHARE, WORTH THE WAIT. PENCIL CIRCLE round the title: THE BETRAYAL, BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, CLINICAL DEPRESSION, COP ASKED THE WITNESSES, HAVE NOT, LOST AND FOUND, ME MYSELF AND I, OASIS, OLD FRIENDS, PANDORA'S BOX, PARDON ME, THE POOREST CHORUS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWER, RUMORS FROM HEAVEN, SHADOW BOXING, SHADOW OF SMOKE, SOLITARY PARADE, SOMETHING IN MY GENES, SPREADING THE WORD, STAKING THE FLAG, UNITED WE STAND, WE'RE THE ONES. HANDWRITTEN ADDITIONS to the index: page 2 "AS FOR ME" (checked), "BLACK HISTORY" (checked); page 3 "complicated subject" (checked), "A scary story" written above COP ASKED THE WITNESSES; page 4 "Downward Spiral" at the top (checked and red-circled), "EAST TIMOR" (checked), "EXTERNAL Fountain" (checked), "FATE IS A WORD"; page 5 "Monetization" in red above I DON'T WANT ANY; page 10 "curves of sorrow" above SORROW'S CURVES (red-circled). STRUCK THROUGH in pen: THE COREY STORY, SORROW'S CURVES; the "UN" of UNCLIMBING THE LADDER scribbled out so it reads CLIMBING THE LADDER.
PRINTED PAGE "TOM PERSONAL LYRICS" (page number not visible): "DUTY / An empty notebook / Lying on the table / Man may be tamed / When not left alone / But my pen and paper / Have a mind of their own / Just like this / I spend my time / Wrong or right / I speak my mind / My two cents / Another little rhyme / Of dreams so pleasing / Or reality unkind".
HANDWRITTEN LIST ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER (facing printed page 454, black pen, every line check-marked): "A Cold Dark Room / TM / What happened / Overrated / Fields of Stone / Changing / Underrated / Should I leave here or stay / Missing You / The stars and the moon / Sympathetic Memory / forever / Come to me / my angel / World's Atrocities / crystal Ball / only you would know".
COVER: "POEMS BY TOM by Tom Jensen" in red, set inside a wall of famous names printed in black (THE BEATLES, NEIL ARMSTRONG, MAHATMA GANDHI, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, PABLO PICASSO, BOB MARLEY ... JULIUS CAESAR).
COPYRIGHT PAGE (printed, page 1): "This collection of lyrics and poems is copy written by Tom Jensen on December 16th, 2008. Many of the poems and lyrics found here have also been copy written at a previous date as well. Lyrics used for songs have also been copy written by both myself and the artists who have created songs using my (or inspired by my) lyrics as well. This collection of poems, songs and lyrics is my most updated versions of all of my lyrics as of December 16th, 2008. I highly recommend anyone creating music from these lyrics to double check my youtube channel (poemsbytom2) to make sure there have not been any recent edits since this hard copy book was published. I am constantly revising and reworking my poems and lyrics. Thank you."
HANDWRITING ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE (black pen, song titles round the margins, * = starred): top: "Song demo: access pass word" / "(scribbled word) RHYME <-"; right margin: "clinical depression", "She said, He said * duet", "pretty toys", "No complaints", "Tyler", "early morning"; bottom: "Miss You Kiss You", "* Let me live the dream", "* pen and paper", "* Perfect WORLD", "Nothing at all" (boxed), "I don't remember", "empty eyes", "* Intellectual property", "* It's all about Love", "* Jewelry Box", "* Down spiral", "Daylight again", "* End of road", "* I Have Not", "* Innocense lost".
HANDWRITING ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER, black pen, headed "PoP Potential" (underlined): "P. 37 Breaking the Chains / P. 42 chicken coup soup / P. 55 cry me a river / P. 57 daylight again / P. 63 disciple of dirt / P. 68 downward spiral / P. 68 drinking solution / P. 71 empty bottle / P. 77 exit the sandman / P. 78 ex-poem / P. 79 facing the dawn". Red pen list below it: "Corey Storey / Crystall Ball / Dead Silence / Heresy speak No evil / Light or White / Married to something else / Number One / Snow Flakes / Curves of Sorrow / Sunday morning sex / Two pair / underrated / United we stand / Watcher". Black pen column at the right edge, each with a dash: "Something Happened" (at top), "- Open and Clos(ed) / - On the rocks / - OASIS / - Mickey D's / Lonely clouds / - It's all about love <- / - it doesn't matt(er) <- / - It could be you / - I have No(t) / Good morning day / - Forget me-Knot / - Fancy words / - Drinking Solution / Dead Silence / - Cop asked the witnesses / Chicken Coup soup / - Bite of the Apple / Better than it seems / - As for me / - Any given day / - Always Moving"; "might" written on the facing page edge.
MARKS ON THE PRINTED INDEX, pages 2-12 (titles only; the printed one-line descriptions are in the manuscript). PEN CHECK MARK beside: ALCOHOL, ALISON'S AIRPLANE, ALWAYS MOVING, ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON, ANY GIVEN DAY, APOCALYPSE NOW SEE YOU LATER, BATTLE CRY, BEST LEFT, BETTER THAN IT SEEMS, A BITE OF THE APPLE, BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, BREAKING THE CHAINS, CALL IT FATE, CHICKEN COUP SOUP, CLINICAL DEPRESSION, COP ASKED THE WITNESSES, THE COREY STORY, COST OF WAR, CRY ME A RIVER, DAYLIGHT AGAIN, DEEP SEEDED, DISCIPLE OF DIRT, DIRT NAP, DOES THE FIRE STILL GLOW, DRINKING SOLUTION, EMPTY EYES, END GAME, END OF THE ROAD, ENEMY OF THIS STATE, EXIT THE SANDMAN, EX-POEM, FALLEN CLOUDS, FANCY WORDS, FIELDS OF TIME, FIGHT FOR PEACE, FORGET ME KNOT, GET OUTTA MY HOUSE, GOOD MORNING DAY AND NIGHT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAVE NOT, HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL, HIDDEN EVILS (red check), HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE, I DON'T WANT ANY (red check), IN A JIFFY, INNOCENSE LOST, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IT COULD BE YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE, IT'S YOUR TURN, JEWELRY BOX, JULIA'S GARDEN, LEARN FROM THE MASTERS, LET ME LIVE THE DREAM, LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, LOST AND FOUND, MELODY OF SORROW, MESSY ROOM, MICKEY D'S, MISS YOU KISS YOU, NOTHING AT ALL, OASIS, ODE TO JASON, OLD FRIENDS, ON DEFENSE, ON THE ROCKS, OPEN AND CLOSED, PANDORA'S BOX, THE PARADIGM, PARDON ME, PEN AND PAPER, PERFECT WORLD, PICTURE SOMETHING NICE, PLAYING CHESS (red check), POLITICIAN BLUES, POLITICS 101, THE POOREST CHORUS, PRETTY GOLD BRACELET, PRETTY TOYS, PUSHING THE BUTTON, REHAB REHAB REHAB, SECRET ROOM, SHADOW BOXING, SHADOW OF SMOKE, SHE SAID HE SAID, SHE, SKY AND LIGHT, SNIPER'S SONG, SOLITARY PARADE, SOMETHING IN MY GENES, SPREADING THE WORD, STATUS QUO WOES, THIS VERY ROOM, TOM'S PSALM, UNCLIMBING THE LADDER, USED TO BE, VANITY AFFAIR, VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION, WALKING PARADOX, WHERE I'M FROM, WITHIN REACH, YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE. RED-INK CIRCLE round the whole line (nearly all are the printed 'finished song' credits): ALISON'S AIRPLANE, BLACK DRESS (NATURE OF MAN), BLESSING IN DISGUISE, BREAKING HER HEART, BREAKING THE CHAINS, CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE, COME FOR A RIDE, CRYSTAL BALL, DEAD END, DEAD SILENCE, FRESCO, FUZZY MATH, THE GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN, HERE AND NOW, HOW CAN YOU, IN THE POURING RAIN, INTERNAL BRUISES, LAST CUP OF COFFEE, LET DOWN, LITTLE BIRD, MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE SOMEDAY, ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE, OVERRATED, RAINY DAY SUNSHINE, RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES, ROCKING THE WORLD, SMELL THE FLOWERS, SNOW FLAKES, TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT, THE TRAIN, UNITY, THE WATCHER, WATER FLESH AND BONE, WHAT WE SHARE, WORTH THE WAIT. PENCIL CIRCLE round the title: THE BETRAYAL, BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, CLINICAL DEPRESSION, COP ASKED THE WITNESSES, HAVE NOT, LOST AND FOUND, ME MYSELF AND I, OASIS, OLD FRIENDS, PANDORA'S BOX, PARDON ME, THE POOREST CHORUS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWER, RUMORS FROM HEAVEN, SHADOW BOXING, SHADOW OF SMOKE, SOLITARY PARADE, SOMETHING IN MY GENES, SPREADING THE WORD, STAKING THE FLAG, UNITED WE STAND, WE'RE THE ONES. HANDWRITTEN ADDITIONS to the index: page 2 "AS FOR ME" (checked), "BLACK HISTORY" (checked); page 3 "complicated subject" (checked), "A scary story" written above COP ASKED THE WITNESSES; page 4 "Downward Spiral" at the top (checked and red-circled), "EAST TIMOR" (checked), "EXTERNAL Fountain" (checked), "FATE IS A WORD"; page 5 "Monetization" in red above I DON'T WANT ANY; page 10 "curves of sorrow" above SORROW'S CURVES (red-circled). STRUCK THROUGH in pen: THE COREY STORY, SORROW'S CURVES; the "UN" of UNCLIMBING THE LADDER scribbled out so it reads CLIMBING THE LADDER.
PRINTED PAGE "TOM PERSONAL LYRICS" (page number not visible): "DUTY / An empty notebook / Lying on the table / Man may be tamed / When not left alone / But my pen and paper / Have a mind of their own / Just like this / I spend my time / Wrong or right / I speak my mind / My two cents / Another little rhyme / Of dreams so pleasing / Or reality unkind".
HANDWRITTEN LIST ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER (facing printed page 454, black pen, every line check-marked): "A Cold Dark Room / TM / What happened / Overrated / Fields of Stone / Changing / Underrated / Should I leave here or stay / Missing You / The stars and the moon / Sympathetic Memory / forever / Come to me / my angel / World's Atrocities / crystal Ball / only you would know".
Item 1130
WAITING FOR MUSIC (163 POEMS)
In one sentence: A green perfect-bound paperback, WAITING FOR MUSIC, 163 poems by Tom Jensen with a printed summary index, plus two handwritten title lists, about 2009-2010.
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
PUBLISHED
A scuffed dark-green perfect-bound paperback, WAITING FOR MUSIC - Do you READTOM.COM ??? - 163 poems by Tom Jensen, with a seven-page summary index printed at the front giving a one-line gloss and page number for every poem. On the blank leaf facing the index Tom has written two title lists in black ink, headed AS FOR ME (19 titles) and CHICK SINGERS (10 titles). No printed date, ISBN text or copyright line; a barcode on the back cover is the only identifier.
- Why it matters
- The printed index is a one-line guide to 163 poems in Tom's own words, and the handwritten lists show him sorting poems into sets - one for himself, one for a female singer - the working method behind the readtom.com songs.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Waiting For Music (about 2009-2010) ; Handwritten by Tom ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOKWAITING FOR MUSIC (about 2009-2010)
- Age when written
- about 2009-2010 (age 31 to 32)best guess - no printed date; its index has titles first printed after the December 16, 2008 book (MONETIZATION, CHOMSKY SONG, CAN'T HAVE THAT) and its wording sits between the February 2010 and July 2010 books
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2009
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The words on this page
FRONT COVER (green): "WAITING FOR MUSIC" / "Do you READTOM.COM ???" / "163 poems by TOM JENSEN".
BACK COVER: plain green, no text, only a white barcode block at top-right (digits under the bars partly readable as ...0039970375 - NOT SURE).
HANDWRITTEN PAGE (photo 042, black ink on the blank page facing the first index page, two lists, transcribed word for word). LIST 1, heading underlined "AS FOR ME": Cement / Call it fate / Climbing the ladder / Clinical depression / Cop asked the witnesses / Cost of war / Daylight Again / Deep Seeded / Downward spiral / Empty Eyes / We come in peace (Fight For) / Good Morning Day and Night / INNOCENCE (NOT SURE: may read INNOCENSE) LOST / Lost AND Found / Perfect world / Playing chess / Pushing the button / Unwritten and Unsaid / We are the ones. LIST 2, heading underlined "CHICK SINGERS" (each title followed by a dash): This very room - / Open and closed - / My precious - / pandora's box - / Silhouette of a stranger - / Solitary Parade / Best Left - / Within Reach - / Slip Stream - / SKY AND LIGHT -. (All 29 handwritten titles are poems in the printed index; CHICK SINGERS reads as a list of poems for a female vocalist. The edge of this handwritten page is also visible at the foot of photos 043 and 048.)
INDEX (printed at the FRONT of the book, pages 043-049, heading: "THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF WHAT MY POEMS ARE ABOUT:"): 1. ALCOHOL - poem about escaping alcohol p.8 / 2. ALWAYS MOVING - drug dependency p.9 / 3. ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world p.10 / 4. ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find p.12 / 5. ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was a big thing but what about all of the little things? p.14 / 6. APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world p.16 / 7. AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" p.18 / 8. BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong? p.19 / 9. BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world p.20 / 10. BEST LEFT - leaving a lover and moving on p.22 / 11. BETRAYAL - what is your definition of pro life? p.24 / 12. BETTER THAN IT SEEMS - trying to achieve the American dream p.26 / 13. BETTER THAN ME - trying to forget the pains of love lost p.27 / 14. BITE OF THE APPLE - giving into temptation p.28 / 15. BLACK HISTORY - in the United States p.31 / 16. BLAME - think before you act p.33 / 17. BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself p.34 / 18. CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallow's poles p.36 / 19. CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly HillBilly spoof introducing Noam Chomsky p.37 / 20. CEMENT - mixing up trouble as usual p.38 / 21. CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will p.41 / 22. CHICKEN COUP SOUP - a screwed up girl p.42 / 23. CLIMBING THE LADDER - of drugs...first up then down p.43 / 24. CLINICAL DEPRESSION - a young girl committing suicide p.45 / 25. CLOSER TO GOD - oh Jesus! cigarettes > cancer > death > meet God p.48 / 26. COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war p.49 / 27. COP ASKED THE WITNESSES - based on a true story p.51 / 28. COREY STORY - what bad parents can do to a kid p.52 / 29. COST OF WAR - what a soldier feels when he/she comes home p.54 / 30. CRY ME A RIVER - somewhat angry breakup song p.56 / 31. DAYLIGHT AGAIN - battling inner demons p.57 / 32. DEEP SEEDED - choosing the safe life p.58 / 33. DISCIPLE OF DIRT - feeling lost in the world p.59 / 34. DIRT NAP - following through on one's talk p.61 / 35. DOES THE FIRE STILL GLOW - middle aged person view point p.62 / 36. DOWNWARD SPIRAL - no complaints when a tiger eats you p.63 / 37. DRINKING SOLUTION - I don't have a drinking problem, I have a... p.64 / 38. DYING DAY - do something good with your life so this won't scare you p.65 / 39. EMPTY ROOM - best paid musicians do what? p.67 / 40. EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide p.69 / 41. EMPTY BOTTLE - drowning your sorrows in booze p.71 / 42. EMPTY EYES - break up song about lying to your partner p.72 / 43. END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination p.73 / 44. END OF THE ROAD - love song inspired by tom petty's learning to fly p.75 / 45. ENEMY OF THIS STATE - isolating yourself - the world depresses you p.77 / 46. ETERNAL FOUNTAIN - dead by dawn p.79 / 47. EXIT THE SANDMAN - ups and downs of life p.80 / 48. EX-POEM - the only ex-girlfriend I hate p.82 / 49. FACING THE DAWN - starting over p.83 / 50. FALLEN CLOUDS - trapped in purgatory p.85 / 51. FANCY WORDS - the sacrifices to write all these lyrics for you p.88 / 52. FATE IS A WORD - one of my best lyrically and morally p.90 / 53. FIELDS OF TIME - evolution of a man (and that man is me) p.92 / 54. FIGHT FOR PEACE - the only war worth fighting p.95 / 55. FORGET ME KNOT - telling off someone you used to love p.96 / 56. FUZZY MATH - world as seen by king george bush the second p.97 / 57. GET OUTTA MY HOUSE - funny song about divorce p.99 / 58. GETTING' JUICED - O.J. Simpson wasn't here p.102 / 59. GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN - a song about pregnancy pacts p.104 / 60. GOOD MORNING DAY AND NIGHT - politely saying goodbye to a lover p.105 / 61. GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils p.107 / 62. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - Being alone on your b-day p.110 / 63. HAVE NOT - when the bad people try to drag you down p.112 / 64. HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL - things wrong with my country p.114 / 65. HIDDEN EVILS - there are some places where time stands still p.118 / 66. HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE - funny song about parking lot sex p.123 / 67. IN A JIFFY - funny song about an easy girl p.126 / 68. INNOCENSE LOST - losing your innocence p.129 / 69. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - people, places and things breaking down p.133 / 70. IT COULD BE YOU - love song p.135 / 71. IT DOESN'T MATTER - shaking your ass to music p.136 / 72. IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE - love song p.139 / 73. IT'S YOUR TURN - motivate yourself p.142 / 74. JEWELRY BOX - splitting up without regrets p.143 / 75. JULIA'S GARDEN - a place to go in your own mind p.145 / 76. KNOWING THE KNOW - why do some people get it & others don't p.148 / 77. LEARN FROM THE MASTERS - this one's mostly for me p.149 / 78. LET ME LIVE THE DREAM - battling inner demons p.151 / 79. LIGHT OR THE WHITE - do you choose drugs or the girl? p.155 / 80. LONELY CLOUDS - feeling like the weather: cold and angry p.156 / 81. LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES - shallow p.159 / 82. LOST AND FOUND - there are only four types of girls... p.161 / 83. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT - umm...so far everyone has left it...ha ha p.163 / 84. ME, MYSELF and I - Breaking up, being alone and finding yourself happy p.165 / 85. MELODY OF SORROW - age difference between lovers p.168 / 86. MELTING SNOW - love poem p.170 / 87. MESSY ROOM - living inside your own mind p.171 / 88. MICKEY D'S - corporations owning countries p.173 / 89. MISS YOU, KISS YOU - a love song (a duet) p.175 / 90. MONETIZATION - becoming a partner on the tube p.178 / 91. MY PRECIOUS - it's not what you think p.181 / 92. MY LITTLE REVOLUTION - are you one of us or one of them? p.183 / 93. NEVER BE - who cares if your dreams don't come true? p.184 / 94. NEVER EXPECT IT - who is humming now? p.190 / 95. NOTHING AT ALL - love song that tries to be inspirational p.190 / 96. NUMBER ONE - sketchy guy who can always find pot p.194 / 97. OASIS - a song about having an eating disorder p.195 / 98. OCEANSIDE - solving problems p.198 / 99. ODE TO JASON - a young hero based on true story p.200 / 100. OLD FRIENDS - getting away from the party scene and crowd p.202 / 101. ON DEFENSE - the price of life p.205 / 102. ON THE ROCKS - wanting someone back after you break up p.207 / 103. OPEN AND CLOSED - A female loves a male love song p.210 / 104. OVERPOPULATION - being caught in traffic: drug trafic p.213 / 105. PANDORA'S BOX - mythology of hope p.214 / 106. PARADIGM - shaping mankind for the better p.217 / 107. PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever p.220 / 108. PATCHING THE HOLE - useless people p.226 / 109. PEN AND PAPER - leading the masses of people p.228 / 110. PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go? p.231 / 111. PERFECT WORLD - getting caught up in the rat race of life p.232 / 112. PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless p.237 / 113. PIGEON LAND - a place so yucky that even the pigeons leave town p.240 / 114. PLAYING CHESS - anti-war song against the government p.242 / 115. POINT MY FINGER - take a vacation from saving the world p.245 / 116. POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America p.247 / 117. POSTAL WORKER'S PAYBACK - what happened before school shootings p.251 / 118. PRETTY GOLD BRACELET - what I can't afford to buy you p.254 / 119. PRETTY TOYS - anti materialism aimed at the Paris Hilton types p.258 / 120. PUSHING THE BUTTON - one flick of the wrist...boom! p.260 / 121. QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY - should you be famous or infamous p.262 / 122. QUESTIONS AND ANSWER - Never knowing your child p.264 / 123. RAIN - reponse to TylerWayneThompson's song COLD DARK ROOM p.267 / 124. REHAB - funny song about the Betty Ford clinic p.269 / 125. RESCUE - 9/11 p.272 / 126. REST IN PEACE - not as sad as you might expect p.274 / 127. RUMORS FROM HEAVEN - God's band full of awesome dead musicians p.275 / 128. RUNNING THE STREET - the corruption of youth p.281 / 129. SECRET ROOM - I don't know what this about??? p.282 / 130. SHADOW BOXING - summarizing the struggles of life p.283 / 131. SHADOW OF SMOKE - feeling isolated and depressed p.284 / 132. SHE SAID, HE SAID - breaking free of bad habits (duet) p.286 / 133. SHE - girl in a man's world p.290 / 134. SILHOUETTE OF A STRANGER - different points of view p.293 / 135. SKY AND LIGHT - seeing the world differently p.295 / 136. SLIP STREAM - go deep! deeper! there ya go p.298 / 137. SNIPER'S SONG - song about the D.C. sniper p.300 / 138. SOLITARY PARADE - lonely and depressed, again p.302 / 139. SOMETHING IN MY GENES - being a drug addict p.303 / 140. SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me! p.307 / 141. STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screwed over p.309 / 142. STANDING NEAR THE WALL - alone...not alone....alone p.312 / 143. STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better p.315 / 144. SUMMER'S THE TIME - to relax and unwind p.318 / 145. SUNDAY MORNING SEX - Eve came from rib where did snake came from? p.319 / 146. THIS VERY ROOM - being haunted by love p.322 / 147. TOM'S PSALM - the nature of religion and man p.325 / 148. TRIANGLE - edited for female vocalist...yes it's a love triangle p.326 / 149. UNWRITTEN AND UNSAID - leaving room for the imagination p.330 / 150. UNCASHABLE - reality checks are... p.332 / 151. UH, THAT'S CHRISTMAS NANA - old people forget stuff p.333 / 152. UNITED WE STAND - a history lesson based on Abraham Lincoln p.334 / 153. USED TO BE - up beat....heart break p.338 / 154. VENUS - the longest poem ever p.341 / 155. VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause p.351 / 156. WALKING PARADOX - give and take of marriage p.354 / 157. WATERING THE WEEDS - enabling a drunk p.357 / 158. WELL-PLACED 'E' - zero to hero with just one letter...horay! p.359 / 159. WELL ORGANIZED - the manipulation of people by organized religion p.361 / 160. WE ARE THE ONES - dirty jobs that have to be done p.363 / 161. WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic p.366 / 162. WITHIN REACH - do you love me? p.368 / 163. YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity p.371.
LAST PRINTED PAGE (photo 050, final lines of the last poem, NOT SURE which): "So much work to do / How many times / You been pissed on or off? / How many times / Have you been screwed? / Yeah...well me, too".
NO copyright line, NO ISBN text, NO Lulu ID, NO printed date visible; the barcode on the back is the only identifier.
BACK COVER: plain green, no text, only a white barcode block at top-right (digits under the bars partly readable as ...0039970375 - NOT SURE).
HANDWRITTEN PAGE (photo 042, black ink on the blank page facing the first index page, two lists, transcribed word for word). LIST 1, heading underlined "AS FOR ME": Cement / Call it fate / Climbing the ladder / Clinical depression / Cop asked the witnesses / Cost of war / Daylight Again / Deep Seeded / Downward spiral / Empty Eyes / We come in peace (Fight For) / Good Morning Day and Night / INNOCENCE (NOT SURE: may read INNOCENSE) LOST / Lost AND Found / Perfect world / Playing chess / Pushing the button / Unwritten and Unsaid / We are the ones. LIST 2, heading underlined "CHICK SINGERS" (each title followed by a dash): This very room - / Open and closed - / My precious - / pandora's box - / Silhouette of a stranger - / Solitary Parade / Best Left - / Within Reach - / Slip Stream - / SKY AND LIGHT -. (All 29 handwritten titles are poems in the printed index; CHICK SINGERS reads as a list of poems for a female vocalist. The edge of this handwritten page is also visible at the foot of photos 043 and 048.)
INDEX (printed at the FRONT of the book, pages 043-049, heading: "THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF WHAT MY POEMS ARE ABOUT:"): 1. ALCOHOL - poem about escaping alcohol p.8 / 2. ALWAYS MOVING - drug dependency p.9 / 3. ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world p.10 / 4. ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find p.12 / 5. ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was a big thing but what about all of the little things? p.14 / 6. APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world p.16 / 7. AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" p.18 / 8. BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong? p.19 / 9. BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world p.20 / 10. BEST LEFT - leaving a lover and moving on p.22 / 11. BETRAYAL - what is your definition of pro life? p.24 / 12. BETTER THAN IT SEEMS - trying to achieve the American dream p.26 / 13. BETTER THAN ME - trying to forget the pains of love lost p.27 / 14. BITE OF THE APPLE - giving into temptation p.28 / 15. BLACK HISTORY - in the United States p.31 / 16. BLAME - think before you act p.33 / 17. BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself p.34 / 18. CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallow's poles p.36 / 19. CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly HillBilly spoof introducing Noam Chomsky p.37 / 20. CEMENT - mixing up trouble as usual p.38 / 21. CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will p.41 / 22. CHICKEN COUP SOUP - a screwed up girl p.42 / 23. CLIMBING THE LADDER - of drugs...first up then down p.43 / 24. CLINICAL DEPRESSION - a young girl committing suicide p.45 / 25. CLOSER TO GOD - oh Jesus! cigarettes > cancer > death > meet God p.48 / 26. COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war p.49 / 27. COP ASKED THE WITNESSES - based on a true story p.51 / 28. COREY STORY - what bad parents can do to a kid p.52 / 29. COST OF WAR - what a soldier feels when he/she comes home p.54 / 30. CRY ME A RIVER - somewhat angry breakup song p.56 / 31. DAYLIGHT AGAIN - battling inner demons p.57 / 32. DEEP SEEDED - choosing the safe life p.58 / 33. DISCIPLE OF DIRT - feeling lost in the world p.59 / 34. DIRT NAP - following through on one's talk p.61 / 35. DOES THE FIRE STILL GLOW - middle aged person view point p.62 / 36. DOWNWARD SPIRAL - no complaints when a tiger eats you p.63 / 37. DRINKING SOLUTION - I don't have a drinking problem, I have a... p.64 / 38. DYING DAY - do something good with your life so this won't scare you p.65 / 39. EMPTY ROOM - best paid musicians do what? p.67 / 40. EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide p.69 / 41. EMPTY BOTTLE - drowning your sorrows in booze p.71 / 42. EMPTY EYES - break up song about lying to your partner p.72 / 43. END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination p.73 / 44. END OF THE ROAD - love song inspired by tom petty's learning to fly p.75 / 45. ENEMY OF THIS STATE - isolating yourself - the world depresses you p.77 / 46. ETERNAL FOUNTAIN - dead by dawn p.79 / 47. EXIT THE SANDMAN - ups and downs of life p.80 / 48. EX-POEM - the only ex-girlfriend I hate p.82 / 49. FACING THE DAWN - starting over p.83 / 50. FALLEN CLOUDS - trapped in purgatory p.85 / 51. FANCY WORDS - the sacrifices to write all these lyrics for you p.88 / 52. FATE IS A WORD - one of my best lyrically and morally p.90 / 53. FIELDS OF TIME - evolution of a man (and that man is me) p.92 / 54. FIGHT FOR PEACE - the only war worth fighting p.95 / 55. FORGET ME KNOT - telling off someone you used to love p.96 / 56. FUZZY MATH - world as seen by king george bush the second p.97 / 57. GET OUTTA MY HOUSE - funny song about divorce p.99 / 58. GETTING' JUICED - O.J. Simpson wasn't here p.102 / 59. GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN - a song about pregnancy pacts p.104 / 60. GOOD MORNING DAY AND NIGHT - politely saying goodbye to a lover p.105 / 61. GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils p.107 / 62. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - Being alone on your b-day p.110 / 63. HAVE NOT - when the bad people try to drag you down p.112 / 64. HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL - things wrong with my country p.114 / 65. HIDDEN EVILS - there are some places where time stands still p.118 / 66. HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE - funny song about parking lot sex p.123 / 67. IN A JIFFY - funny song about an easy girl p.126 / 68. INNOCENSE LOST - losing your innocence p.129 / 69. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - people, places and things breaking down p.133 / 70. IT COULD BE YOU - love song p.135 / 71. IT DOESN'T MATTER - shaking your ass to music p.136 / 72. IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE - love song p.139 / 73. IT'S YOUR TURN - motivate yourself p.142 / 74. JEWELRY BOX - splitting up without regrets p.143 / 75. JULIA'S GARDEN - a place to go in your own mind p.145 / 76. KNOWING THE KNOW - why do some people get it & others don't p.148 / 77. LEARN FROM THE MASTERS - this one's mostly for me p.149 / 78. LET ME LIVE THE DREAM - battling inner demons p.151 / 79. LIGHT OR THE WHITE - do you choose drugs or the girl? p.155 / 80. LONELY CLOUDS - feeling like the weather: cold and angry p.156 / 81. LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES - shallow p.159 / 82. LOST AND FOUND - there are only four types of girls... p.161 / 83. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT - umm...so far everyone has left it...ha ha p.163 / 84. ME, MYSELF and I - Breaking up, being alone and finding yourself happy p.165 / 85. MELODY OF SORROW - age difference between lovers p.168 / 86. MELTING SNOW - love poem p.170 / 87. MESSY ROOM - living inside your own mind p.171 / 88. MICKEY D'S - corporations owning countries p.173 / 89. MISS YOU, KISS YOU - a love song (a duet) p.175 / 90. MONETIZATION - becoming a partner on the tube p.178 / 91. MY PRECIOUS - it's not what you think p.181 / 92. MY LITTLE REVOLUTION - are you one of us or one of them? p.183 / 93. NEVER BE - who cares if your dreams don't come true? p.184 / 94. NEVER EXPECT IT - who is humming now? p.190 / 95. NOTHING AT ALL - love song that tries to be inspirational p.190 / 96. NUMBER ONE - sketchy guy who can always find pot p.194 / 97. OASIS - a song about having an eating disorder p.195 / 98. OCEANSIDE - solving problems p.198 / 99. ODE TO JASON - a young hero based on true story p.200 / 100. OLD FRIENDS - getting away from the party scene and crowd p.202 / 101. ON DEFENSE - the price of life p.205 / 102. ON THE ROCKS - wanting someone back after you break up p.207 / 103. OPEN AND CLOSED - A female loves a male love song p.210 / 104. OVERPOPULATION - being caught in traffic: drug trafic p.213 / 105. PANDORA'S BOX - mythology of hope p.214 / 106. PARADIGM - shaping mankind for the better p.217 / 107. PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever p.220 / 108. PATCHING THE HOLE - useless people p.226 / 109. PEN AND PAPER - leading the masses of people p.228 / 110. PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go? p.231 / 111. PERFECT WORLD - getting caught up in the rat race of life p.232 / 112. PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless p.237 / 113. PIGEON LAND - a place so yucky that even the pigeons leave town p.240 / 114. PLAYING CHESS - anti-war song against the government p.242 / 115. POINT MY FINGER - take a vacation from saving the world p.245 / 116. POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America p.247 / 117. POSTAL WORKER'S PAYBACK - what happened before school shootings p.251 / 118. PRETTY GOLD BRACELET - what I can't afford to buy you p.254 / 119. PRETTY TOYS - anti materialism aimed at the Paris Hilton types p.258 / 120. PUSHING THE BUTTON - one flick of the wrist...boom! p.260 / 121. QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY - should you be famous or infamous p.262 / 122. QUESTIONS AND ANSWER - Never knowing your child p.264 / 123. RAIN - reponse to TylerWayneThompson's song COLD DARK ROOM p.267 / 124. REHAB - funny song about the Betty Ford clinic p.269 / 125. RESCUE - 9/11 p.272 / 126. REST IN PEACE - not as sad as you might expect p.274 / 127. RUMORS FROM HEAVEN - God's band full of awesome dead musicians p.275 / 128. RUNNING THE STREET - the corruption of youth p.281 / 129. SECRET ROOM - I don't know what this about??? p.282 / 130. SHADOW BOXING - summarizing the struggles of life p.283 / 131. SHADOW OF SMOKE - feeling isolated and depressed p.284 / 132. SHE SAID, HE SAID - breaking free of bad habits (duet) p.286 / 133. SHE - girl in a man's world p.290 / 134. SILHOUETTE OF A STRANGER - different points of view p.293 / 135. SKY AND LIGHT - seeing the world differently p.295 / 136. SLIP STREAM - go deep! deeper! there ya go p.298 / 137. SNIPER'S SONG - song about the D.C. sniper p.300 / 138. SOLITARY PARADE - lonely and depressed, again p.302 / 139. SOMETHING IN MY GENES - being a drug addict p.303 / 140. SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me! p.307 / 141. STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screwed over p.309 / 142. STANDING NEAR THE WALL - alone...not alone....alone p.312 / 143. STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better p.315 / 144. SUMMER'S THE TIME - to relax and unwind p.318 / 145. SUNDAY MORNING SEX - Eve came from rib where did snake came from? p.319 / 146. THIS VERY ROOM - being haunted by love p.322 / 147. TOM'S PSALM - the nature of religion and man p.325 / 148. TRIANGLE - edited for female vocalist...yes it's a love triangle p.326 / 149. UNWRITTEN AND UNSAID - leaving room for the imagination p.330 / 150. UNCASHABLE - reality checks are... p.332 / 151. UH, THAT'S CHRISTMAS NANA - old people forget stuff p.333 / 152. UNITED WE STAND - a history lesson based on Abraham Lincoln p.334 / 153. USED TO BE - up beat....heart break p.338 / 154. VENUS - the longest poem ever p.341 / 155. VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause p.351 / 156. WALKING PARADOX - give and take of marriage p.354 / 157. WATERING THE WEEDS - enabling a drunk p.357 / 158. WELL-PLACED 'E' - zero to hero with just one letter...horay! p.359 / 159. WELL ORGANIZED - the manipulation of people by organized religion p.361 / 160. WE ARE THE ONES - dirty jobs that have to be done p.363 / 161. WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic p.366 / 162. WITHIN REACH - do you love me? p.368 / 163. YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity p.371.
LAST PRINTED PAGE (photo 050, final lines of the last poem, NOT SURE which): "So much work to do / How many times / You been pissed on or off? / How many times / Have you been screwed? / Yeah...well me, too".
NO copyright line, NO ISBN text, NO Lulu ID, NO printed date visible; the barcode on the back is the only identifier.
Item 1143
MY BIG BLACK BOOK OF POEMS & SONG LYRICS
In one sentence: A black Lulu-printed paperback, MY BIG BLACK BOOK of poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, with a pencilled song-demo note inside, July 2010 or later (age 31 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
PUBLISHED
A Lulu-printed paperback, MY BIG BLACK BOOK of poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen, black (scuffed glossy laminate, NOT SURE) cover with white type, heavily scuffed and scratched to grey along the spine and edges, ISBN 978-0-557-55783-7, running to at least 365 pages. Page 1 carries the dedication ('This book is dedicated to myself'), the readtom.com and YouTube lines and the anthology date July 12, 2010; a pencil note above the copyright line reads 'song demos: this guyz crazy'. The last pages hold the poem ZEROES.
- Why it matters
- The July 2010 anthology - another copy of this book may already be in the archive as item 1568, still being checked; the pencilled song-demo note makes this the copy Tom handled, and the one-line index summaries record what each poem is about in his own words.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; My Big Black Book (2010) ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- IN A BOOKMY BIG BLACK BOOK (2010)
- Age when written
- made at age 31 or laterproved: the edition line July 12, 2010 - edition date (before his 32nd birthday)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2010
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These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
COVER: "MY BIG BLACK BOOK of poems & song lyrics by Tom Jensen" in white on black.
BACK COVER: same title and author in white, and the barcode "ISBN 978-0-557-55783-7" with "90000" and EAN "9 780557 557837".
DEDICATION / ABOUT PAGE (page 1): "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself. ABOUT ME: I am rich in terms of intellectual property. My website is readtom.com. Do you readtom.com? First you become a reader....then you become a believer. You can find me on YouTube under the channel names: readtomdotcom & protestingpoet. ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2010 or before... Date of this new anthology is July 12, 2010". Handwritten in pencil just above the copyright line: "song demos: this guyz crazy" (meaning NOT SURE).
INDEX (page 2, headed "THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF WHAT MY POEMS / SONGS ARE ABOUT:"): p. 9 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes; p. 10 ALCOHOL - escaping alcohol; p. 11 ALISON'S AIRPLANE - realizing you're not the center of the earth; p. 13 ALWAYS MOVING - drug dependency; p. 14 ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world; p. 15 ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find; p. 17 ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was a big thing but what about all of the little things?; p. 18 APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world; p. 20 AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" ha ha - so it goes; p. 21 BARREL ROLL - fun ways to die; p. 22 BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong?; p. 24 BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world; p. 25 BEATS GROWING CORN - ode to pot growers; p. 26 BEHAVE - a little ditty bout growing up; p. 27 BEST LEFT - leaving a lover and moving on; p. 29 BETRAYAL - what is your definition of pro life? (pen marks drawn either side of this line); p. 30 BETTER BITTER - emotions and other things; p. 31 BETTER THAN IT SEEMS - trying to achieve the American dream; p. 32 BETTER THAN ME - trying to forget the pains of love lost; p. 33 BITE OF THE APPLE - giving into temptation; p. 35 BLACK DRESS - nature of man; p. 36 BLACK HISTORY - in the United States; p. 38 BLAME - think before you act; p. 39 BLESSING IN DISGUISE - heartbreak can lead to good things; p. 40 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself; p. 41 BREAKING HER HEART - that bout sums it up; p. 42 BREAKING THE CHAINS - lonely, isolated and depressed; p. 44 BUILDING A CASTLE - isolating yourself when life gets tough; p. 45 BUS STOP PEOPLE - rebelling simply because you can; p. 46 CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will; p. 47 CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallows' poles; p. 47 CATS AND DOGS - don't play nice together; p. 48 CAVE OF SOUL - digging deep to find out who you are; p. 48 CERTAINLY UNCERTAIN - trying to make it through until God comes; p. 49 CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly Hillbilly spoof introducing Noam Chomsky; p. 50 CEMENT - mixing up trouble as usual; p. 51 CHICKEN COUP SOUP - a screwed up girl; p. 53 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE - blazing your own path; p. 54 CLIFF HANGER - my life, my clay. (Only index page 2 was photographed; the edge of page 3 shows entries continuing at p. 55, p. 57, p. 59 (with a pen arrow), p. 60, p. 6..)
POEM PAGES photographed: page 364 - end of an untitled poem: "You been pissed on or off? / How many times / Have you been screwed? / Yeah...well me, too", then "ZEROES": "I see people in binary code / Walk the streets with my head hanging down low / Wishing there were just two types of people: / People who would get out of my way / And people who would leave me alone
I see people in binary code / Since there can be only one number one, ya know / All these zeroes had best do what they're told: / Zeroes, all get out of my way / Zeroes, you had better leave me alone
I guess we call it writer's block / When you don't ever want to grab a pen again / Because everything sucks / Lost my gift - my bread and butter / Feel so dead that I despise my own father and mother
Pro-choice poster child of the world / Empty as an oyster that's lost its pearl / Like a unicorn that's lost its horn / Devastation is my sole creation / Dying inside, I just cried like a little girl / Why was I born?
If I could only free myself / Then maybe I could reach someone else / Yet vanity don't mean anything to me / Open your heart and close your eyes / It's really the man who makes the clothes / So don't believe those magazine lies
So many hide behind some kind of disguise / Be it golden watches and three piece suits / Or corduroy pants, floppy hat and tie-dies / Surely image is something...yeah...image is nothing / This vanity was once so near and dear to me / There I said it and you read it but just forget it". Page 365 (photographed sideways, left ends of lines cut off): "...naked and still walk the streets confidently / ...doesn't kill you just defines you / ...past creeps up behind you / ...(whe)rever you run from / ...(ho)w to find you / ...(a)nd check your rear view mirror / ...(yo)u will see them getting nearer / ...(wo)n't make it any clearer / ...magic wand can make it disappear / ...can put the pedal to the floor / ...there ain't no use running any more / ...(t)here's no escape for what's in store / ...(y)ou think to yourself "Will they remember me?" / ...(w)hile I rot in my cell inside the penitentiary / ...came sooooo close to committing the crime of the century / What the hell else does society expect from me? / For when a man has lost his dignity / Do you really think anything means anything to me? / I see people in binary code / Walk the streets with my head down / Wishing there were just two types of people / People who would get out of my way / And people who would leave me alone / I see people in binary code / Since there can be only one number one / All these zeros had best do what they're told / Zeros all get out of my way / Zeros you better leave me alone".
DATES: "Date of this new anthology is July 12, 2010"; "ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2010 or before"; ISBN 978-0-557-55783-7 (Lulu 978-0-557 prefix).
BACK COVER: same title and author in white, and the barcode "ISBN 978-0-557-55783-7" with "90000" and EAN "9 780557 557837".
DEDICATION / ABOUT PAGE (page 1): "DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself. ABOUT ME: I am rich in terms of intellectual property. My website is readtom.com. Do you readtom.com? First you become a reader....then you become a believer. You can find me on YouTube under the channel names: readtomdotcom & protestingpoet. ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2010 or before... Date of this new anthology is July 12, 2010". Handwritten in pencil just above the copyright line: "song demos: this guyz crazy" (meaning NOT SURE).
INDEX (page 2, headed "THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF WHAT MY POEMS / SONGS ARE ABOUT:"): p. 9 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes; p. 10 ALCOHOL - escaping alcohol; p. 11 ALISON'S AIRPLANE - realizing you're not the center of the earth; p. 13 ALWAYS MOVING - drug dependency; p. 14 ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world; p. 15 ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find; p. 17 ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was a big thing but what about all of the little things?; p. 18 APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world; p. 20 AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" ha ha - so it goes; p. 21 BARREL ROLL - fun ways to die; p. 22 BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong?; p. 24 BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world; p. 25 BEATS GROWING CORN - ode to pot growers; p. 26 BEHAVE - a little ditty bout growing up; p. 27 BEST LEFT - leaving a lover and moving on; p. 29 BETRAYAL - what is your definition of pro life? (pen marks drawn either side of this line); p. 30 BETTER BITTER - emotions and other things; p. 31 BETTER THAN IT SEEMS - trying to achieve the American dream; p. 32 BETTER THAN ME - trying to forget the pains of love lost; p. 33 BITE OF THE APPLE - giving into temptation; p. 35 BLACK DRESS - nature of man; p. 36 BLACK HISTORY - in the United States; p. 38 BLAME - think before you act; p. 39 BLESSING IN DISGUISE - heartbreak can lead to good things; p. 40 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself; p. 41 BREAKING HER HEART - that bout sums it up; p. 42 BREAKING THE CHAINS - lonely, isolated and depressed; p. 44 BUILDING A CASTLE - isolating yourself when life gets tough; p. 45 BUS STOP PEOPLE - rebelling simply because you can; p. 46 CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will; p. 47 CAN'T HAVE THAT - gallop's poll or the gallows' poles; p. 47 CATS AND DOGS - don't play nice together; p. 48 CAVE OF SOUL - digging deep to find out who you are; p. 48 CERTAINLY UNCERTAIN - trying to make it through until God comes; p. 49 CHOMSKY SONG - Beverly Hillbilly spoof introducing Noam Chomsky; p. 50 CEMENT - mixing up trouble as usual; p. 51 CHICKEN COUP SOUP - a screwed up girl; p. 53 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE - blazing your own path; p. 54 CLIFF HANGER - my life, my clay. (Only index page 2 was photographed; the edge of page 3 shows entries continuing at p. 55, p. 57, p. 59 (with a pen arrow), p. 60, p. 6..)
POEM PAGES photographed: page 364 - end of an untitled poem: "You been pissed on or off? / How many times / Have you been screwed? / Yeah...well me, too", then "ZEROES": "I see people in binary code / Walk the streets with my head hanging down low / Wishing there were just two types of people: / People who would get out of my way / And people who would leave me alone
I see people in binary code / Since there can be only one number one, ya know / All these zeroes had best do what they're told: / Zeroes, all get out of my way / Zeroes, you had better leave me alone
I guess we call it writer's block / When you don't ever want to grab a pen again / Because everything sucks / Lost my gift - my bread and butter / Feel so dead that I despise my own father and mother
Pro-choice poster child of the world / Empty as an oyster that's lost its pearl / Like a unicorn that's lost its horn / Devastation is my sole creation / Dying inside, I just cried like a little girl / Why was I born?
If I could only free myself / Then maybe I could reach someone else / Yet vanity don't mean anything to me / Open your heart and close your eyes / It's really the man who makes the clothes / So don't believe those magazine lies
So many hide behind some kind of disguise / Be it golden watches and three piece suits / Or corduroy pants, floppy hat and tie-dies / Surely image is something...yeah...image is nothing / This vanity was once so near and dear to me / There I said it and you read it but just forget it". Page 365 (photographed sideways, left ends of lines cut off): "...naked and still walk the streets confidently / ...doesn't kill you just defines you / ...past creeps up behind you / ...(whe)rever you run from / ...(ho)w to find you / ...(a)nd check your rear view mirror / ...(yo)u will see them getting nearer / ...(wo)n't make it any clearer / ...magic wand can make it disappear / ...can put the pedal to the floor / ...there ain't no use running any more / ...(t)here's no escape for what's in store / ...(y)ou think to yourself "Will they remember me?" / ...(w)hile I rot in my cell inside the penitentiary / ...came sooooo close to committing the crime of the century / What the hell else does society expect from me? / For when a man has lost his dignity / Do you really think anything means anything to me? / I see people in binary code / Walk the streets with my head down / Wishing there were just two types of people / People who would get out of my way / And people who would leave me alone / I see people in binary code / Since there can be only one number one / All these zeros had best do what they're told / Zeros all get out of my way / Zeros you better leave me alone".
DATES: "Date of this new anthology is July 12, 2010"; "ALL LYRICS (c) COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2010 or before"; ISBN 978-0-557-55783-7 (Lulu 978-0-557 prefix).
Item 1141
MY BEST LYRICS FOR MAKING SONGS BY TOM JENSEN
In one sentence: A printed paperback, red roses on black, My Best Lyrics for Making Songs by Tom Jensen, 92 indexed poems waiting for music, February 2011 or later (age 32 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
PUBLISHED
A perfect-bound glossy paperback, at least 128 pages, black cover with three red roses and the tagline 92 poems waiting for music. It holds 92 of Tom's best poems and lyrics not yet set to music, with a one-line summary index at the front, dated February 19, 2011. The most worn book of its group: front cover scuffed and scratched, top-right corner creased, back cover creased and chipped, and a handwritten name and e-mail address on the about page.
- Why it matters
- An early readtom.com anthology, dated the same day as CHOMSKIAN POETRY (existing item 1934), that gathers the poems Tom was offering to musicians in 2011 - many of the titles later show up as finished songs in LYRICS TO 100 SONGS.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; My Best Lyrics for Making Songs (2011) ; Poems waiting for music ; readtom.com ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- IN A BOOKMY BEST LYRICS FOR MAKING SONGS (2011)
- Age when written
- made at age 32 or laterproved: the about-page line Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "MY BEST LYRICS FOR MAKING SONGS by Tom Jensen" with three red roses and the tagline "92 poems waiting for music". / BACK COVER: "Do You READTOM.com ?" over three red roses; barcode bottom right reads 5 800055 495388 (no ISBN printed).
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND FULL INDEX OF 92 POEMS (word for word from the file, pages 1-4) --- / 1
DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to / somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person / was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of / all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your / right. Thank you. Have a nice day.
ABOUT ME: I am currently under the influence of what holds our atoms in place.
My website is readtom.com
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader....then you become a believer... / Then we all get together...to try to make this world better / ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before... / Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS:
(1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems contained in this anthology.
(2) POEMS SECTION - 92 of my best poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. / This section is not overly offensive or political and contains poems and lyrics / waiting for music. / 2
INDEX OF 92 OF MY BEST POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC:
p. 5 A FRIEND - send yourself some flowers / p. 6 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes / p. 7 ALL IN GOOD TIME - this is the only reward my life wants / p. 8 ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find / p. 9 APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world / p. 11 AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" ha ha - so it goes / p. 12 BEST LEFT- leaving a lover and moving on / p. 14 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself / p. 15 BY DESIGN - it's sabotage I'm telling yah / p. 16 CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will / p. 17 CHOMSKY SONG- Beverly Hillbilly spoof Chomsky style / p. 18 COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war / p. 19 CRY ME A RIVER - somewhat angry breakup song / p. 21 CRYSTAL BALL - indecisiveness / p. 22 DAYLIGHT AGAIN - battling inner demons / p. 23 DEEP SEEDED - choosing the safe life / p. 24 DOWNWARD SPIRAL - no complaints when a tiger eats you / p. 25 EMPTY BOTTLE - drowning your sorrows in booze / p. 26 EMPTY EYES - break up song about lying to your partner / p. 27 END OF THE ROAD - love song inspired by tom petty's learning to fly / p. 29 ETERNAL FOUNTAIN - dead by dawn / p. 29 EXIT THE SANDMAN - ups and downs of life / p. 30 EX-POEM - the only ex-girlfriend I hate / p. 31 EXCEPTION - things that are stronger than you / p. 32 EXPIRED - our time has / p. 32 F THE W - code speak for throwing in the towel / p. 33 FACING THE DAWN - starting over / p. 34 FATE IS A WORD - one of my best lyrically morally ironically harmonically? / p. 35 FIRST PLACE- what would be the point of ... / p. 36 GET OUTTA MY HOUSE - funny song about divorce / p. 38 GROOVY GRAVY - no, no, not the gravy / p. 39 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - being alone on your b-day / p. 41 HAVE NOT - when the bad people try to drag you down / p. 41 HEARTSTRINGS - this should be a pretty song some day / p. 42 HEAVY MACHINES - me and my big brain doing our thing / p. 43 HERESY SPEAKS NO EVIL - things wrong with my country / p. 46 HOPE FLOATS - defending democracy from corporate kids / p. 47 HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE - parking lot sex / p. 49 INNOCENSE LOST - losing your innocence / p. 52 INSOMNIA - most people have slept their entire lives / p. 53 IT DOESN'T MATTER - shaking your ass to music / p. 54 IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE - love song / p. 56 IT'S YOUR TURN - motivate yourself / 3
p. 57 JEWELRY BOX - splitting up without regrets / p. 58 KEEPING UP - with the Jones / p. 59 LAST MAN STANDING - or last man swimming, that's me / p. 60 LET ME LIVE THE DREAM - battling inner demons / p. 62 LONELY CLOUDS - feeling like the weather: cold and angry / p. 64 LOOKING FOR LOVE - shallow as a puddle / p. 65 LOST AND FOUND - there are only four types of girls... / p. 66 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL WIFE - what I need to be happy / p. 67 MAKING A LIST - be love / p. 68 ME AND YOU- another shocking doctrine / p. 69 MELODY OF SORROW - age difference between lovers / p. 70 MONITIZATION - inspired by becoming a partner on the tube / p. 72 MY MUSE - I have had many / p. 74 MY PRECIOUS - it's not what you think / p. 75 NOTHING AT ALL - love song that tries to be inspirational / p. 77 OCEANSIDE - solving problems / p. 78 OH JUANITA - file under evil people selling their soul for money / p. 79 ONLY SHARED WITH YOU - lost its meaning being printed. haha / p. 80 OPEN AND CLOSED - A female loves a male love song / p. 81 PANDORA'S BOX - mythology of hope / p. 83 PEN AND PAPER - leading the masses of people / p. 84 PERFECT WORLD - getting caught up in the rat race of life / p. 87 PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless / p. 89 PRETTY TOYS - anti materialism aimed at the Paris Hilton types / p. 90 RAIN - now pitching: TylerWayneThompson / p. 92 REHAB - funny song about the Betty Ford clinic / p. 93 RUMORS FROM HEAVEN - God's band full of awesome dead musicians / p. 97 SEEDS SEWN - seeking to reap my harvest NOW! / p. 98 SHADOW BOXING - summarizing the struggles of life / p. 99 SHADOW OF SMOKE - feeling isolated and depressed / p. 100 SHE - girl in a man's world / p. 101 SILHOUETTE OF A STRANGER - different points of view / p. 103 SLIP STREAM - go deep! deeper! there ya go / p. 104 SOLITARY PARADE - lonely and depressed, again / p. 104 SOMETHING IN MY GENES - being a drug addict / p. 107 SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me / p. 108 STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better / p. 110 STRANGER THEN FICTION - we kind of all start out as strangers, right? / p. 111 SYNERGY - it's all about batteries and drawers / p. 112 THAT'S THAT - I wish I was sexy / p. 112 THIS VERY ROOM - being haunted by love / p. 114 TRIANGLE - edited for female vocalist...yes it's a love triangle / p. 116 UNCASHABLE - reality checks are... / p. 117 UNDERRATED - never truer than as I type right now / p. 118 USED TO BE - up beat....heart break / p. 120 VISITED A PLACE - I'm on my way there right now / 4
p. 121 WALKING PARADOX - give and take of marriage / p. 123 WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic / p. 124 WITHIN REACH - do you love me?
NOTES:_______________________________________ / ______________________________________________
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / On the about page (page 1), bottom right, blue/black ink: "[name withheld] ( [e-mail withheld] )" - a name and a Chinese yahoo e-mail address written by hand (NOT SURE who; possibly a musician/contact; e-mail spelling NOT SURE, reads [e-mail withheld]). Page 128 NOTES page: blank, no handwriting. (Photo read of the photo read.)
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND FULL INDEX OF 92 POEMS (word for word from the file, pages 1-4) --- / 1
DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever stood up to / somebody who told them that they couldn't do something - even if that person / was yourself...perhaps especially if that person was yourself. Please dispense of / all your fears in the wastepaper basket located over on the floor there to your / right. Thank you. Have a nice day.
ABOUT ME: I am currently under the influence of what holds our atoms in place.
My website is readtom.com
Do you readtom.com?
First you become a reader....then you become a believer... / Then we all get together...to try to make this world better / ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2011 or before... / Date of this new anthology is February 19th, 2011
NOTE TO READER - THIS ANTHOLOGY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS:
(1) SUMMARIES - short descriptions of all poems contained in this anthology.
(2) POEMS SECTION - 92 of my best poems and lyrics waiting for music are here. / This section is not overly offensive or political and contains poems and lyrics / waiting for music. / 2
INDEX OF 92 OF MY BEST POEMS WAITING FOR MUSIC:
p. 5 A FRIEND - send yourself some flowers / p. 6 ADVICE - we all need some sometimes / p. 7 ALL IN GOOD TIME - this is the only reward my life wants / p. 8 ANOTHER QUARTER - looking for stuff I will never find / p. 9 APOCALYPSE NOW, SEE YOU LATER - Happy about the end of the world / p. 11 AS FOR ME - more people would read it if it said "ass for me" ha ha - so it goes / p. 12 BEST LEFT- leaving a lover and moving on / p. 14 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE - break up song, drowning yourself / p. 15 BY DESIGN - it's sabotage I'm telling yah / p. 16 CALL IT FATE - the idea of fate versus free will / p. 17 CHOMSKY SONG- Beverly Hillbilly spoof Chomsky style / p. 18 COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war / p. 19 CRY ME A RIVER - somewhat angry breakup song / p. 21 CRYSTAL BALL - indecisiveness / p. 22 DAYLIGHT AGAIN - battling inner demons / p. 23 DEEP SEEDED - choosing the safe life / p. 24 DOWNWARD SPIRAL - no complaints when a tiger eats you / p. 25 EMPTY BOTTLE - drowning your sorrows in booze / p. 26 EMPTY EYES - break up song about lying to your partner / p. 27 END OF THE ROAD - love song inspired by tom petty's learning to fly / p. 29 ETERNAL FOUNTAIN - dead by dawn / p. 29 EXIT THE SANDMAN - ups and downs of life / p. 30 EX-POEM - the only ex-girlfriend I hate / p. 31 EXCEPTION - things that are stronger than you / p. 32 EXPIRED - our time has / p. 32 F THE W - code speak for throwing in the towel / p. 33 FACING THE DAWN - starting over / p. 34 FATE IS A WORD - one of my best lyrically morally ironically harmonically? / p. 35 FIRST PLACE- what would be the point of ... / p. 36 GET OUTTA MY HOUSE - funny song about divorce / p. 38 GROOVY GRAVY - no, no, not the gravy / p. 39 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - being alone on your b-day / p. 41 HAVE NOT - when the bad people try to drag you down / p. 41 HEARTSTRINGS - this should be a pretty song some day / p. 42 HEAVY MACHINES - me and my big brain doing our thing / p. 43 HERESY SPEAKS NO EVIL - things wrong with my country / p. 46 HOPE FLOATS - defending democracy from corporate kids / p. 47 HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE - parking lot sex / p. 49 INNOCENSE LOST - losing your innocence / p. 52 INSOMNIA - most people have slept their entire lives / p. 53 IT DOESN'T MATTER - shaking your ass to music / p. 54 IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE - love song / p. 56 IT'S YOUR TURN - motivate yourself / 3
p. 57 JEWELRY BOX - splitting up without regrets / p. 58 KEEPING UP - with the Jones / p. 59 LAST MAN STANDING - or last man swimming, that's me / p. 60 LET ME LIVE THE DREAM - battling inner demons / p. 62 LONELY CLOUDS - feeling like the weather: cold and angry / p. 64 LOOKING FOR LOVE - shallow as a puddle / p. 65 LOST AND FOUND - there are only four types of girls... / p. 66 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL WIFE - what I need to be happy / p. 67 MAKING A LIST - be love / p. 68 ME AND YOU- another shocking doctrine / p. 69 MELODY OF SORROW - age difference between lovers / p. 70 MONITIZATION - inspired by becoming a partner on the tube / p. 72 MY MUSE - I have had many / p. 74 MY PRECIOUS - it's not what you think / p. 75 NOTHING AT ALL - love song that tries to be inspirational / p. 77 OCEANSIDE - solving problems / p. 78 OH JUANITA - file under evil people selling their soul for money / p. 79 ONLY SHARED WITH YOU - lost its meaning being printed. haha / p. 80 OPEN AND CLOSED - A female loves a male love song / p. 81 PANDORA'S BOX - mythology of hope / p. 83 PEN AND PAPER - leading the masses of people / p. 84 PERFECT WORLD - getting caught up in the rat race of life / p. 87 PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless / p. 89 PRETTY TOYS - anti materialism aimed at the Paris Hilton types / p. 90 RAIN - now pitching: TylerWayneThompson / p. 92 REHAB - funny song about the Betty Ford clinic / p. 93 RUMORS FROM HEAVEN - God's band full of awesome dead musicians / p. 97 SEEDS SEWN - seeking to reap my harvest NOW! / p. 98 SHADOW BOXING - summarizing the struggles of life / p. 99 SHADOW OF SMOKE - feeling isolated and depressed / p. 100 SHE - girl in a man's world / p. 101 SILHOUETTE OF A STRANGER - different points of view / p. 103 SLIP STREAM - go deep! deeper! there ya go / p. 104 SOLITARY PARADE - lonely and depressed, again / p. 104 SOMETHING IN MY GENES - being a drug addict / p. 107 SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me / p. 108 STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better / p. 110 STRANGER THEN FICTION - we kind of all start out as strangers, right? / p. 111 SYNERGY - it's all about batteries and drawers / p. 112 THAT'S THAT - I wish I was sexy / p. 112 THIS VERY ROOM - being haunted by love / p. 114 TRIANGLE - edited for female vocalist...yes it's a love triangle / p. 116 UNCASHABLE - reality checks are... / p. 117 UNDERRATED - never truer than as I type right now / p. 118 USED TO BE - up beat....heart break / p. 120 VISITED A PLACE - I'm on my way there right now / 4
p. 121 WALKING PARADOX - give and take of marriage / p. 123 WHERE I'M FROM - love song about a girl from Dominican Republic / p. 124 WITHIN REACH - do you love me?
NOTES:_______________________________________ / ______________________________________________
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / On the about page (page 1), bottom right, blue/black ink: "[name withheld] ( [e-mail withheld] )" - a name and a Chinese yahoo e-mail address written by hand (NOT SURE who; possibly a musician/contact; e-mail spelling NOT SURE, reads [e-mail withheld]). Page 128 NOTES page: blank, no handwriting. (Photo read of the photo read.)
CD · SONGS FROM TOM'S LYRICS BY J.D. JUSTICE
Item 1149
J.D. JUSTICE - UNITY
In one sentence: A home-burned CD-R in a red jewel case, J.D. JUSTICE - UNITY, seventeen songs by JD Justice from Tom Jensen's lyrics, three Christmas gift stickers on the front, about 2008-2012.
Item type
CD · SONGS FROM TOM'S LYRICS BY J.D. JUSTICE
unpublished · SONG OR POEM: SONG
A home-burned Sony CD-R Audio disc in a red-tinted slim jewel case, the cover insert reading J.D. JUSTICE / UNITY in white over a sky-blue background with a bare black branch, and a typed paper tray card listing 17 songs 'by JD Justice & Tom Jensen', from let down to what we share. Three Christmas gift stickers (a reindeer, a snowman, a blank To/From tag) are stuck on the case, and the disc itself is silver, unlabeled and undated.
- Why it matters
- UNITY is the biggest single body of finished songs from Tom's lyrics by one musician - all 17 titles are credited to JD Justice in the December 2008 POEMS BY TOM index (item 1142), and several again in the 2011 anthologies. This disc is the physical album.
- Type
- CD
- Collection
- CDs ; J.D. Justice ; Songs from Tom's lyrics
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOEMS BY TOM (2008) - the lyrics of all 17 songs
- Age when written
- about 2008-2012 (age 30 to 34)best guess - no date on the disc or inserts; all 17 tracks are already listed as finished JD Justice songs in the December 16th, 2008 POEMS BY TOM index (item 1142), so the songs existed by then; the Christmas stickers say it was wrapped as a gift
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2010
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Picture 2 of 2
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
FROM THE PHOTO READ (insert, case, tray card): FRONT INSERT: sky-blue background with a bare black tree branch across the middle; "J.D. JUSTICE" in white running vertically up the left side, "UNITY" in white running vertically on the right. Three holiday gift stickers on the case: a reindeer at the top edge, a snowman in a green top hat at the bottom edge, and a white gift tag with a snowflake reading "To / From" (both lines blank) at lower right.
CASE OPEN: disc is a Sony "CD-R AUDIO 80 min" (Compact Disc Digital Audio Recordable logo), silver, unlabeled. TRAY CARD, plain white paper taped in, typed: "UNITY / by / JD Justice & Tom Jensen / 1 let down / 2 last cup of coffee / 3 the nature of man / 4 water flesh and bone / 5 fresco / 6 little bird / 7 dead end / 8 one slip of the knife / 9 in pouring rain / 10 unity / 11 clean wipe to the slate / 12 here and now / 13 rainyday sunshine / 14 worth the wait / 15 blessing in disguise / 16 right between the eyes / 17 what we share".
--- FROM THE FILE ON C --- / The file holds the lyric of one song, UNITY (track 10), headed Music & Vocals by Justin Justice, Music by Lai Youttitham, Lyrics by Tom Jensen; it is the later lyric-video text, not a CD insert. The other 16 tracks are in the 130 SONGS book (item 1136):
--- WHERE THE 17 TRACKS SIT IN THE 130 SONGS BOOK (item 1136 index, all "by Justin Justice") --- / p. 64 LET DOWN / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE / p. 41 FRESCO / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD / p. 23 DEAD END / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN / p. 120 UNITY (by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham) / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE / p. 50 HERE AND NOW / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE
--- LYRIC OF THE SONG UNITY (from UNITY_2.docx, word for word) --- / UNITY / Music & Vocals by Justin Justice, / Music by Lai Youttitham, / Lyrics by Tom Jensen
Sometimes when I look / into your eyes / I feel I’ve been reborn
And yet other times / I can feel my heart become / Colder, broken and torn
There is no greater pain than letting what you want / Slip right through your fingertips
Sometimes it hurts, / sometime it haunts / But the burning in your heart / still lingers / Much like the touch of her lips / What I feel I might not always say / But I need you tonight just as much as I needed you today
Like a river overflowing / I know that my love for you / is still growing / Let us hope it never fades away
That is why I say…
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for, for one, / for one another
Or else never will a true love / ever be discovered
Let me bend you and shape you… / Into…. what I want you… / to be
A soul mate….a friend… / A lover of life for your whole life ‘til its end
My soul, conscience and my guide / A true mirror to my inside / My eternal undying spring…
Remember… / From nothing comes everything… / Comes everything
That’s why I pray… / Unity… / You and me together
Soon we’ll see / if we can be forever / For one / For one and another
Or else never will a true love / Ever be discovered
My delicate flower / Giving me a garden / in the wintery snow
Take me and show me / Exactly where you would / like me to go
We both know that I’d follow / just given the word / And as soon as I cried / From the years of lifted sorrow…
You’d be given the world
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for one another
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for one another
Or else never will true love / ever be discovered / Or else never will a true love / ever be discovered
THANKS FOR WATCHING/LISTENING
READTOM.COM IS MY WEBSITE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA HELP THE CAUSE…
MUCH LOVE 😊
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting, no date on the item; the gift tag To / From is blank (photo read).
CASE OPEN: disc is a Sony "CD-R AUDIO 80 min" (Compact Disc Digital Audio Recordable logo), silver, unlabeled. TRAY CARD, plain white paper taped in, typed: "UNITY / by / JD Justice & Tom Jensen / 1 let down / 2 last cup of coffee / 3 the nature of man / 4 water flesh and bone / 5 fresco / 6 little bird / 7 dead end / 8 one slip of the knife / 9 in pouring rain / 10 unity / 11 clean wipe to the slate / 12 here and now / 13 rainyday sunshine / 14 worth the wait / 15 blessing in disguise / 16 right between the eyes / 17 what we share".
--- FROM THE FILE ON C --- / The file holds the lyric of one song, UNITY (track 10), headed Music & Vocals by Justin Justice, Music by Lai Youttitham, Lyrics by Tom Jensen; it is the later lyric-video text, not a CD insert. The other 16 tracks are in the 130 SONGS book (item 1136):
--- WHERE THE 17 TRACKS SIT IN THE 130 SONGS BOOK (item 1136 index, all "by Justin Justice") --- / p. 64 LET DOWN / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE / p. 41 FRESCO / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD / p. 23 DEAD END / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN / p. 120 UNITY (by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham) / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE / p. 50 HERE AND NOW / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE
--- LYRIC OF THE SONG UNITY (from UNITY_2.docx, word for word) --- / UNITY / Music & Vocals by Justin Justice, / Music by Lai Youttitham, / Lyrics by Tom Jensen
Sometimes when I look / into your eyes / I feel I’ve been reborn
And yet other times / I can feel my heart become / Colder, broken and torn
There is no greater pain than letting what you want / Slip right through your fingertips
Sometimes it hurts, / sometime it haunts / But the burning in your heart / still lingers / Much like the touch of her lips / What I feel I might not always say / But I need you tonight just as much as I needed you today
Like a river overflowing / I know that my love for you / is still growing / Let us hope it never fades away
That is why I say…
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for, for one, / for one another
Or else never will a true love / ever be discovered
Let me bend you and shape you… / Into…. what I want you… / to be
A soul mate….a friend… / A lover of life for your whole life ‘til its end
My soul, conscience and my guide / A true mirror to my inside / My eternal undying spring…
Remember… / From nothing comes everything… / Comes everything
That’s why I pray… / Unity… / You and me together
Soon we’ll see / if we can be forever / For one / For one and another
Or else never will a true love / Ever be discovered
My delicate flower / Giving me a garden / in the wintery snow
Take me and show me / Exactly where you would / like me to go
We both know that I’d follow / just given the word / And as soon as I cried / From the years of lifted sorrow…
You’d be given the world
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for one another
Unity…you and me together / Soon we’ll see if we can be / Forever for one another
Or else never will true love / ever be discovered / Or else never will a true love / ever be discovered
THANKS FOR WATCHING/LISTENING
READTOM.COM IS MY WEBSITE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA HELP THE CAUSE…
MUCH LOVE 😊
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting, no date on the item; the gift tag To / From is blank (photo read).
BOOK BY PROTESTING POET (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
Item 1139
PROTEST POEMS BY PROTESTING POET
In one sentence: A printed brown-cover paperback, Protest Poems by Protesting Poet, 37 political poems, a printed index and pencil title lists under singers' names, February 2010 or later (age 31 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY PROTESTING POET (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS · WITH HANDWRITING
PUBLISHED
A perfect-bound paperback, at least 92 white pages, with a scuffed and creased brown kraft-look glossy cover, the title hand-lettered in black marker style, and a split spine edge on the back. It holds 37 protest poems with a printed one-line description for each, dedicated to Noam Chomsky and dated February 21, 2010. Three pages carry handwritten pencil lists of poem titles grouped under nine names, and eight titles in the printed index have red check marks.
- Why it matters
- Dated February 2010 and the only book under the Protesting Poet name, it shows the political side of Tom's writing and, through the pencil lists, how the poems were handed out to collaborating singers - a working copy, not a shelf copy.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Protest Poems (2010) ; Protesting Poet (pen name) ; Political ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPROTEST POEMS BY PROTESTING POET (2010)
- Age when written
- made at age 31 or laterproved: the printed page 1 line PUBLISHING DATE: February 21, 2010 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2010
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Blacked out for privacy - a private name
Blacked out for privacy - a private name
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Blacked out for privacy - an e-mail address
Blacked out for privacy - an e-mail address
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Blacked out for privacy - private names
Blacked out for privacy - private names
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Blacked out for privacy - private names
Blacked out for privacy - private names
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These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Front cover (brown cardboard-look, hand-lettered black marker style): "PROTEST POEMS by Protesting Poet".
Inside front cover / flyleaf (photo 084), handwritten in pencil, block capitals, name underlined: "[name withheld] / AS FOR ME / HAPPY B-DAY TO ME / FALLEN CLOUDS / DIRT NAP / PICTURE SOMETHING NICE".
Page 1 (printed): "DEDICATION: THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO NOAM CHOMSKY. / WEBSITE: PROTESTINGPOET.COM / CONTACT: [e-mail withheld] / COPY WRITE: All lyrics are (c) copywritten by Protesting Poet 2010 / PUBLISHING DATE: February 21, 2010".
Page 3 "PROTEST POEMS WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS:" (red pen check marks in the margin where noted): ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world p. 5; ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was big thing but what about all the little things p. 6; BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong p. 7; BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world p. 8; BLACK HISTORY - in the United States p. 10; CAN'T HAVE THAT - peasants and power p. 11; COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war p. 12; COST OF WAR - what a soldier feels when he/she comes home p. 14; DADDY TAUGHT ME - raised by the KKK p. 15; [check] EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide p. 17; EMPTY ROOM - let the marginalization begin/continue p. 18; END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination p. 20; ENEMY OF THIS STATE - isolating yourself - the world depresses you p. 22; [check] FUZZY MATH - world as seen by king george bush the second p. 23; GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils p. 25; [check] HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL - things wrong with my country p. 28; HIDDEN EVILS - there are some places where time stands still p. 33; [check] MICKEY D'S - corporations owning countries p. 38; MONETIZATION - becoming part of the problem p. 39; MY LITTLE REVOLUTION - are you one of us or one of them p. 43; [check] PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever p. 45; PATCHING THE HOLE - useless people p. 51; PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go p. 53.
Page 4 (index continued): [check] PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless p. 54; PIGEON LAND - a place so yucky that even the pigeons leave town p. 59; PLAYING CHESS - anti-war song against the government p. 60; POINT MY FINGER - taking a vacation from being a super hero p. 63; [check] POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America p. 65; PUSHING THE BUTTON - one flick of the wrist...boom p. 70; RESCUE - 9/11 worker p. 73; SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me p. 74; STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screwed over p. 77; STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better p. 80; [check] UNCASHABLE - reality checks are p. 84; UNITED WE STAND - a history lesson based on Abraham Lincoln p. 85; VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause p. 89; YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity p. 92. (37 poems indexed; 8 red check marks: EAST TIMOR, FUZZY MATH, HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL, MICKEY D'S, PARDON ME, PICTURE SOMETHING NICE, POOREST CHORUS, UNCASHABLE.) First poem visible at the right edge of photo 087 begins "ANOTH[ER HISTORY LESSON]".
Photo 088, handwritten pencil lists on a blank page (names underlined, a small check mark after each name), column 1: "[name withheld] [check] / Complicated Subject / Cost of War / Empty Room / Enemy of this state / Secret Room / Picture Something Nice / Staking The Flag / Uncashable / My precious / Pandora's Box / Slip stream / External Fountain / Lonely Clouds / My Little Revolution / SHADOW Boxing / Standing near the wall / Used to be / Expired"; below it: "[name withheld] / Dirt Nap / Fallen Clouds / Happy Birthday to Me / Me, Myself and I". Column 2: "[name withheld] [check] / pidgeon Land / Hurting His KNEES AND PRIDE / you spilled my coffee / Within Reach / Something in my genes / Solitary Parade / RAIN / APOCALYPSE now, see ya later / Bottom of the Lake / Drinking Solution / Exit the Sandman / Ex poem / Get outta my house / HAVE NOT / Messy Room / On defense / Pen and paper / Pretty Toys / Quest for Immortality / Rehab / Sniper's Song / Sacrifice"; below it: "[name withheld] [check] / Fancy Words / IT COULD BE YOU / Julias Garden / Looking For Love / Love it or Leave it / Monetization / OVER POPULATION / Paradigm / Patching the hole".
Photo 089, facing page, same pencil hand: "[name withheld] [check] / Silhouette of a stranger / This Very Room / Sky and Light / CRY me a RIVER / Hidden EVILS / IT Doesn't Matter / Melting snow (crossed out) / on the Rocks / She / Triangle"; "[name withheld] [check] / Open and closed / Best Left / Facing the dawn / Fate is a word / Forget Me Knot / ITs all about love / ITs Your TURN / Nothing at All"; "[name withheld] [check] / Deep Seeded / end of the road / Jewelry Box / Melody of Sorrow / Oceanside / ODE TO JASON / Pretty Gold Bracelet / Shadow of Smoke / Summer's the time / Visited a place / Tales of wings / Melting Snow (added in darker pencil at the bottom)"; "[name withheld] [check] / Bite of the apple / Does the fire still glow / Fields of Time / Let Me Live the Dream / Never Be / OASIS / Point My Finger / she said He said / Watcher". These nine named lists ([name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]) look like poem titles assigned to collaborating singers/musicians - NOT SURE, the book does not say.
Back cover: plain brown cardboard-look, no text; barcode lower centre reads 5 800040 581492 (Lulu-style, NOT SURE of every digit).
Inside front cover / flyleaf (photo 084), handwritten in pencil, block capitals, name underlined: "[name withheld] / AS FOR ME / HAPPY B-DAY TO ME / FALLEN CLOUDS / DIRT NAP / PICTURE SOMETHING NICE".
Page 1 (printed): "DEDICATION: THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO NOAM CHOMSKY. / WEBSITE: PROTESTINGPOET.COM / CONTACT: [e-mail withheld] / COPY WRITE: All lyrics are (c) copywritten by Protesting Poet 2010 / PUBLISHING DATE: February 21, 2010".
Page 3 "PROTEST POEMS WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS:" (red pen check marks in the margin where noted): ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON - finding out what is important in this world p. 5; ANY GIVEN DAY - 9/11 was big thing but what about all the little things p. 6; BARS AND SCARS - vigilante violence...right or wrong p. 7; BATTLE CRY - it's a dirty world p. 8; BLACK HISTORY - in the United States p. 10; CAN'T HAVE THAT - peasants and power p. 11; COMPLICATED SUBJECT - this matter of war p. 12; COST OF WAR - what a soldier feels when he/she comes home p. 14; DADDY TAUGHT ME - raised by the KKK p. 15; [check] EAST TIMOR - true tale about genocide p. 17; EMPTY ROOM - let the marginalization begin/continue p. 18; END GAME - Alex Jones, Bilderberg group and global domination p. 20; ENEMY OF THIS STATE - isolating yourself - the world depresses you p. 22; [check] FUZZY MATH - world as seen by king george bush the second p. 23; GREEN EYES - money is the root of all evils p. 25; [check] HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL - things wrong with my country p. 28; HIDDEN EVILS - there are some places where time stands still p. 33; [check] MICKEY D'S - corporations owning countries p. 38; MONETIZATION - becoming part of the problem p. 39; MY LITTLE REVOLUTION - are you one of us or one of them p. 43; [check] PARDON ME - don't trust any politicians, ever p. 45; PATCHING THE HOLE - useless people p. 51; PERCHING ON POWERLINES - where do animals go p. 53.
Page 4 (index continued): [check] PICTURE SOMETHING NICE - walking by the homeless p. 54; PIGEON LAND - a place so yucky that even the pigeons leave town p. 59; PLAYING CHESS - anti-war song against the government p. 60; POINT MY FINGER - taking a vacation from being a super hero p. 63; [check] POOREST CHORUS - the Walmartization of America p. 65; PUSHING THE BUTTON - one flick of the wrist...boom p. 70; RESCUE - 9/11 worker p. 73; SPREADING THE WORD - save the world and kill yourself...don't kill me p. 74; STAKING THE FLAG - the Native Americans getting totally screwed over p. 77; STATUS QUO WOES - wanting to change the world for the better p. 80; [check] UNCASHABLE - reality checks are p. 84; UNITED WE STAND - a history lesson based on Abraham Lincoln p. 85; VIOLENCE IS THEIR SOLUTION - don't fight for an unjust cause p. 89; YOU SPILLED MY COFFEE - restoring faith in humanity p. 92. (37 poems indexed; 8 red check marks: EAST TIMOR, FUZZY MATH, HERESY SPEAK NO EVIL, MICKEY D'S, PARDON ME, PICTURE SOMETHING NICE, POOREST CHORUS, UNCASHABLE.) First poem visible at the right edge of photo 087 begins "ANOTH[ER HISTORY LESSON]".
Photo 088, handwritten pencil lists on a blank page (names underlined, a small check mark after each name), column 1: "[name withheld] [check] / Complicated Subject / Cost of War / Empty Room / Enemy of this state / Secret Room / Picture Something Nice / Staking The Flag / Uncashable / My precious / Pandora's Box / Slip stream / External Fountain / Lonely Clouds / My Little Revolution / SHADOW Boxing / Standing near the wall / Used to be / Expired"; below it: "[name withheld] / Dirt Nap / Fallen Clouds / Happy Birthday to Me / Me, Myself and I". Column 2: "[name withheld] [check] / pidgeon Land / Hurting His KNEES AND PRIDE / you spilled my coffee / Within Reach / Something in my genes / Solitary Parade / RAIN / APOCALYPSE now, see ya later / Bottom of the Lake / Drinking Solution / Exit the Sandman / Ex poem / Get outta my house / HAVE NOT / Messy Room / On defense / Pen and paper / Pretty Toys / Quest for Immortality / Rehab / Sniper's Song / Sacrifice"; below it: "[name withheld] [check] / Fancy Words / IT COULD BE YOU / Julias Garden / Looking For Love / Love it or Leave it / Monetization / OVER POPULATION / Paradigm / Patching the hole".
Photo 089, facing page, same pencil hand: "[name withheld] [check] / Silhouette of a stranger / This Very Room / Sky and Light / CRY me a RIVER / Hidden EVILS / IT Doesn't Matter / Melting snow (crossed out) / on the Rocks / She / Triangle"; "[name withheld] [check] / Open and closed / Best Left / Facing the dawn / Fate is a word / Forget Me Knot / ITs all about love / ITs Your TURN / Nothing at All"; "[name withheld] [check] / Deep Seeded / end of the road / Jewelry Box / Melody of Sorrow / Oceanside / ODE TO JASON / Pretty Gold Bracelet / Shadow of Smoke / Summer's the time / Visited a place / Tales of wings / Melting Snow (added in darker pencil at the bottom)"; "[name withheld] [check] / Bite of the apple / Does the fire still glow / Fields of Time / Let Me Live the Dream / Never Be / OASIS / Point My Finger / she said He said / Watcher". These nine named lists ([name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]) look like poem titles assigned to collaborating singers/musicians - NOT SURE, the book does not say.
Back cover: plain brown cardboard-look, no text; barcode lower centre reads 5 800040 581492 (Lulu-style, NOT SURE of every digit).
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN LINE GRAPH
Item 1156
GREAT TO SHITTY - HAND-DRAWN LINE GRAPH, 0 TO 40
In one sentence: A hand-drawn untitled line graph in green, red and blue marker on plain paper, Great at the top to shitty at the bottom, x-axis numbered 0 to 40, about 2010-2019.
Item type
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN LINE GRAPH
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A single plain white sheet, landscape, with an untitled hand-drawn line graph: Great at the top left and shitty at the bottom left in blue marker, 0 to 40 along the bottom in red, and a green line joining about 20 red dots that peaks three times and crashes to the bottom around 36 before rising again at the right edge, past the last axis number. Nothing on the sheet says what the axis measures.
- Why it matters
- Reads most naturally as a life graph by age - if so, it is Tom's own ups and downs drawn in one line. NOT SURE.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Drawings & diagrams ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 32 to 41 - an estimateNOT SURE - no date on the sheet; same plain-paper marker style as the signs, items 1153-1155; the x-axis is unlabelled and numbered only 0 to 40, and the green line runs on past the 40 to the right edge of the sheet (about three more steps at the same spacing, NOT SURE) - if the axis were Tom's age that would put the drawing at 2021 or later, outside this window, so the axis reading was not used; a ten-year window, 2010-2019, because nothing on the sheet narrows it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Hand-drawn line graph with no title.
Vertical axis labels in blue marker: "Great" at the top left, "shitty" at the bottom left.
Horizontal axis numbers in red marker along the bottom: "0", "10", "20", "30", "40" (no baseline is drawn; the five numbers drift a little lower toward the right, so the 40 sits lowest). No axis lines are drawn, only the labels.
The data: a green marker line joining about 20 red dots. Shape, left to right: starts at the very top ("Great") near x=5, falls steeply through about x=8 to a low plateau around x=12-17 (three dots, roughly two-thirds of the way down), jumps up to about one-third down at x=20, dips a little at x=24, climbs to a second peak near the top at x=27, falls hard to a trough at about x=31, climbs again to a third peak near the top at x=34, then drops almost vertically to the very bottom ("shitty") at x=36, a tiny bump up and back down at x=37, flat along the bottom to about x=40, and finally rises part-way back up to about x=43 at the right edge.
Reads most naturally as a life graph by age (0 to 40-plus) or a mood chart, but nothing on the sheet says what the x-axis is. NOT SURE.
No signature, no date.
Vertical axis labels in blue marker: "Great" at the top left, "shitty" at the bottom left.
Horizontal axis numbers in red marker along the bottom: "0", "10", "20", "30", "40" (no baseline is drawn; the five numbers drift a little lower toward the right, so the 40 sits lowest). No axis lines are drawn, only the labels.
The data: a green marker line joining about 20 red dots. Shape, left to right: starts at the very top ("Great") near x=5, falls steeply through about x=8 to a low plateau around x=12-17 (three dots, roughly two-thirds of the way down), jumps up to about one-third down at x=20, dips a little at x=24, climbs to a second peak near the top at x=27, falls hard to a trough at about x=31, climbs again to a third peak near the top at x=34, then drops almost vertically to the very bottom ("shitty") at x=36, a tiny bump up and back down at x=37, flat along the bottom to about x=40, and finally rises part-way back up to about x=43 at the right edge.
Reads most naturally as a life graph by age (0 to 40-plus) or a mood chart, but nothing on the sheet says what the x-axis is. NOT SURE.
No signature, no date.
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN CHART
Item 1159
BEING SOBER HURTS LESS WHEN YOU CRASH - HAND-DRAWN CHART
In one sentence: A hand-drawn chart in pen on torn ruled paper, Being Sober hurts less when you crash, with a ladder of highs from caffeine to heroin, then the crash, about 2010-2019.
Item type
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN CHART
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A sheet of white wide-ruled loose-leaf paper torn short at the bottom, drawn in black pen. Three bars on the left mark normal highest high, Sober and normal lowest low; a ladder rises to the right through caffeine, nicotine, pot, booze, coke and Heroin etc., then an arrow labelled crash falls to the lowest low. A boxed comparison at bottom right sets the greater fall against the sober crash.
- Why it matters
- Tom's sobriety argument drawn as a chart - the same thought as the 'haven't done blow' lines on the water-damaged notebook pages, item 1157, in picture form.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Drawings & diagrams ; Sobriety ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 32 to 41 - an estimateNOT SURE - no date on the sheet; the sobriety theme matches the notebook pages of item 1157, but those are undated too; a ten-year window, 2010-2019, because nothing on the sheet narrows it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Hand-drawn diagram in black pen on ruled paper, a sober-versus-drugs 'crash distance' chart.
Left side: three short heavy horizontal bars stacked at three heights, labelled with curved arrows: top bar "normal highest high", middle bar "Sober" (with an arrow pointing to it), bottom bar "normal lowest low".
From the middle (sober) bar a line rises to the right up a ladder of short rungs, each rung labelled with a substance from the bottom up: "caffeine", "nicotine" (these two on the rising slope), then above them "pot", "booze", "coke", "Heroin etc." (these four as rungs climbing above the highest-high line). From the top of the rise an arrow falls steeply down to the right, labelled "crash", landing on a short bar at the level of the lowest low.
Top right, text: "translation: Being Sober hurts less when you crash".
Bottom right, a hand-drawn box containing two comparisons: a tall double-headed arrow with a bracket, labelled "greater distance fall than when sober"; and a short double-headed arrow with a bracket, labelled "sober crash".
No signature, no date.
Left side: three short heavy horizontal bars stacked at three heights, labelled with curved arrows: top bar "normal highest high", middle bar "Sober" (with an arrow pointing to it), bottom bar "normal lowest low".
From the middle (sober) bar a line rises to the right up a ladder of short rungs, each rung labelled with a substance from the bottom up: "caffeine", "nicotine" (these two on the rising slope), then above them "pot", "booze", "coke", "Heroin etc." (these four as rungs climbing above the highest-high line). From the top of the rise an arrow falls steeply down to the right, labelled "crash", landing on a short bar at the level of the lowest low.
Top right, text: "translation: Being Sober hurts less when you crash".
Bottom right, a hand-drawn box containing two comparisons: a tall double-headed arrow with a bracket, labelled "greater distance fall than when sober"; and a short double-headed arrow with a bracket, labelled "sober crash".
No signature, no date.
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S SONG LYRICS
Item 1140
LYRICS TO 100 SONGS BY TOM JENSEN
In one sentence: A printed grey-roses paperback, Lyrics to 100 Songs by Tom Jensen, 103 lyrics already made into songs, indexed by musician and category, November 2012 or later (age 34 or older).
Item type
PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S SONG LYRICS
PUBLISHED
A perfect-bound glossy paperback with a grey-and-black close-up photo of roses on the front and a black back cover carrying an ISBN (978-1-300-43672-0). It holds 103 of Tom's poems and lyrics that had already been turned into songs by November 2012, with a front index giving each song's page, musician and category. Back cover scuffed and scratched, pages clean.
- Why it matters
- The book marks the 100th song made from Tom's lyrics - the dedication says so in his own words - and it is one of the books that carries an ISBN. It also names the two companion books offered free on readtom.com, SONG LYRICS AND POEMS and 180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Lyrics to 100 Songs (2012) ; Finished songs ; readtom.com
- Published in
- IN A BOOKLYRICS TO 100 SONGS (2012)
- Age when written
- made at age 34 or laterproved: the dedication-page line Date of this new anthology is November 23rd, 2012 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2012
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- COVER (the file carries no cover text; from the photo read) --- / FRONT COVER: "LYRICS TO 100 SONGS by Tom Jensen" in white over a grey/black close-up photo of roses. / BACK COVER (black, white text): "TOM JENSEN invites musicians and singers from all over the world to turn his words into songs... Over 100 songs made so far. Do You READTOM.COM ??? www.readtom.com YOUTUBE CHANNELS: for songs: TUBESBESTMUSIC for poems: LYRICALBRILLIANCE FIRST YOU BECOME A READER... THEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER... THEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER... TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER..." Barcode block top right: ISBN 978-1-300-43672-0, barcode digits 9 781300 436720, price code 90000.
--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND FULL SONG INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 1-5; index format: page, title, musician, category) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make / your biggest dream(s) come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like / there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up... I am not talking / about achieving any one particular goal in life but just the idea of always setting lofty / and admirable goals in life and putting the work in which is required to achieve those / goals...Even if I ultimately fail at every goal that I set out to achieve (happily, with this / book marking the 100th song that has been created from my lyrics I have at least / achieved one goal...hooray!) the fact that I keep trying to achieve goals as well as set / new ones makes my life worth while...So, I guess this book is dedicated to all those / people out there who feel like they're here for a reason and they GO FOR IT!!! Those / peoples with a passion and dedication to making a contribution - that's a poetic line, / right there! Haha... This book is dedicated to those who wanna change the game... / Enjoy!
My website is readtom.com ---------------------- Do you readtom.com? / I'm a road's scholar of the soul------------------ I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader......................... Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together......................To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 / songs have been made from my words so far.
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before...
Date of this new anthology is November 23rd, 2012
FINISHED SONG LYRICS - This book contains 103 of my poems and lyrics that have already / been turned into songs. Song titles, song categories (like LOVE, HEARTBREAK, SOCIAL / ISSUES, etc) and musician / singer names can be found in the song index in the front of the / book. All my songs can be listened to on the YouTube channel TUBESBESTMUSIC. Many of / them are also featured on my website: READTOM.COM
I also (2) two other books currently available for FREE DOWNLOAD from my website:
SONG LYRICS AND POEMS by Tom Jensen (714 pages) - my anthology of my life's work to / date
180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen (268 pages) - judge this book by its cover
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!! / 2 / WANT TO FIND A COOL PLACE TO STARE AT? IF SO THEN SEE BELOW:
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2 / 3 / SONG INDEX
p. 6 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ........ LOVE / p. 7 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 7 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 8 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice .........INSPIRING / p. 9 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 13 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 14 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner........LOVE / p. 15 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 16 CHOMSKY SONG by Tom Jensen ........ SPOOF / PARODY / p. 17 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice...........INSPIRING / p. 18 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner...........LOVE / p. 19 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo ...........HEARTBREAK / p. 20 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson ...........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ........ SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki ......... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ........... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .... DEPRESSING / p. 27 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner......LOVE / p. 29 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 29 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner......SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 31 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette ........ CHOMSKIAN / p. 32 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ...........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 33 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ........... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 34 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 35 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner....LOVE / p. 36 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs ....... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 38 FRESCO by Justin Justice....LOVE / p. 39 FUZZY MATH by Tom Jensen.......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 40 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 41 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen.............. SPOOF / PARODY / p. 42 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner........LOVE / p. 44 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS
3 / 4 / SONG INDEX
p. 45 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ........... INSPIRING / p. 46 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 47 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ........ INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 48 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 49 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ........ HEARTBREAK / p. 50 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice ......LOVE / p. 51 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ........ HEARTBREAK / p. 52 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy .......... LOVE / p. 53 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner .............. INSPIRING / p. 54 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 56 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ....... REAL LIFE / p. 57 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner ......... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 58 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner ....... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 59 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ..............HEARTBREAK / p. 60 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice ............ HEARTBREAK / p. 61 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..........LOVE / p. 62 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 63 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......RELATIONSHIPS / p. 64 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo ......... DEPRESSING / p. 65 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner ..........HEARTBREAK / p. 66 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE ........INSPIRING / p. 68 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ........... HEARTBREAK / p. 69 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner.....LOVE / p. 70 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner..........HEARTBREAK / p. 71 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ...... DEPRESSING / p. 72 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson ....... DEPRESSING / p. 73 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ........ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 74 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING .........INSPIRING / p. 74 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner .......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 76 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice...LOVE / p. 76 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice ........ FUNNY / p. 77 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 79 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ......... INSPIRING / p. 79 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.....................LOVE / p. 81 SHE by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 82 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner ....... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 83 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............. CHOMSKIAN
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SONG INDEX
p. 85 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ......... INSPIRING / p. 86 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ...... INSPIRING / p. 87 SPAMMING by Tom Jensen .......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 89 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.........INSPIRING / p. 89 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE / p. 91 STRANDED by Justin Justice .........DEPRESSING / p. 91 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner ...........LOVE / p. 92 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner.......... INSPIRING / p. 93 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner .........INSPIRING / p. 95 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner.......HEARTBREAK / p. 97 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 97 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson.......LOVE / p. 98 TRAIN by Justin Justice........HEARTBREAK / p. 99 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ........ INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 100 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ........ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 101 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner......LOVE / p. 103 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ........HEARTBREAK / p. 104 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ........... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 106 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner..........LOVE / p. 106 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 108 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy.......INSPIRING / p. 110 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 111 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 112 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner.......LOVE / p. 113 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice......LOVE / p. 114 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner .............. LOVE / p. 116 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 117 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice.......LOVE / p. 118 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice...INTERNAL STRUGGLE
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--- DEDICATION / ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE AND FULL SONG INDEX (word for word from the file, pages 1-5; index format: page, title, musician, category) --- / DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to myself because sometimes all it takes in life to make / your biggest dream(s) come true is having just one believer. And It sure seems like / there have been times when I was the only one who never gave up... I am not talking / about achieving any one particular goal in life but just the idea of always setting lofty / and admirable goals in life and putting the work in which is required to achieve those / goals...Even if I ultimately fail at every goal that I set out to achieve (happily, with this / book marking the 100th song that has been created from my lyrics I have at least / achieved one goal...hooray!) the fact that I keep trying to achieve goals as well as set / new ones makes my life worth while...So, I guess this book is dedicated to all those / people out there who feel like they're here for a reason and they GO FOR IT!!! Those / peoples with a passion and dedication to making a contribution - that's a poetic line, / right there! Haha... This book is dedicated to those who wanna change the game... / Enjoy!
My website is readtom.com ---------------------- Do you readtom.com? / I'm a road's scholar of the soul------------------ I got my PhD in Rock n' Roll
First you become a reader......................... Then you become a believer... / That's when we all get together......................To try to make this world better
I invite musicians from all over the world to turn my poems and lyrics into songs - over 100 / songs have been made from my words so far.
ALL LYRICS © COPYWRITTEN BY TOM JENSEN on 2012 or before...
Date of this new anthology is November 23rd, 2012
FINISHED SONG LYRICS - This book contains 103 of my poems and lyrics that have already / been turned into songs. Song titles, song categories (like LOVE, HEARTBREAK, SOCIAL / ISSUES, etc) and musician / singer names can be found in the song index in the front of the / book. All my songs can be listened to on the YouTube channel TUBESBESTMUSIC. Many of / them are also featured on my website: READTOM.COM
I also (2) two other books currently available for FREE DOWNLOAD from my website:
SONG LYRICS AND POEMS by Tom Jensen (714 pages) - my anthology of my life's work to / date
180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS by Tom Jensen (268 pages) - judge this book by its cover
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!! / 2 / WANT TO FIND A COOL PLACE TO STARE AT? IF SO THEN SEE BELOW:
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2 / 3 / SONG INDEX
p. 6 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ........ LOVE / p. 7 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 7 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 8 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice .........INSPIRING / p. 9 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLES / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 13 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 14 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner........LOVE / p. 15 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 16 CHOMSKY SONG by Tom Jensen ........ SPOOF / PARODY / p. 17 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice...........INSPIRING / p. 18 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner...........LOVE / p. 19 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo ...........HEARTBREAK / p. 20 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson ...........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ........ SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki ......... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ........... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .... DEPRESSING / p. 27 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner......LOVE / p. 29 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 29 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner......SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 31 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette ........ CHOMSKIAN / p. 32 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ...........MISCELLANEOUS / p. 33 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ........... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 34 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 35 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner....LOVE / p. 36 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs ....... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 38 FRESCO by Justin Justice....LOVE / p. 39 FUZZY MATH by Tom Jensen.......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 40 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 41 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Tom Jensen.............. SPOOF / PARODY / p. 42 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner........LOVE / p. 44 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS
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p. 45 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ........... INSPIRING / p. 46 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 47 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ........ INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 48 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......... HEARTBREAK / p. 49 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ........ HEARTBREAK / p. 50 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice ......LOVE / p. 51 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ........ HEARTBREAK / p. 52 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy .......... LOVE / p. 53 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner .............. INSPIRING / p. 54 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 56 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ....... REAL LIFE / p. 57 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner ......... MISCELLANEOUS / p. 58 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner ....... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 59 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ..............HEARTBREAK / p. 60 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice ............ HEARTBREAK / p. 61 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..........LOVE / p. 62 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 63 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......RELATIONSHIPS / p. 64 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo ......... DEPRESSING / p. 65 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner ..........HEARTBREAK / p. 66 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE ........INSPIRING / p. 68 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ........... HEARTBREAK / p. 69 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner.....LOVE / p. 70 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner..........HEARTBREAK / p. 71 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ...... DEPRESSING / p. 72 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson ....... DEPRESSING / p. 73 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ........ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 74 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING .........INSPIRING / p. 74 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner .......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 76 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice...LOVE / p. 76 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice ........ FUNNY / p. 77 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner .......... INSPIRING / p. 79 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ......... INSPIRING / p. 79 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.....................LOVE / p. 81 SHE by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 82 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner ....... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 83 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............. CHOMSKIAN
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p. 85 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ......... INSPIRING / p. 86 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ...... INSPIRING / p. 87 SPAMMING by Tom Jensen .......... SPOOF / PARODY / p. 89 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.........INSPIRING / p. 89 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE / p. 91 STRANDED by Justin Justice .........DEPRESSING / p. 91 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner ...........LOVE / p. 92 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner.......... INSPIRING / p. 93 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner .........INSPIRING / p. 95 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner.......HEARTBREAK / p. 97 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 97 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson.......LOVE / p. 98 TRAIN by Justin Justice........HEARTBREAK / p. 99 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ........ INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 100 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ........ RELATIONSHIPS / p. 101 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner......LOVE / p. 103 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ........HEARTBREAK / p. 104 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ........... SOCIAL ISSUES / p. 106 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner..........LOVE / p. 106 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ......... DRUGS & ALCOHOL / p. 108 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy.......INSPIRING / p. 110 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 111 WE ARE THE ONES by Tom Jensen & Pete ......... CHOMSKIAN / p. 112 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner.......LOVE / p. 113 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice......LOVE / p. 114 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner .............. LOVE / p. 116 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ......... RELATIONSHIPS / p. 117 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice.......LOVE / p. 118 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice...INTERNAL STRUGGLE
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BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S SONG LYRICS
Item 1136
BRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS) (COPY 1 OF 2)
In one sentence: A printed red paperback with yellow lettering, Brian Rainstorm's Song Lyric Book, holding 130 song lyrics turned into songs through YouTube collaborations, August 2014 or later (age 36 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S SONG LYRICS
PUBLISHED
A red glossy perfect-bound paperback, 144 or more pages, with yellow serif lettering on the front and back covers. It collects 130 of Tom's lyrics written under the pen name Brian Rainstorm, every one of them already set to music by a YouTube collaborator the author never met in person. Good condition, slight edge wear and a faint scuff on the back cover.
- Why it matters
- This is the finished-songs anthology of the Brian Rainstorm years: the printed proof that 130 of Tom's lyrics became real songs through online collaboration. Its about page also records that over 400 poems were still waiting for music at the time.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Brian Rainstorm's Song Lyric Book (2014) ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name) ; Finished songs
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- IN A BOOKBRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS) (2014)
- Age when written
- made at age 36 or laterproved: the copyright line on page 144, on the date of 8/22/2014 or before - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / BRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS)
--- PAGE 1 HEADER (from the file) --- / (Song index & information are located at the end of the book)
--- PAGE 144 - ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All lyrics for these songs have been © by the author(s) as is the music by the musician(s) except where noted either on the date of 8/22/2014 or before. / All of the lyrics in this book have been turned into songs that can be found on the website: brianrainstorm.com / Every single one of these songs is a result of a YouTube Collaboration in which the person who wrote the lyrics (me) never actually met in person the musician(s) who put the words to a melody. / Some of these songs contain adult themes but I’m real sure there’s only one bad word among the 130 or so songs here so it’s safer than listening to the radio for sure! / I also have over 400 poems waiting to be turned into songs as well. / Enjoy. / Thank you for your time
--- SONG INDEX, PAGES 140-143 (from the file, word for word; page / title / musician / theme) --- / SONG INDEX: Lyrics by Brian Rainstorm Music & Vocals by artists listed below: / p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE......... / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 2 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN....... / p. 3 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING......... / p. 4 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 5 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING........ / p. 6 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING........ / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING......... / p. 8 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK....... / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 12 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING....... / p. 13 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE........ / p. 14 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG by Brian Rainstorm ......................... SPOOF / PARODY...... / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING......... / p. 17 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE..... / p. 18 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 19 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 20 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL....... / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING......... / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE......... / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE.......... / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES........ / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING........ / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE......... / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 41 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE........... / p. 42 FUZZY MATH by Brian Rainstorm............................ SPOOF / PARODY....... / p. 43 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN............ / p. 44 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Brian Rainstorm......... SPOOF / PARODY......... / p. 45 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING........... / p. 46 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE.......... / p. 47 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .......................... RELATIONSHIPS....................... / p. 48 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING.................. / p. 49 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 50 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 51 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE.......... / p. 52 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......HEARTBREAK................... / p. 53 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE.......... / p. 56 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK.............. / p. 57 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE............ / p. 57 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING........... / p. 58 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 60 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING............ / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE............ / p. 62 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 64 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 64 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK........ / p. 66 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 68 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING............ / p. 69 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE........ / p. 70 MAN IN THE SKY by Klaus Bluetner...................................DEPRESSING................ / p. 70 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL............ / p. 71 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS........ / p. 72 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING.......... / p. 72 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 74 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE by Klaus Bluetner..................INSPIRING........ / p. 75 MY MASTER by Klaus Bluetner..............................................MISC............... / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK......... / p. 77 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........... / p. 79 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE......... / p. 80 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 81 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 82 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING.......... / p. 82 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES........... / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING....... / p. 85 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING........... / p. 86 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 87 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 88 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE............ / p. 89 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 90 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING by Klaus Bluetner...........INSPIRING.......... / p. 91 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN........... / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE............ / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY............ / p. 94 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING.......... / p. 95 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING........ / p. 95 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 97 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE......... / p. 98 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p 100 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE........ / p 101 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN.......... / P102 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING........ / p103 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING....... / P104 SPAMMING by Brian Rainstorm .................................. SPOOF / PARODY.......... / p. 106 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING.......... / p. 107 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE.......... / p. 108 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING.......... / p. 108 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE............ / p. 109 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING.......... / p. 110 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 112 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE........... / p. 113 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK........... / p. 114 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 115 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE............. / p. 116 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 117 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK......... / p. 117 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 119 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 120 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 121 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE............. / p. 122 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 123 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES.............. / p. 124 WAITING STILL by Klaus Bluetn...............................REAL LIFE.................. / p. 125 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE.......... / p. 126 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL......... / p. 127 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS............. / p. 130 WE ARE THE ONES by Brian Rainstorm & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 131 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE........ / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE........ / p. 133 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE.......... / p. 135 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE........... / p. 137 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice.. INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 138 YOU GOTTA LIVE THE BLUES by Klaus Bluetner ..............REAL LIFE
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "I'm just glad he writes songs and not plays" - William Shakespeare
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read of copy 1136, 4 photos).
--- PAGE 1 HEADER (from the file) --- / (Song index & information are located at the end of the book)
--- PAGE 144 - ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All lyrics for these songs have been © by the author(s) as is the music by the musician(s) except where noted either on the date of 8/22/2014 or before. / All of the lyrics in this book have been turned into songs that can be found on the website: brianrainstorm.com / Every single one of these songs is a result of a YouTube Collaboration in which the person who wrote the lyrics (me) never actually met in person the musician(s) who put the words to a melody. / Some of these songs contain adult themes but I’m real sure there’s only one bad word among the 130 or so songs here so it’s safer than listening to the radio for sure! / I also have over 400 poems waiting to be turned into songs as well. / Enjoy. / Thank you for your time
--- SONG INDEX, PAGES 140-143 (from the file, word for word; page / title / musician / theme) --- / SONG INDEX: Lyrics by Brian Rainstorm Music & Vocals by artists listed below: / p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE......... / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 2 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN....... / p. 3 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING......... / p. 4 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 5 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING........ / p. 6 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING........ / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING......... / p. 8 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK....... / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 12 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING....... / p. 13 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE........ / p. 14 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG by Brian Rainstorm ......................... SPOOF / PARODY...... / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING......... / p. 17 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE..... / p. 18 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 19 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 20 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL....... / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING......... / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE......... / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE.......... / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES........ / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING........ / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE......... / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 41 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE........... / p. 42 FUZZY MATH by Brian Rainstorm............................ SPOOF / PARODY....... / p. 43 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN............ / p. 44 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Brian Rainstorm......... SPOOF / PARODY......... / p. 45 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING........... / p. 46 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE.......... / p. 47 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .......................... RELATIONSHIPS....................... / p. 48 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING.................. / p. 49 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 50 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 51 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE.......... / p. 52 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......HEARTBREAK................... / p. 53 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE.......... / p. 56 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK.............. / p. 57 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE............ / p. 57 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING........... / p. 58 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 60 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING............ / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE............ / p. 62 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 64 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 64 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK........ / p. 66 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 68 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING............ / p. 69 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE........ / p. 70 MAN IN THE SKY by Klaus Bluetner...................................DEPRESSING................ / p. 70 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL............ / p. 71 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS........ / p. 72 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING.......... / p. 72 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 74 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE by Klaus Bluetner..................INSPIRING........ / p. 75 MY MASTER by Klaus Bluetner..............................................MISC............... / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK......... / p. 77 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........... / p. 79 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE......... / p. 80 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 81 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 82 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING.......... / p. 82 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES........... / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING....... / p. 85 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING........... / p. 86 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 87 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 88 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE............ / p. 89 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 90 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING by Klaus Bluetner...........INSPIRING.......... / p. 91 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN........... / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE............ / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY............ / p. 94 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING.......... / p. 95 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING........ / p. 95 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 97 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE......... / p. 98 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p 100 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE........ / p 101 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN.......... / P102 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING........ / p103 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING....... / P104 SPAMMING by Brian Rainstorm .................................. SPOOF / PARODY.......... / p. 106 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING.......... / p. 107 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE.......... / p. 108 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING.......... / p. 108 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE............ / p. 109 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING.......... / p. 110 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 112 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE........... / p. 113 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK........... / p. 114 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 115 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE............. / p. 116 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 117 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK......... / p. 117 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 119 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 120 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 121 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE............. / p. 122 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 123 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES.............. / p. 124 WAITING STILL by Klaus Bluetn...............................REAL LIFE.................. / p. 125 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE.......... / p. 126 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL......... / p. 127 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS............. / p. 130 WE ARE THE ONES by Brian Rainstorm & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 131 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE........ / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE........ / p. 133 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE.......... / p. 135 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE........... / p. 137 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice.. INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 138 YOU GOTTA LIVE THE BLUES by Klaus Bluetner ..............REAL LIFE
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "I'm just glad he writes songs and not plays" - William Shakespeare
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read of copy 1136, 4 photos).
Item 1137
BRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS) (COPY 2 OF 2)
In one sentence: A printed red paperback with yellow lettering, Brian Rainstorm's Song Lyric Book, holding 130 song lyrics turned into songs through YouTube collaborations, August 2014 or later (age 36 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S SONG LYRICS
PUBLISHED
A red glossy perfect-bound paperback, 144 or more pages, with yellow serif lettering on the front and back covers. It collects 130 of Tom's lyrics written under the pen name Brian Rainstorm, every one of them already set to music by a YouTube collaborator the author never met in person. Good condition, light corner wear.
- Why it matters
- This is the finished-songs anthology of the Brian Rainstorm years: the printed proof that 130 of Tom's lyrics became real songs through online collaboration. Its about page also records that over 400 poems were still waiting for music at the time.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Brian Rainstorm's Song Lyric Book (2014) ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name) ; Finished songs
- Published in
- IN A BOOKBRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS) (2014)
- Age when written
- made at age 36 or laterproved: the copyright line on page 144, on the date of 8/22/2014 or before - edition date (the edition line was read on another copy of the same printing, item 1136)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
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Picture 2 of 3
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / BRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS)
--- PAGE 1 HEADER (from the file) --- / (Song index & information are located at the end of the book)
--- PAGE 144 - ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All lyrics for these songs have been © by the author(s) as is the music by the musician(s) except where noted either on the date of 8/22/2014 or before. / All of the lyrics in this book have been turned into songs that can be found on the website: brianrainstorm.com / Every single one of these songs is a result of a YouTube Collaboration in which the person who wrote the lyrics (me) never actually met in person the musician(s) who put the words to a melody. / Some of these songs contain adult themes but I’m real sure there’s only one bad word among the 130 or so songs here so it’s safer than listening to the radio for sure! / I also have over 400 poems waiting to be turned into songs as well. / Enjoy. / Thank you for your time
--- SONG INDEX, PAGES 140-143 (from the file, word for word; page / title / musician / theme) --- / SONG INDEX: Lyrics by Brian Rainstorm Music & Vocals by artists listed below: / p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE......... / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 2 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN....... / p. 3 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING......... / p. 4 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 5 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING........ / p. 6 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING........ / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING......... / p. 8 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK....... / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 12 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING....... / p. 13 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE........ / p. 14 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG by Brian Rainstorm ......................... SPOOF / PARODY...... / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING......... / p. 17 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE..... / p. 18 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 19 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 20 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL....... / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING......... / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE......... / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE.......... / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES........ / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING........ / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE......... / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 41 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE........... / p. 42 FUZZY MATH by Brian Rainstorm............................ SPOOF / PARODY....... / p. 43 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN............ / p. 44 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Brian Rainstorm......... SPOOF / PARODY......... / p. 45 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING........... / p. 46 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE.......... / p. 47 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .......................... RELATIONSHIPS....................... / p. 48 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING.................. / p. 49 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 50 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 51 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE.......... / p. 52 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......HEARTBREAK................... / p. 53 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE.......... / p. 56 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK.............. / p. 57 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE............ / p. 57 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING........... / p. 58 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 60 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING............ / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE............ / p. 62 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 64 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 64 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK........ / p. 66 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 68 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING............ / p. 69 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE........ / p. 70 MAN IN THE SKY by Klaus Bluetner...................................DEPRESSING................ / p. 70 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL............ / p. 71 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS........ / p. 72 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING.......... / p. 72 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 74 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE by Klaus Bluetner..................INSPIRING........ / p. 75 MY MASTER by Klaus Bluetner..............................................MISC............... / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK......... / p. 77 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........... / p. 79 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE......... / p. 80 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 81 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 82 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING.......... / p. 82 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES........... / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING....... / p. 85 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING........... / p. 86 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 87 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 88 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE............ / p. 89 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 90 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING by Klaus Bluetner...........INSPIRING.......... / p. 91 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN........... / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE............ / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY............ / p. 94 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING.......... / p. 95 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING........ / p. 95 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 97 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE......... / p. 98 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p 100 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE........ / p 101 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN.......... / P102 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING........ / p103 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING....... / P104 SPAMMING by Brian Rainstorm .................................. SPOOF / PARODY.......... / p. 106 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING.......... / p. 107 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE.......... / p. 108 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING.......... / p. 108 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE............ / p. 109 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING.......... / p. 110 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 112 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE........... / p. 113 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK........... / p. 114 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 115 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE............. / p. 116 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 117 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK......... / p. 117 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 119 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 120 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 121 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE............. / p. 122 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 123 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES.............. / p. 124 WAITING STILL by Klaus Bluetn...............................REAL LIFE.................. / p. 125 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE.......... / p. 126 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL......... / p. 127 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS............. / p. 130 WE ARE THE ONES by Brian Rainstorm & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 131 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE........ / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE........ / p. 133 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE.......... / p. 135 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE........... / p. 137 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice.. INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 138 YOU GOTTA LIVE THE BLUES by Klaus Bluetner ..............REAL LIFE
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "I'm just glad he writes songs and not plays" - William Shakespeare
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read of copy 1137, 3 photos; the about page 144 was not photographed on this copy - its words above come from the file and from copy 1136).
--- PAGE 1 HEADER (from the file) --- / (Song index & information are located at the end of the book)
--- PAGE 144 - ABOUT / COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All lyrics for these songs have been © by the author(s) as is the music by the musician(s) except where noted either on the date of 8/22/2014 or before. / All of the lyrics in this book have been turned into songs that can be found on the website: brianrainstorm.com / Every single one of these songs is a result of a YouTube Collaboration in which the person who wrote the lyrics (me) never actually met in person the musician(s) who put the words to a melody. / Some of these songs contain adult themes but I’m real sure there’s only one bad word among the 130 or so songs here so it’s safer than listening to the radio for sure! / I also have over 400 poems waiting to be turned into songs as well. / Enjoy. / Thank you for your time
--- SONG INDEX, PAGES 140-143 (from the file, word for word; page / title / musician / theme) --- / SONG INDEX: Lyrics by Brian Rainstorm Music & Vocals by artists listed below: / p. 1 ABSOLUTELY MARIE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... ...... LOVE......... / p. 2 ALISON'S AIRPLANE by Justin Justice .............. DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 2 ALL IN A DAY by Klaus Bluetner...................................CHOMSKIAN....... / p. 3 ALL IN GOOD TIME by Klaus Bluetner .............................. INSPIRING......... / p. 4 AS FOR ME by Klaus Bluetner.......................INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 5 AS I PLAY by Klaus Bluetner................................................INSPIRING........ / p. 6 BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Klaus Bluetner................ ....INSPIRING........ / p. 7 BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Justin Justice ............. ..........INSPIRING......... / p. 8 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE by Klaus Bluetner .............. RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 10 BREAKING HER HEART by Justin Justice ................... HEARTBREAK....... / p. 11 BREAKING THE CHAINS by Tiffany Anne .... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 12 BRICKLAYER by Klaus Bluetner ................................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 12 BROKEN MIRROR by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING....... / p. 13 BUTTERFLY by Klaus Bluetner..................................................LOVE........ / p. 14 CARRY ME by Klaus Bluetner ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 15 CHOMSKY SONG by Brian Rainstorm ......................... SPOOF / PARODY...... / p. 16 CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Justin Justice..................INSPIRING......... / p. 17 COLOR OF LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................................LOVE..... / p. 18 COME FOR A RIDE by Bryan Magsayo .....................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 19 COMING OF FALL by Tyler Thompson .................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 20 CONCRETE PEOPLE by Klaus Bluetner......................CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 21 COST OF WAR by Klaus Bluetner ............................ SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p . 23 CURVES OF SORROW by Tyler Thompson ......DRUGS & ALCOHOL.......... / p. 23 DEAD END by Justin Justice ............................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL....... / p. 25 DEAD SILENCE by Justin Osowiecki .................... SOCIAL ISSUES.......... / p. 25 DEEP SEEDED by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p. 26 DOWNWARD SPIRAL by Max Weltman .................... DEPRESSING......... / p. 28 DREAMLAND by Klaus Bluetner...........................................LOVE......... / p. 29 DUST TO DUST by Klaus Bluetner..........................RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 30 END OF THE ROAD by Klaus Bluetner..................................LOVE.......... / p. 31 FALLEN CLOUDS by William Elmore ...................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 32 FALLEN WALLS by Klaus Bluetner..........................SOCIAL ISSUES........ / p. 33 FIGHT FOR PEACE by Lynette .................................. CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 34 FIRST CLASS by Klaus Bluetner ..........................MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 35 FIRST PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ......................... MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 36 FLOW by Klaus Bluetner ................................................ INSPIRING........ / p. 37 FOURTEEN DAYS by Klaus Bluetner.............INTERNAL STRUGGLES......... / p. 38 FOURTH SHAKRA by Klaus Bluetner.......................................LOVE......... / p. 39 FRAMES by Jon Jacobs .......................................... RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 41 FRESCO by Justin Justice..............................................................LOVE........... / p. 42 FUZZY MATH by Brian Rainstorm............................ SPOOF / PARODY....... / p. 43 GIFT by Klaus Bluetner .................................................. CHOMSKIAN............ / p. 44 GLOUCESTER SEVENTEEN by Brian Rainstorm......... SPOOF / PARODY......... / p. 45 GOLDEN ARCHER by Klaus Bluetner ................................ INSPIRING........... / p. 46 GYPSY MAMMA by Klaus Bluetner..............................................LOVE.......... / p. 47 HALF FULL by Klaus Bluetner .......................... RELATIONSHIPS....................... / p. 48 HALL OF FAME by Klaus Bluetner ................................. INSPIRING.................. / p. 49 HARRY PATCH by Klaus Bluetner ....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 50 HERE AND NOW by Justin Justice ...................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 51 HERE I AM by Klaus Bluetner............................................................. LOVE.......... / p. 52 HOUSE OF SHATTERED GLASS by Klaus Bluetner ......HEARTBREAK................... / p. 53 HOW CAN YOU by Bryan Magsayo ..................................... HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 54 IN THE POURING RAIN by Justin Justice .....................................LOVE.......... / p. 56 INTERNAL BRUISES by Justin Justice ............................ HEARTBREAK.............. / p. 57 IT COULD BE YOU by Sandy ........................................................... LOVE............ / p. 57 IT IS YOUR TURN by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INSPIRING........... / p. 58 JULIA'S GARDEN by Klaus Bluetner ................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 60 LAST MAN STANDING by Klaus Bluetner.............................. INSPIRING............ / p. 61 LAST CUP OF COFFEE by Justin Justice ............................. REAL LIFE............ / p. 62 LEAVING CALIFORNIA by Klaus Bluetner .................. MISCELLANEOUS........... / p. 64 LEAVING YOUR ROOTS by Klaus Bluetner .......... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 64 LET DOWN by Justin Justice ...............................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 66 LITTLE BIRD by Justin Justice .......................................... HEARTBREAK........ / p. 66 LOOKING FOR LOVE by Klaus Bluetner............................. HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 68 LOW DOWN by Klaus Bluetner............................................ DEPRESSING............ / p. 69 LYRICAL GROOM AND MUSICAL BRIDE by Klaus Bluetner..............LOVE........ / p. 70 MAN IN THE SKY by Klaus Bluetner...................................DEPRESSING................ / p. 70 MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE by Justin Justice .....DRUGS & ALCOHOL............ / p. 71 MATCH MAKER by Klaus Bluetner......................................RELATIONSHIPS........ / p. 72 MAYBE SOMEDAY by Bryan Magsayo .................................. DEPRESSING.......... / p. 72 MELODY OF SORROW by Klaus Bluetner .........................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 74 MICHELANGELO AND MARBLE by Klaus Bluetner..................INSPIRING........ / p. 75 MY MASTER by Klaus Bluetner..............................................MISC............... / p. 76 NATURE OF MAN by Justin Justice ................................ HEARTBREAK......... / p. 77 NEVERMORE by Klaus Bluetner....................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........... / p. 79 NEXT IN LINE by Klaus Bluetner...........................................................LOVE......... / p. 80 NIGHT OUT by Klaus Bluetner.......................... INTERNAL STRUGGLES........ / p. 81 NOW BOARDING by Klaus Bluetner.................................HEARTBREAK........ / p. 82 OASIS by Klaus Bluetner ..................................................... DEPRESSING.......... / p. 82 OLD ELI by Klaus Bluetner.............................................. SOCIAL ISSUES........... / p. 84 ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE by Justin Justice ..................... DEPRESSING....... / p. 85 OVERRATED by Tyler Thompson .................................. DEPRESSING........... / p. 86 PENDULUM by Klaus Bluetner ................................ RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 87 PENNYWISE by Klaus Bluetner..................................... CHOMSKIAN.......... / p. 88 PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS by Klaus Bluetner......................... LOVE............ / p. 89 POSTCARD by Klaus Bluetner..............................RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 90 PRAYER FOR LIFE'S MEANING by Klaus Bluetner...........INSPIRING.......... / p. 91 PRETTY TOYS by Klaus Bluetner ............................... CHOMSKIAN........... / p. 92 RAINYDAY SUNSHINE by Justin Justice..................................LOVE............ / p. 92 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES by Justin Justice .................... FUNNY............ / p. 94 RIPPLES by Klaus Bluetner ............................................. INSPIRING.......... / p. 95 ROCKING THE WORLD by Lai Youttitham ..................... INSPIRING........ / p. 95 SANDCASTLES by Klaus Bluetner.........................RELATIONSHIPS.......... / p. 97 SEE THIS THRU by Justin Justice.........................................LOVE......... / p. 98 SHE by Klaus Bluetner ................................... INTERNAL STRUGGLE......... / p 100 SINGER SONGWRITER by Klaus Bluetner .....INTERNAL STRUGGLE........ / p 101 SLEEPWALKERS by Klaus Bluetner ............................ CHOMSKIAN.......... / P102 SMELL THE FLOWERS by Rebekah Ann Curtis ............... INSPIRING........ / p103 SNOWFLAKES by Justin Justice ....................................... INSPIRING....... / P104 SPAMMING by Brian Rainstorm .................................. SPOOF / PARODY.......... / p. 106 STARS by Klaus Bluetner.................................................INSPIRING.......... / p. 107 STILLTHINKING OF YOU TONIGHT by Tyler Thompson ..........LOVE.......... / p. 108 STRANDED by Justin Justice ........................................DEPRESSING.......... / p. 108 STRANGER...THEN FICTION by Klaus Bluetner .....................LOVE............ / p. 109 SUMMER'S THE TIME by Klaus Bluetner......................... INSPIRING.......... / p. 110 SUNLIGHT by Klaus Bluetner ............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 112 SURE SHORE by Klaus Bluetner...................INTERNAL STRUGGLE........... / p. 113 TABLE FOR TWO by Klaus Bluetner............................HEARTBREAK........... / p. 114 THUNDERSTORMS by Klaus Bluetner .........INTERNAL STRUGGLE............. / p. 115 TONIGHT'S MOONLIGHT by Tyler Thompson........................LOVE............. / p. 116 TRASH CAN by Klaus Bluetner....................................HEARTBREAK............ / p. 117 TRAIN by Justin Justice................................................HEARTBREAK......... / p. 117 TRENDING by Klaus Bluetner................................MISCELLANEOUS......... / p. 119 TRYING TIMES by Klaus Bluetner ............... INTERNAL STRUGGLE.......... / p. 120 UNITY by Justin Justice & Lai Youttitham ............. RELATIONSHIPS........... / p. 121 UNTITLED UNLABELED by Klaus Bluetner............................LOVE............. / p. 122 USED TO BE by Klaus Bluetner ..................................HEARTBREAK.......... / p. 123 VISITED A PLACE by Klaus Bluetner ................... SOCIAL ISSUES.............. / p. 124 WAITING STILL by Klaus Bluetn...............................REAL LIFE.................. / p. 125 WARM SHOULDER by Klaus Bluetner....................................LOVE.......... / p. 126 WARMER WATERS by Klaus Bluetner ................ DRUGS & ALCOHOL......... / p. 127 WATCHER by Matt McCarthy...............................................INSPIRING........... / p. 128 WATER FLESH AND BONE by Justin Justice ........... RELATIONSHIPS............. / p. 130 WE ARE THE ONES by Brian Rainstorm & Pete .................. CHOMSKIAN......... / p. 131 WHAT I'LL DO by Klaus Bluetner....................................................LOVE........ / p. 132 WHAT WE SHARE by Justin Justice..........................................LOVE........ / p. 133 WHERE I AM FROM by Klaus Bluetner ................................... LOVE.......... / p. 135 WITHIN REACH by Klaus Bluetner ........................... RELATIONSHIPS......... / p. 136 WORTH THE WAIT by Justin Justice........................................LOVE........... / p. 137 YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF by Justin Justice.. INTERNAL STRUGGLE / p. 138 YOU GOTTA LIVE THE BLUES by Klaus Bluetner ..............REAL LIFE
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "I'm just glad he writes songs and not plays" - William Shakespeare
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read of copy 1137, 3 photos; the about page 144 was not photographed on this copy - its words above come from the file and from copy 1136).
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
Item 1146
POETRY IS NOT DEAD YET
In one sentence: A black printed paperback with yellow lettering, POETRY IS NOT DEAD YET by Brian Rainstorm, Tom's pen name, 475 pages of poems, August 2014 or later (age 36 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A Lulu paperback, POETRY IS NOT DEAD YET by Brian Rainstorm, black glossy cover with yellow block capitals and the back-cover blurb 'He's really, really good.' - Jesus. Page 1 opens with the poems ACTRESS and ADVICE; page 475 carries the copyright line dated 8/13/2014 (misprinted 20014). Cover warped and heavily scratched, spine edge lifting, faint scrawl on the bottom page edges.
- Why it matters
- A second copy of Tom's 2014 collection under his pen name Brian Rainstorm (the first copy is item 1084) - at 475 pages the largest of the Rainstorm books.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name) ; Poetry Is Not Dead Yet (2014)
- Published in
- IN A BOOKPOETRY IS NOT DEAD YET (2014)
- Age when written
- made at age 36 or laterproved: the copyright line 8/13/20014 or before (misprint for 8/13/2014) - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / POETRY IS NOT DEAD YET / Brian Rainstorm
--- PAGE 1 OPENS (from the file) --- / ACTRESS By Brian Rainstorm / ADVICE By Brian Rainstorm
--- PAGE 475 - COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All poems copy written by the author(s) on 8/13/20014 or before. / Visit the website: brianrainstorm.com for more information. / (printed 20014 in the file too - the misprint is in the manuscript, meaning 8/13/2014)
--- TITLE LIST, PAGES 462-474 (from the file, word for word; the book prints titles only, no page numbers) --- / POEMS LISTED BY TITLE / actress / advice / after the fact / alcohol / all in / always moving / another history lesson / answer up / aum what she said om / avoid / awaken / barrel roll / bars and scars / be hooven / beast / beats growing corn / behave / being hip / best left / bet my mother / betrayal / better choices / better than it seems / big shoes / bird on a string / birthright / bite of the apple / black dress / boardwalk / brain games / braveheart / brian's psalm / brownies and love / bsf / butter fingers / by design / call it fate / candy rapper superstar / can't dance / can't have that / cardboard box / cement / cello / chameleon / changing the game / chicken coup soup / chit chat chatter / chosen one / clap / clear view / cliffhanger / climbing the ladder / clinical depression / come to me / close friends / coming home / complicated subject / cop asked the witnesses / corey story / country song / cry me a river / crystal ball / daddy taught me / dance floor / day glow / daylight again / dead warrior / dear life / decembers / deeper / delicious / derek's blood / dirt nap / disciple of dirt / do do you wanna / dot dot space / double speak / drawing a blank / dream away / drinking solution / dropping science / dry ice / east timor / electric waterfall / empty bottle / empty eyes / empty room / end game / endless chorus / enemy of this state / engraver / ex-poem / exit the sandman / expired / f the w / face to face / failing / fallacy of the undistributed middle / fancy words / fate is a word / fences / festival / following the blind / forever / forever next / forget me knot / forty days / fields of time / fifty two pick up / flair / fleeting / free sanity / friend / friends and countrymen / game / get outta my house / gettin' freckles / gettin' juiced / go / gods girls and gurus / goodbye / goodbye to you / good seat / great greatest greatest-er / guns and butter / groovy gravy / grow up / grown to love / happy birthday to me / happy people / hardline / have not / have to laugh / he said she said / head first / heartstrings / heavy machines / high praise / honest injun / hope floats / heavy to light cream / heresy speaks no evil / hey waiter / hidden evils / hiding the dirt / high risers / hot toddy / how and when / hurting her knees and pride / i am / i love / idle bee / in a click / in a jiffy / in the shape of an angel / indigestion / innocence lost / insist / insomnia / intellectual property / it doesn't matter / it's all right / jewelry box / jumping jack / keeping up / key / kicking the can / killing for pie / king klaus / kitty cat chat / kneeling / lawn noams / lazy afternoon / lazy citizen / lebronecon / legend / let it ride / let me in / let me live the dream / let me shine / life line / light / light or the white / limitless / little break / little more time / living large / lonely clouds / lost and found / love it or leave it / lucky thirteen / making a killing / making a list / man enough / master plan / me and you / me myself and i / meet michael hawk / melting snow / memories of you / messy room / mickey d's / midas touch / mine / minny and jim / mister ed / monetization / monuments / morsels / moth / mud slingers / my garden / my little hands / my muse / my precious / mystic haze / name in lights / nap time / napalm / negativity / never be / never expect it / new currency / new planet / new sight / new york minute / night light / nine to five state of mind / no doubts / no news / no return / no thanks babe / nothing at all / number one / obamafication / ode to jason / of the daze / off the road / oh juanita / old friends / on the rocks / on your mark / one percent war / only here / only shared with you / open and closed / open mic night / pandora's box / paper thin / paradigm / paradox / paragraph / pardon me / patching the hole / paying your dues / peculiar / pen and paper / penguins / people like me / perception shift / perfect world / pests / picture something nice / playing chess / pleasures and treasures / pledge / plug and pray / poet / poorest chorus / power is / presence / pretty fountains / pretty gold bracelet / pretty words / prime time / prism / proxy war / public places / pushing the button / puzzle pieces / questions and answer / quick wit / radioactive tuna / rage / rain / rainbows / red on my rose / rehab / rescue / resolutions / rest in peace / rest of my days / riding a wave / rock number ten / rolling up your sleeves / rumours from heaven / same single word / secret room / seeds sewn / seeing is believing / september / seven voices / shades / shadow boxing / shadow of smoke / shadow of the drone / shield / shimmering / short fuse / sides / sign of the times / silhouette of a stranger / sing yerself / sky and light / slip stream / smiles and frowns / smoke signals / sniper's song / snowing love / so what / something / something in my genes / something in the air / somewhere / sorry / soul bay / space race / spiders flies sheep and bees / spinning / splendiferous / spreading the word / staking the flag / statues in capsules / status quo woes / story of my life / street level / stuck inside a slumber / studio / subjects / subterfuge / sunrises / surviving the stairs / sweeping / synergy / tales of wings / tasty / tears of trust / ten feet tall / that's that / thick skin / thirty seconds / this time / this very room / time and a half / time bomb / time to climb / timeless to ten / tones / tools of fools / top of the ledge / traffic / triangle / true colors / trust me / trust worthy / turbulence / twelve words / twisting the knife / two o'clock on sunday afternoon / two thousand miles / uh that's christmas nana / uncashable / underrated / undertow / unencumbered / united we stand / unshore / unwritten and unsaid / valentine woes / venus / victim of fate / view askew / violence is their solution / visions / voices with faces / wake and baker / walking paradox / warning / watching and waiting / watering the weeds / wedding bells / well organized / well well well / well placed e / what i do / which is which / white eyes / who knows you / window seat / wishing well / x marks the spot / you spilled my coffee / zen masters / zeroes
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "He's really, really good." - Jesus / Barcode box: 800105 176960, "ID: 1...." and www.lulu.com (ID digits NOT SURE, glare)
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None readable. Faint scrawl on the bottom page edges and faint writing showing through from page 474 - unreadable, NOT SURE whether handwritten or printed (photo read). The file has no handwriting; page 474 in the file is the end of the title list (well placed e ... zeroes).
--- PAGE 1 OPENS (from the file) --- / ACTRESS By Brian Rainstorm / ADVICE By Brian Rainstorm
--- PAGE 475 - COPYRIGHT PAGE (from the file, word for word) --- / All poems copy written by the author(s) on 8/13/20014 or before. / Visit the website: brianrainstorm.com for more information. / (printed 20014 in the file too - the misprint is in the manuscript, meaning 8/13/2014)
--- TITLE LIST, PAGES 462-474 (from the file, word for word; the book prints titles only, no page numbers) --- / POEMS LISTED BY TITLE / actress / advice / after the fact / alcohol / all in / always moving / another history lesson / answer up / aum what she said om / avoid / awaken / barrel roll / bars and scars / be hooven / beast / beats growing corn / behave / being hip / best left / bet my mother / betrayal / better choices / better than it seems / big shoes / bird on a string / birthright / bite of the apple / black dress / boardwalk / brain games / braveheart / brian's psalm / brownies and love / bsf / butter fingers / by design / call it fate / candy rapper superstar / can't dance / can't have that / cardboard box / cement / cello / chameleon / changing the game / chicken coup soup / chit chat chatter / chosen one / clap / clear view / cliffhanger / climbing the ladder / clinical depression / come to me / close friends / coming home / complicated subject / cop asked the witnesses / corey story / country song / cry me a river / crystal ball / daddy taught me / dance floor / day glow / daylight again / dead warrior / dear life / decembers / deeper / delicious / derek's blood / dirt nap / disciple of dirt / do do you wanna / dot dot space / double speak / drawing a blank / dream away / drinking solution / dropping science / dry ice / east timor / electric waterfall / empty bottle / empty eyes / empty room / end game / endless chorus / enemy of this state / engraver / ex-poem / exit the sandman / expired / f the w / face to face / failing / fallacy of the undistributed middle / fancy words / fate is a word / fences / festival / following the blind / forever / forever next / forget me knot / forty days / fields of time / fifty two pick up / flair / fleeting / free sanity / friend / friends and countrymen / game / get outta my house / gettin' freckles / gettin' juiced / go / gods girls and gurus / goodbye / goodbye to you / good seat / great greatest greatest-er / guns and butter / groovy gravy / grow up / grown to love / happy birthday to me / happy people / hardline / have not / have to laugh / he said she said / head first / heartstrings / heavy machines / high praise / honest injun / hope floats / heavy to light cream / heresy speaks no evil / hey waiter / hidden evils / hiding the dirt / high risers / hot toddy / how and when / hurting her knees and pride / i am / i love / idle bee / in a click / in a jiffy / in the shape of an angel / indigestion / innocence lost / insist / insomnia / intellectual property / it doesn't matter / it's all right / jewelry box / jumping jack / keeping up / key / kicking the can / killing for pie / king klaus / kitty cat chat / kneeling / lawn noams / lazy afternoon / lazy citizen / lebronecon / legend / let it ride / let me in / let me live the dream / let me shine / life line / light / light or the white / limitless / little break / little more time / living large / lonely clouds / lost and found / love it or leave it / lucky thirteen / making a killing / making a list / man enough / master plan / me and you / me myself and i / meet michael hawk / melting snow / memories of you / messy room / mickey d's / midas touch / mine / minny and jim / mister ed / monetization / monuments / morsels / moth / mud slingers / my garden / my little hands / my muse / my precious / mystic haze / name in lights / nap time / napalm / negativity / never be / never expect it / new currency / new planet / new sight / new york minute / night light / nine to five state of mind / no doubts / no news / no return / no thanks babe / nothing at all / number one / obamafication / ode to jason / of the daze / off the road / oh juanita / old friends / on the rocks / on your mark / one percent war / only here / only shared with you / open and closed / open mic night / pandora's box / paper thin / paradigm / paradox / paragraph / pardon me / patching the hole / paying your dues / peculiar / pen and paper / penguins / people like me / perception shift / perfect world / pests / picture something nice / playing chess / pleasures and treasures / pledge / plug and pray / poet / poorest chorus / power is / presence / pretty fountains / pretty gold bracelet / pretty words / prime time / prism / proxy war / public places / pushing the button / puzzle pieces / questions and answer / quick wit / radioactive tuna / rage / rain / rainbows / red on my rose / rehab / rescue / resolutions / rest in peace / rest of my days / riding a wave / rock number ten / rolling up your sleeves / rumours from heaven / same single word / secret room / seeds sewn / seeing is believing / september / seven voices / shades / shadow boxing / shadow of smoke / shadow of the drone / shield / shimmering / short fuse / sides / sign of the times / silhouette of a stranger / sing yerself / sky and light / slip stream / smiles and frowns / smoke signals / sniper's song / snowing love / so what / something / something in my genes / something in the air / somewhere / sorry / soul bay / space race / spiders flies sheep and bees / spinning / splendiferous / spreading the word / staking the flag / statues in capsules / status quo woes / story of my life / street level / stuck inside a slumber / studio / subjects / subterfuge / sunrises / surviving the stairs / sweeping / synergy / tales of wings / tasty / tears of trust / ten feet tall / that's that / thick skin / thirty seconds / this time / this very room / time and a half / time bomb / time to climb / timeless to ten / tones / tools of fools / top of the ledge / traffic / triangle / true colors / trust me / trust worthy / turbulence / twelve words / twisting the knife / two o'clock on sunday afternoon / two thousand miles / uh that's christmas nana / uncashable / underrated / undertow / unencumbered / united we stand / unshore / unwritten and unsaid / valentine woes / venus / victim of fate / view askew / violence is their solution / visions / voices with faces / wake and baker / walking paradox / warning / watching and waiting / watering the weeds / wedding bells / well organized / well well well / well placed e / what i do / which is which / white eyes / who knows you / window seat / wishing well / x marks the spot / you spilled my coffee / zen masters / zeroes
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "He's really, really good." - Jesus / Barcode box: 800105 176960, "ID: 1...." and www.lulu.com (ID digits NOT SURE, glare)
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / None readable. Faint scrawl on the bottom page edges and faint writing showing through from page 474 - unreadable, NOT SURE whether handwritten or printed (photo read). The file has no handwriting; page 474 in the file is the end of the title list (well placed e ... zeroes).
Item 1138
NEW POEMS BY BRIAN RAINSTORM
In one sentence: A thin orange printed booklet, New Poems by Brian Rainstorm, 42 pages with a 45-line index and a brianrainstorm.com cover line, April 2017 or later (age 38 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · PRINTED BOOK OF TOM'S POEMS
PUBLISHED
A thin orange glossy paperback booklet of 42 pages, black sans-serif title on the front and a white back cover. It holds 44 new poems plus a group of found poems, with the first poem dated 12/13/2016 and the whole printed on or before April 2, 2017 (the page 1 copyright line), a short introduction, a two-page index of 45 lines and blank ruled notes pages at the back. Good condition, slight curl at the spine edge.
- Why it matters
- This is the newest small collection of the Brian Rainstorm years, printed in 2017, and the first poem in it (PORTANT PEOPLE POLITICIANS N PRESIDENTS, dated 12/13/2016) carries its own writing date - the only dated poem in the book.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; New Poems by Brian Rainstorm (2017) ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name) ; Poems waiting for music
- Published in
- IN A BOOKNEW POEMS BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (2017)
- Age when written
- made at age 38 or laterproved: the copyright line on page 1, on or before April 2, 2017 - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2017
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These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / NEW POEMS BY BRIAN RAINSTORM / brianrainstorm.com
--- PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION / COPYRIGHT (from the file, word for word) --- / Hello. My name is Brian Rainstorm. I have a website called brianrainstorm.com with some stuff on it. I write some poems. Here are some new ones. These are all copy written by me © the author on or before April 2, 2017 unless where and when noted. Sometime people turn some of them into songs. I’m shy. It was nice meeting you. / - Brian Rainstorm / NOTE: POEM INDEX ON PAGE 40 & 41
--- PAGE 39 FOOT LINE (from the file) --- / NOTE THE INDEX IS ON PAGE 40
--- POEM INDEX, PAGES 40-41 (from the file, word for word; page number then title) --- / INDEX: / 1 PORTANT PEOPLE POLITICIANS N PRESIDENTS / 2 FLOURIDE / 2 NEW / 3 FOUND POEMS / 4 SLEEPLESS / 5 WELL GLORY BEE / 5 GROOVE BACK / 6 HALF A POND OF LILLY PADS / 7 UNDERCASTE / 7 EVEN / 8 LOST / 9 CINNABON GIRL (neil young spoof) / 10 POETIC WAX / 11 FANTASY AND REALITY / 12 INCIDENT ON KING STREET / 13 NUDGED / 14 DIE BOLD / 14 WHAT A SORE SIGHT TO BEHOLD / 15 BEFORE NOAH / 16 PERFECT / 17 A LITTLE CLOSER / 17 BUM KNEE / 18 DISCARTES / 18 HISTORY TO ME / 20 SILLY ME / 20 STIX / 21 EANIE MEANIE / 22 HORIZON / 24 DYSLEXIC / 25 GOOD HEALTH / 26 HAPPY PLACE / 28 LINEAR / 29 ACT FASTING / 29 MATCHES TO BURN / 30 FORGE / 31 AS WE GO (BY THE MORNING MOON) / 32 SILVER LINING / 33 LEWIS AND CLARK / 33 ANOTHER EPIC POEM / 35 DISTRACTIONS / 36 TO PUT IT BLUNTLY / 37 ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION / 37 SIDEWALK FLOWERS / 38 CAMPING / 39 SECOND CLASS
--- PAGE 41, PRINTED UNDER THE INDEX (from the file) --- / NOTES: Brian Rainstorm is like the bestest thing in the entire / world. I'm talking sliced bread meets indoor plumbing - that best! / (then 9 blank ruled lines)
--- PAGE 42 (from the file) --- / (POEM INDEX STARTS ON PAGE 40) / Notes: (then 24 blank ruled lines)
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "You see this cracker right here... he's my nigga!" - Tupac Shakur (transcribed as printed; Tom to decide whether the words box shows it)
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting anywhere in the book; the ruled Notes lines on pages 41 and 42 are blank (photo read, 6 photos).
--- PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION / COPYRIGHT (from the file, word for word) --- / Hello. My name is Brian Rainstorm. I have a website called brianrainstorm.com with some stuff on it. I write some poems. Here are some new ones. These are all copy written by me © the author on or before April 2, 2017 unless where and when noted. Sometime people turn some of them into songs. I’m shy. It was nice meeting you. / - Brian Rainstorm / NOTE: POEM INDEX ON PAGE 40 & 41
--- PAGE 39 FOOT LINE (from the file) --- / NOTE THE INDEX IS ON PAGE 40
--- POEM INDEX, PAGES 40-41 (from the file, word for word; page number then title) --- / INDEX: / 1 PORTANT PEOPLE POLITICIANS N PRESIDENTS / 2 FLOURIDE / 2 NEW / 3 FOUND POEMS / 4 SLEEPLESS / 5 WELL GLORY BEE / 5 GROOVE BACK / 6 HALF A POND OF LILLY PADS / 7 UNDERCASTE / 7 EVEN / 8 LOST / 9 CINNABON GIRL (neil young spoof) / 10 POETIC WAX / 11 FANTASY AND REALITY / 12 INCIDENT ON KING STREET / 13 NUDGED / 14 DIE BOLD / 14 WHAT A SORE SIGHT TO BEHOLD / 15 BEFORE NOAH / 16 PERFECT / 17 A LITTLE CLOSER / 17 BUM KNEE / 18 DISCARTES / 18 HISTORY TO ME / 20 SILLY ME / 20 STIX / 21 EANIE MEANIE / 22 HORIZON / 24 DYSLEXIC / 25 GOOD HEALTH / 26 HAPPY PLACE / 28 LINEAR / 29 ACT FASTING / 29 MATCHES TO BURN / 30 FORGE / 31 AS WE GO (BY THE MORNING MOON) / 32 SILVER LINING / 33 LEWIS AND CLARK / 33 ANOTHER EPIC POEM / 35 DISTRACTIONS / 36 TO PUT IT BLUNTLY / 37 ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION / 37 SIDEWALK FLOWERS / 38 CAMPING / 39 SECOND CLASS
--- PAGE 41, PRINTED UNDER THE INDEX (from the file) --- / NOTES: Brian Rainstorm is like the bestest thing in the entire / world. I'm talking sliced bread meets indoor plumbing - that best! / (then 9 blank ruled lines)
--- PAGE 42 (from the file) --- / (POEM INDEX STARTS ON PAGE 40) / Notes: (then 24 blank ruled lines)
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / "You see this cracker right here... he's my nigga!" - Tupac Shakur (transcribed as printed; Tom to decide whether the words box shows it)
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting anywhere in the book; the ruled Notes lines on pages 41 and 42 are blank (photo read, 6 photos).
HANDWRITTEN QUOTE CARD BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME)
Item 1152
ALL THE VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE FINALLY SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AGAIN - BRIAN RAINSTORM QUOTE CARD
In one sentence: A hand-lettered quote card in black marker on torn white card, "all the voices in my head are finally speaking to each other again", signed Brian Rainstorm, about 2014-2018.
Item type
HANDWRITTEN QUOTE CARD BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME)
unpublished
A torn-off piece of white card, hand-lettered in black fine marker with the one-line saying "I'm doing good... now that all the voices in my head are finally speaking to each other again" and signed Brian Rainstorm. The word finally is squeezed in above the line with a caret. A tan cup-ring stain crosses all three lines but hides nothing.
- Why it matters
- A one-line saying in Tom's own hand under his pen name - the raw form of the quotes he gathered for the Brian Rainstorm quote collections.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Handwritten by Tom ; Quotes & sayings ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name)
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- about 2014-2018 (age 36 to 40)best guess - signed with the pen name Brian Rainstorm, the name on the 2014-2017 Lulu books (items 1136-1138, 1144 and 1146), so a five-year window from 2014; no date on the card
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2016
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Small hand-lettered quote card, black marker on a torn white card. Full text: "I'm doing good... now that all the voices in my head are finally speaking to each other again." - Brian Rainstorm.
The word "finally" is a caret insertion squeezed in above the line between "are" and "speaking" (written smaller, with an insertion caret).
Signed with Tom's pen name Brian Rainstorm.
No date, no other text. The ring stain crosses "doing good... now" (line 1), "the voices in" (line 2) and the start of "finally speaking" (line 3), but nothing is obscured.
The word "finally" is a caret insertion squeezed in above the line between "are" and "speaking" (written smaller, with an insertion caret).
Signed with Tom's pen name Brian Rainstorm.
No date, no other text. The ring stain crosses "doing good... now" (line 1), "the voices in" (line 2) and the start of "finally speaking" (line 3), but nothing is obscured.
SIGN · HAND-LETTERED JOKE POSTER
Item 1153
50.5% OF AMERICANS ARE WOMEN - HAND-LETTERED JOKE SIGN
In one sentence: A hand-lettered joke sign in black marker on paper reading 50.5% of Americans are women, this means voting doesn't work and/or women are stupid, with two tick boxes, about 2014-2023.
Item type
SIGN · HAND-LETTERED JOKE POSTER
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A single sheet of plain white paper, portrait, lettered in black marker as two hand-drawn boxes with THIS MEANS: between them. The top box gives the statistic; the bottom box offers two answers joined by and/or/both, each with an empty tick box at the left end of its line, ballot style. No signature or date.
- Why it matters
- One of a set of hand-lettered joke signs (with items 1154 and 1155) in the same marker and style - Tom's political humour in poster form.
- Type
- Sign
- Collection
- Signs & posters ; Political ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 36 to 45 - an estimateNOT SURE - no date; same black marker and style as the other joke signs, items 1154 and 1155; a ten-year window, 2014-2023, because nothing on the sheet narrows it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Hand-lettered sign / joke poster in black marker, laid out on a portrait sheet as two hand-drawn boxes, one above the other, with a heading between them.
Top box (hand-drawn rectangle): "50.5% of AMERICANS ARE women."
Between the boxes, large capitals: "THIS MEANS:"
Bottom box (hand-drawn rectangle) with an empty tick-box square at the left end of each option line, ballot style: first option, tick box then "voting doesn't work"; middle line, no tick box: "and/or/both"; second option, tick box then "women are stupid".
Reads as a ballot-style joke: 50.5% of Americans are women, therefore either voting doesn't work and/or/both women are stupid.
No signature, no date. The photo is shot with the sheet rotated 90 degrees (text runs bottom to top), which puts the top box at the left of the picture.
Top box (hand-drawn rectangle): "50.5% of AMERICANS ARE women."
Between the boxes, large capitals: "THIS MEANS:"
Bottom box (hand-drawn rectangle) with an empty tick-box square at the left end of each option line, ballot style: first option, tick box then "voting doesn't work"; middle line, no tick box: "and/or/both"; second option, tick box then "women are stupid".
Reads as a ballot-style joke: 50.5% of Americans are women, therefore either voting doesn't work and/or/both women are stupid.
No signature, no date. The photo is shot with the sheet rotated 90 degrees (text runs bottom to top), which puts the top box at the left of the picture.
SIGN · HAND-LETTERED QUOTE POSTER
Item 1154
85 PERCENT CHANCE I'LL BE FAMOUS... 15 PERCENT CHANCE I'LL BE INFAMOUS! - HAND-LETTERED SIGN
In one sentence: A hand-lettered quote sign in four marker colours on paper, If I walk down that road there's an 85 percent chance I'll be famous, signed Tom 'MF' Jensen, about 2014-2023.
Item type
SIGN · HAND-LETTERED QUOTE POSTER
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A single sheet of plain white paper, portrait, with a four-line quote lettered one line per marker colour (grey, brown, red, black), closed by a signature in Tom's own name with the nickname 'MF'. Large hand-drawn quotation marks frame the whole quote.
- Why it matters
- A self-portrait in one sentence, signed and framed like a poster - the famous-or-infamous line is Tom's own verdict on the road he chose.
- Type
- Sign
- Collection
- Signs & posters ; Quotes & sayings ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 36 to 45 - an estimateNOT SURE - no date; same paper and marker style as the joke signs, items 1153 and 1155; a ten-year window, 2014-2023, because nothing on the sheet narrows it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Hand-lettered quote sign in coloured markers, one line per colour. Full text: "If I walk down that road... There's an 85 percent chance I'll be famous. And a 15 percent chance I'll be Infamous!" - Tom 'MF' Jensen
Colour layout: opening line "If I walk down that road..." in grey marker; "There's an 85 percent chance I'll be famous." in brown marker; "And a 15 percent chance I'll be Infamous!" in red marker; closing quote mark and signature "- Tom 'MF' Jensen" in black marker.
The whole quote is enclosed in large hand-drawn quotation marks (one at the start, one at the end).
Signed with Tom's own name plus the nickname 'MF' in single quotes. No date.
Colour layout: opening line "If I walk down that road..." in grey marker; "There's an 85 percent chance I'll be famous." in brown marker; "And a 15 percent chance I'll be Infamous!" in red marker; closing quote mark and signature "- Tom 'MF' Jensen" in black marker.
The whole quote is enclosed in large hand-drawn quotation marks (one at the start, one at the end).
Signed with Tom's own name plus the nickname 'MF' in single quotes. No date.
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN DIAGRAMS
Item 1155
LIMITS OF FREE SPEACH / POWER PYRAMID - HAND-DRAWN DIAGRAM SHEETS
In one sentence: Two hand-drawn diagram sheets in marker and pencil, a power pyramid of who gives orders and who obeys, and Limits of free speach, arcs from comedians to government, about 2014-2023.
Item type
DRAWING · HAND-DRAWN DIAGRAMS
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
Two plain white sheets kept together as one item. One sheet is a power pyramid in black marker: a 0-2% tip that gives orders, an 8% layer that carries them out, and a base split into For, Don't care or opt out, and Against at 30% each. The other sheet is headed Limits of free speach, with four pencil arcs labelled comedians, Artists, Institutions, Government and the line Nothing is valuable when Everything is valuable.
- Why it matters
- Tom's political thinking drawn as a picture rather than written as a poem - the same themes as the protest poems, in diagram form.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Drawings & diagrams ; Political ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 36 to 45 - an estimateNOT SURE - no date; same black marker and plain-paper style as the joke signs, items 1153 and 1154; a ten-year window, 2014-2023, because nothing on the sheets narrows it
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Two hand-drawn diagram sheets.
SHEET 1 (top): a large triangle / pyramid in black marker, cut into layers and wedges. The tip of the pyramid is a tiny top layer; an arrow from the left labelled "0-2%" points to it and the right-hand label reads "give orders". Below it a thin second layer; arrow from the left labelled "8%" points to it, right-hand label "carry out orders". The big bottom section is split by two heavy vertical lines into three wedges: left wedge "For" with "30%" at its base; middle wedge "Don't care or opt out" with "30%" at its base; right wedge "Against" with "30%" at its base.
SHEET 2 (bottom): heading in black marker "Limits of free speach" (spelled as written, looks like 'speach' - NOT SURE). Below it four nested curved arcs (rainbow layers, drawn in pencil-grey), each labelled in the middle from the inside out: "comedians", "Artists", "Institutions", "Government" - i.e. comedians have the widest latitude, government the least (or the reverse, the drawing does not say).
Below the arcs, in black marker: "Nothing is valuable when Everything is valuable".
No signature, no date.
SHEET 1 (top): a large triangle / pyramid in black marker, cut into layers and wedges. The tip of the pyramid is a tiny top layer; an arrow from the left labelled "0-2%" points to it and the right-hand label reads "give orders". Below it a thin second layer; arrow from the left labelled "8%" points to it, right-hand label "carry out orders". The big bottom section is split by two heavy vertical lines into three wedges: left wedge "For" with "30%" at its base; middle wedge "Don't care or opt out" with "30%" at its base; right wedge "Against" with "30%" at its base.
SHEET 2 (bottom): heading in black marker "Limits of free speach" (spelled as written, looks like 'speach' - NOT SURE). Below it four nested curved arcs (rainbow layers, drawn in pencil-grey), each labelled in the middle from the inside out: "comedians", "Artists", "Institutions", "Government" - i.e. comedians have the widest latitude, government the least (or the reverse, the drawing does not say).
Below the arcs, in black marker: "Nothing is valuable when Everything is valuable".
No signature, no date.
DRAWING · T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCH
Item 1160
SWIPE LEFT, BITCH! / MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING - T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCHES
In one sentence: Two torn steno-pad sheets in marker, one a red T-shirt outline lettered SWIPE LEFT, Bitch! in black, the other the slogan MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING in red, about 2014-2018.
Item type
DRAWING · T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCH
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
Two sheets from a top-bound steno pad, with a perforated spiral edge along the top, horizontal ruling and a red centre line running down each sheet. One sheet is a red marker T-shirt outline drawn upright with the neck toward the perforations and SWIPE LEFT, Bitch! lettered across the chest in thick black marker; the other sheet carries a second slogan, MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING, in red capitals with no shirt outline.
- Why it matters
- Two more slogans for the T-shirt series - later than the slogan notebook, item 1151 (swipe left is dating-app slang), and belonging with the CustomInk T-shirt order, item 1620.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- T-shirt slogans ; Drawings & diagrams ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- about 2014-2018 (age 36 to 40)best guess - 'Swipe left' is dating-app slang (Tinder, 2012 onward), so not before about 2013; a five-year window from 2014; no written date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2016
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
T-shirt design sketch on two steno-pad sheets (perforations along the top, a red centre line down the middle of each).
SHEET 1: a T-shirt outline drawn in red marker (short sleeves, crew neck, body filling most of the page), with the slogan lettered in thick black marker across the chest in three lines: "SWIPE LEFT, Bitch!" ("SWIPE" / "LEFT," in capitals, "Bitch!" in mixed case).
SHEET 2 (to the left in reading orientation, below in the photo; red marker, three lines, no shirt outline): "MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING" - a second shirt slogan written out in capitals.
No signature, no date, no sizes or prices.
Belongs with the slogan T-shirt sketches in the CustomInk order card 1620 but is not the same item.
SHEET 1: a T-shirt outline drawn in red marker (short sleeves, crew neck, body filling most of the page), with the slogan lettered in thick black marker across the chest in three lines: "SWIPE LEFT, Bitch!" ("SWIPE" / "LEFT," in capitals, "Bitch!" in mixed case).
SHEET 2 (to the left in reading orientation, below in the photo; red marker, three lines, no shirt outline): "MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING" - a second shirt slogan written out in capitals.
No signature, no date, no sizes or prices.
Belongs with the slogan T-shirt sketches in the CustomInk order card 1620 but is not the same item.
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · BASEBALL STATISTICS BOOK
Item 1144
BASES: BEST BASEBALL STAT EVER BY BRIAN RAINSTORM
In one sentence: A printed green paperback, BASES: Best Baseball Stat Ever by Brian Rainstorm, a prototype book ranking Major League players by one number, April 2016 or later (age 37 or older).
Item type
BOOK BY BRIAN RAINSTORM (PEN NAME) · BASEBALL STATISTICS BOOK
PUBLISHED
A green perfect-bound paperback, 64 pages, with cream serif title text on a matte green cover. It introduces BASES, Tom's own one-number baseball statistic, and lists 100 years of Major League players by position, by season average and alphabetically; page 1 calls it a prototype version written in 2015 and copyrighted 4/13/2016. Light scuffing and pale rub marks along the spine side of the front cover, pages clean.
- Why it matters
- The one non-poetry book in the Brian Rainstorm run, it shows the statistician side of Tom - his own baseball formula, worked out across a century of players. Four other copies of this book are already in the archive (items 1085, 1089, 1090 and 1583), so this one rounds out the known print run.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; BASES (2016) ; Brian Rainstorm (pen name) ; Baseball
- Published in
- IN A BOOKBASES: BEST BASEBALL STAT EVER (2016)
- Age when written
- made at age 37 or laterproved: the page 1 line Copyright 4/13/2016 by the author - edition date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2016
Picture 1 of 4
Picture 2 of 4
Picture 3 of 4
Picture 4 of 4
These words come from Tom's manuscript file on disk (cover lines and the handwriting at the end are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture).
The words on this page
--- FRONT COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / BASES best baseball stat ever by Brian Rainstorm
--- PAGE 1 - TITLE / COPYRIGHT / INDEX (from the file, word for word) --- / Introducing BASES - The best baseball stat ever. / Copyright 4/13/2016 by the author. / Note: This version was written in 2015 and I am looking to update / this version, add some new information and publish a newer / version. If you would like more information you can contact the / author by visiting: onlineuniversecity.com / Author's note: this is a prototype version of this book and this work will come out in a / more polished form at a future date. / Index / P. 16 Look up most BASES of players average over career by position / P. 32 Look up most BASES of players by most bases averaged per season over career / p. 48 Look up BASES of players listed alphabetically
--- SECTION HEADS AS PRINTED IN THE BODY (from the file) --- / p. 3 BASES - the most useful statistic in baseball by Brian Rainstorm 12/21/2014 (essay, pages 3-15) / p. 16 LOOK UP BY POSITION (DESIGNATED HITTERS, CATCHERS, FIRST BASEMEN, SECOND BASEMEN, SHORTSTOPS, THIRD BASEMEN, OUTFIELDERS; columns PLAYER BASES POSITION YEARS PLAYED) / p. 32 LOOK UP BY MOST BASES PER SEASON - MOST BASES AVERAGED PER SEASON OVER THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE CAREER (list opens Babe Ruth 516, Lou Gehrig 500, Barry Bonds 491, Ted Williams 490, Billy Hamilton 490; * denotes active player) / p. 48 LOOK UP APHABETICALLY [sic] (A to Z; columns Name BASES Position Years played; opens Hank Aaron 418 OF 1954-1976, ends Ryan Zimmerman 369 3B 2005- on page 64)
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / All you really need is one number to compare a baseball player's offensive worth to his team and I have it. And I show you how to get it, too. It's easy. I have 100 years of Major League players sorted by position, alphabetically and also numerically by this statistic. Buy this book and look up your favorite players from history and today. Bonus: You don't have to be a rocket scientist to create this statistic once you know the formula it's easy to tally up yourself. / No ISBN printed.
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read, 4 photos; only pages 1 and 64 photographed inside).
--- PAGE 1 - TITLE / COPYRIGHT / INDEX (from the file, word for word) --- / Introducing BASES - The best baseball stat ever. / Copyright 4/13/2016 by the author. / Note: This version was written in 2015 and I am looking to update / this version, add some new information and publish a newer / version. If you would like more information you can contact the / author by visiting: onlineuniversecity.com / Author's note: this is a prototype version of this book and this work will come out in a / more polished form at a future date. / Index / P. 16 Look up most BASES of players average over career by position / P. 32 Look up most BASES of players by most bases averaged per season over career / p. 48 Look up BASES of players listed alphabetically
--- SECTION HEADS AS PRINTED IN THE BODY (from the file) --- / p. 3 BASES - the most useful statistic in baseball by Brian Rainstorm 12/21/2014 (essay, pages 3-15) / p. 16 LOOK UP BY POSITION (DESIGNATED HITTERS, CATCHERS, FIRST BASEMEN, SECOND BASEMEN, SHORTSTOPS, THIRD BASEMEN, OUTFIELDERS; columns PLAYER BASES POSITION YEARS PLAYED) / p. 32 LOOK UP BY MOST BASES PER SEASON - MOST BASES AVERAGED PER SEASON OVER THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE CAREER (list opens Babe Ruth 516, Lou Gehrig 500, Barry Bonds 491, Ted Williams 490, Billy Hamilton 490; * denotes active player) / p. 48 LOOK UP APHABETICALLY [sic] (A to Z; columns Name BASES Position Years played; opens Hank Aaron 418 OF 1954-1976, ends Ryan Zimmerman 369 3B 2005- on page 64)
--- BACK COVER (the file holds the inside pages only; cover words from the photo read) --- / All you really need is one number to compare a baseball player's offensive worth to his team and I have it. And I show you how to get it, too. It's easy. I have 100 years of Major League players sorted by position, alphabetically and also numerically by this statistic. Buy this book and look up your favorite players from history and today. Bonus: You don't have to be a rocket scientist to create this statistic once you know the formula it's easy to tally up yourself. / No ISBN printed.
--- HANDWRITING ON THIS COPY (from the photo read) --- / No handwriting seen (photo read, 4 photos; only pages 1 and 64 photographed inside).
LULU SHIPPING SHEET
Item 1158
LULU SHIPMENT SUMMARY - ONLY THE BEST, 07-25-2018
In one sentence: A printed Lulu Press shipment summary, the packing slip for a print order of TOM JENSEN only the best, 178 pages, shipped FedEx Ground to Tom, from 2018.
Item type
LULU SHIPPING SHEET
unpublished
A printed Lulu Press, Inc. packing slip headed Shipment Summary, received by Tom Jensen: shipment date 07-25-2018, shipped via FDXG90 (FedEx Ground), order 13374482-1, the slip's Qty line reads 100 (a print-order record, not a tally), content ID 23042679, description TOM JENSEN only the best, page count 178. White office paper, folded once, a little creased at the edges.
- Why it matters
- Hard evidence for the ONLY THE BEST printing: the print order Lulu shipped on 25 July 2018 at 178 pages. The slip confirms the 2018 printing; the ONLY THE BEST copies in the archive (item 1658 and the 18 copies, items 1108-1125) are dated from the edition line printed in the book, 6/28/2018, four weeks before this shipment. The Qty 100 on the slip is a record of the print order only - it is never added to any count of copies.
- Type
- Shipping sheet
- Collection
- Books by Tom ; Only The Best (2018) ; Lulu records
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- made at age 40proved: the printed line Shipment date: 07-25-2018 on the Lulu slip (after his birthday, so 40)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2018
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Lulu packing slip headed "Shipment Summary". Full text as printed: Lulu logo (script). "Lulu Press, Inc. / 627 Davis Drive / Suite 300 / Morrisville, NC 27560".
"Received by: Tom Jensen".
Table header: "Shipment date: 07-25-2018 | Shipped Via FDXG90 | Order # 13374482-1".
Line item: "Qty. 100 | Content ID 23042679 | Description TOM JENSEN only the best | Page Count 178".
Footer: "Printed, bound, and packed with care at Lulu.com" / "Have a question about your order? Reach our support team at www.lulu.com/support, or call us toll-free at 1-844-212-0689".
(A record of the print order only - never a tally.)
"Received by: Tom Jensen".
Table header: "Shipment date: 07-25-2018 | Shipped Via FDXG90 | Order # 13374482-1".
Line item: "Qty. 100 | Content ID 23042679 | Description TOM JENSEN only the best | Page Count 178".
Footer: "Printed, bound, and packed with care at Lulu.com" / "Have a question about your order? Reach our support team at www.lulu.com/support, or call us toll-free at 1-844-212-0689".
(A record of the print order only - never a tally.)
HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK
Item 1157
KARL MALONE MODE: NO RINGS! - SPIRAL NOTEBOOK PAGES
In one sentence: Three water-damaged spiral notebook pages in coloured markers with a Karl Malone mode, no rings joke, January sun melts the snow, and a red-oval map of politicians' names, about 2019-2023.
Item type
HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK
unpublished
Three pages from a cheap wire-spiral notebook, badly water-damaged so the blue ruling has bled across every page. Page 1 has a few lines of verse, opening 'Haven't done blow since a fifth of a century ago', and the Karl Malone phone joke in two blues; page 2 the two-line January sun couplet; page 3 a map of politicians' names in green marker, most ringed in red, inside one big red loop headed by the word mouth - the loop may be a drawn mouth.
- Why it matters
- Working pages: a joke, a couplet and a name map side by side, showing how verse lines and one-liners start in the same notebook. The water damage makes it a rescue.
- Type
- Notebook
- Collection
- Notebooks ; Jokes & one-liners ; Political ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- about 2019-2023 (age 41 to 45)likely - the names on page 3 (Kamala, Warren, Bernie beside Trump and Hillary) fit the 2019-2020 primary; no date written
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2021
Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
Picture 3 of 3
Blacked out for privacy - a private name
Blacked out for privacy - a private name
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Three photos of a water-damaged spiral notebook, three pages, all shot with the page rotated 90 degrees.
PHOTO 1 (page 1, dark blue marker, small hand, then bright blue marker, larger): "Haven't done blow since a fifth of a century ago / Haven't had a drink / I can't remember let me think" (first word 'Haven't', confirmed on a full-size crop in round 3)
"She said sum up your life in a single sentence without repeating a (illegible - 'word'?)" / "I said I could die (one word scribbled out) in your eyes"
Then in larger bright-blue marker: "When I need some peace and quiet I set my phone to Karl Malone mode: No Rings!" ('Karl Malone' underlined; the joke is that NBA star Karl Malone never won a championship ring).
Faint pencil scrawl on the lower half of the page, illegible (looks like 'MN' and a number - NOT SURE).
PHOTO 2 (page 2, dark blue marker, two lines only): "January sun melts the snow / opening a new way to go". Rest of page blank.
PHOTO 3 (page 3): a name map in green marker, most names ringed in a red marker oval, all inside one big red loop. At the head of the loop, in green, lower case with a wavy underline, the plain word "mouth" (not a name - the big red loop may be a drawn mouth with the politicians inside it). Names as read: "Al Gore" (crossed out with a strike line); "George W"; "Hillary"; "Kamala" (in its own red oval); "Elizabeth Warren" (written along the top inside the big loop); two small words outside any oval, "Male" and "[name withheld]" (illegible - NOT SURE, could be 'Mark'); "Bill Clinton"; "Donald Trump"; "Bernie" (no surname written); "John McCain" (legible, not ovalled); and at the far right, in its own red oval, lower case: "dick cheney".
Reads as a list of US presidents, presidential candidates and politicians drawn inside a mouth; purpose unknown. Page-3 readings corrected on full-size crops by the photo judge, round 3.
No dates on any page.
PHOTO 1 (page 1, dark blue marker, small hand, then bright blue marker, larger): "Haven't done blow since a fifth of a century ago / Haven't had a drink / I can't remember let me think" (first word 'Haven't', confirmed on a full-size crop in round 3)
"She said sum up your life in a single sentence without repeating a (illegible - 'word'?)" / "I said I could die (one word scribbled out) in your eyes"
Then in larger bright-blue marker: "When I need some peace and quiet I set my phone to Karl Malone mode: No Rings!" ('Karl Malone' underlined; the joke is that NBA star Karl Malone never won a championship ring).
Faint pencil scrawl on the lower half of the page, illegible (looks like 'MN' and a number - NOT SURE).
PHOTO 2 (page 2, dark blue marker, two lines only): "January sun melts the snow / opening a new way to go". Rest of page blank.
PHOTO 3 (page 3): a name map in green marker, most names ringed in a red marker oval, all inside one big red loop. At the head of the loop, in green, lower case with a wavy underline, the plain word "mouth" (not a name - the big red loop may be a drawn mouth with the politicians inside it). Names as read: "Al Gore" (crossed out with a strike line); "George W"; "Hillary"; "Kamala" (in its own red oval); "Elizabeth Warren" (written along the top inside the big loop); two small words outside any oval, "Male" and "[name withheld]" (illegible - NOT SURE, could be 'Mark'); "Bill Clinton"; "Donald Trump"; "Bernie" (no surname written); "John McCain" (legible, not ovalled); and at the far right, in its own red oval, lower case: "dick cheney".
Reads as a list of US presidents, presidential candidates and politicians drawn inside a mouth; purpose unknown. Page-3 readings corrected on full-size crops by the photo judge, round 3.
No dates on any page.
PHOTO PRINT · SNAPSHOT
Item 1177
TURTLE TANK WITH HEAT LAMP - PHOTO PRINT
In one sentence: A colour photo print of a glass tank with a clamp heat lamp on the lid, rocks and a small turtle basking on a log, not dated yet.
Item type
PHOTO PRINT · SNAPSHOT
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A colour snapshot print, landscape: a black-framed glass tank on a red-brown stand, a black clamp lamp with a silver rim on the lid, a white rock, a piece of bark and a small turtle with its head raised at the right, and the edge of a red flower beside the tank. The print is clean.
- Why it matters
- A snapshot kept with Tom's papers, a turtle's tank at home; whose pet it was and when are not written on it.
- Type
- Photograph
- Collection
- Photographs
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - nothing on the front of the print dates it, and the back was not shot
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
No words on the front of the print.
PHOTO PRINT · SNAPSHOTS
Item 1178
TOM IN A TOWEL, TOM WITH ARMS CROSSED - TWO PHOTO PRINTS
In one sentence: Two colour photo prints of Tom, slim and shirtless in a white towel as a young man, and bald and muscular in a red tank top, not dated yet.
Item type
PHOTO PRINT · SNAPSHOTS
NOT TOM'S WRITING
Two colour snapshot prints of Tom kept together. The smaller shows him as a slim, dark-haired young man, shirtless with a white towel round his waist and arms out, in a room with a brick wall; the larger shows him bald and heavily muscled in a red cut-off sleeveless shirt with a faded crest on the chest, arms crossed over his chest, looking down at the camera under a ceiling fan.
- Why it matters
- Two pictures of Tom himself at two very different times, a slim young man and a heavily built one.
- Type
- Photograph
- Collection
- Photographs
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - no date on the fronts and the backs were not shot; Tom's word is that both are him, the towel picture the younger
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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The words on this page
No words on the fronts of either print.
MUSIC GEAR · ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Item 1179
FENDER DG10LH NS - LEFT-HANDED ACOUSTIC GUITAR
In one sentence: A Fender DG10LH NS left-handed acoustic dreadnought guitar with a natural top, black pickguard and six chrome tuners, its soundhole label reading Manufactured in Korea, not dated yet.
Item type
MUSIC GEAR · ACOUSTIC GUITAR
NOT TOM'S WRITING
Shelf: N5 · OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES
A six-string acoustic guitar with a natural-finish top, black pickguard, dark bridge with black pins dotted white, bound body edges, a dark fingerboard with dot markers and a headstock with the gold Fender logo and six chrome tuners. The oval paper label inside the soundhole reads Fender DG10LH NS, made in accordance to specifications of Fender Musical Instruments Corp USA, Manufactured in Korea, S/N 96120943; the label is water-stained and the guitar shows light wear.
- Why it matters
- Part of Tom's own music gear, a left-handed acoustic guitar.
- Type
- Music gear
- Collection
- Music gear
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - no date on the label; the serial number may date it but it is not decoded here
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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SOUNDHOLE LABEL (oval, paper): three stars / "Fender" / "DG10LH NS" / "Made in accordance to specifications of / Fender Musical Instruments Corp USA / Manufactured in Korea" / "S/N 96120943".
HEADSTOCK: "Fender" (gold script logo).
No other words seen.
HEADSTOCK: "Fender" (gold script logo).
No other words seen.
MUSIC GEAR · MICROPHONE
Item 1180
CAD 585 - MICROPHONE WITH CABLE
In one sentence: A black CAD 585 handheld microphone with an on-off switch, on a coiled black cable with a jack plug and bands of red and blue tape, not dated yet.
Item type
MUSIC GEAR · MICROPHONE
NOT TOM'S WRITING
Shelf: N5 · OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES
A black handheld microphone with a ball grille, CAD585 printed in gold on the band below the grille and a slide switch marked ON and OFF with DYNAMIC printed below, on a black cable with a silver XLR connector at the microphone end and a jack plug at the other, wrapped with red and blue tape bands and a velcro strap. Light scuffing on the body.
- Why it matters
- Part of Tom's own music gear, a handheld microphone with its cable.
- Type
- Music gear
- Collection
- Music gear
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - no date on the microphone or the cable
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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The words on this page
On the band below the grille: "CAD585" (gold).
By the switch: "ON" / "OFF" / "DYNAMIC", and a circled-cross symbol.
A gold CAD emblem above the band.
Printed on the cable, repeating: "CL MIKE CORD" (first letters NOT SURE).
By the switch: "ON" / "OFF" / "DYNAMIC", and a circled-cross symbol.
A gold CAD emblem above the band.
Printed on the cable, repeating: "CL MIKE CORD" (first letters NOT SURE).
MUSIC GEAR · MIXER
Item 1181
BOSS PRO MX-10 - TEN-CHANNEL MIXER
In one sentence: A black Boss Pro MX-10 ten-channel mixer with rows of effect and level knobs, pan controls, return and master knobs and a headphone jack on the front, not dated yet.
Item type
MUSIC GEAR · MIXER
NOT TOM'S WRITING
Shelf: N5 · OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES
A black metal mixer, its front panel printed MX-10 10 CHANNEL MIXER and BOSS PRO, with EFFECT and LEVEL knobs for channels 1.2, 3.4, 5.6, 7.8, 9 and 10, PAN-EFFECT knobs on channels 9 and 10, RETURN, MASTER and PHONES knobs, a PHONES jack and a power switch. The top is plain black metal, scuffed and dusty.
- Why it matters
- Part of Tom's own music gear, a small ten-channel mixer.
- Type
- Music gear
- Collection
- Music gear
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - no date on the front panel or the top; the back panel was not shot
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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FRONT PANEL: "MX-10" "10 CHANNEL MIXER" / "EFFECT" / "LEVEL" / channel numbers "1.2" "3.4" "5.6" "7.8" "9" "10" / "PAN - EFFECT" with a centre mark (twice) / "RETURN" / "MASTER" / "PHONES LEVEL" (knob) / "PHONES" (jack) / "POWER" (by the push switch, faint) / "BOSS" "PRO" (logo, right).
TOP: no words seen.
TOP: no words seen.
MUSIC GEAR · RECORDING INTERFACE
Item 1182
M-AUDIO FIREWIRE SOLO - RECORDING GEAR
In one sentence: An M-Audio FireWire Solo recording interface in silver and grey with its power supply, FireWire cable and jack leads, and a blue M-Audio USB-MIDI cable, not dated yet.
Item type
MUSIC GEAR · RECORDING INTERFACE
NOT TOM'S WRITING
Shelf: N5 · OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES
M-Audio computer recording gear under one number: a FireWire Solo recording interface with a microphone input, a guitar input, gain knobs, a phantom power switch and a headphone output, shown front-on and again from above with its mains adapter, a beige FireWire cable and red and grey jack leads (one unit or two is not yet settled); and a blue see-through M-Audio USB-to-MIDI cable with two round MIDI plugs and a USB plug.
- Why it matters
- Part of Tom's own music gear, interfaces for connecting microphones, instruments and keyboards to a computer.
- Type
- Music gear
- Collection
- Music gear
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- not dated yetNOT SURE - no date on any of the three pieces
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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PIECE 1, front panel: "FireWire Solo recording interface" / "M-AUDIO" / "input 1" "clip" "48V" / "input select" "front" "rear" / "input 2" "guitar" "clip" "gain" / "phantom power" "off" "on" / "output" "level", a headphone symbol and a power symbol.
PIECE 2: "M-AUDIO" (large, on the lid); front panel "FireWire Solo recording interface" / "M-AUDIO" (faint); back panel "UNBAL INPUTS 1 2" "BAL OUTPUTS 1 2" "S/PDIF In Out" and the FireWire symbol with "1 2"; a band on one lead reads "TIP".
PIECE 3: a blue see-through box on the cable embossed "M-AUDIO" beside three small indicator lights; the model name not legible.
PIECE 2: "M-AUDIO" (large, on the lid); front panel "FireWire Solo recording interface" / "M-AUDIO" (faint); back panel "UNBAL INPUTS 1 2" "BAL OUTPUTS 1 2" "S/PDIF In Out" and the FireWire symbol with "1 2"; a band on one lead reads "TIP".
PIECE 3: a blue see-through box on the cable embossed "M-AUDIO" beside three small indicator lights; the model name not legible.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · HAND-MADE SCHOOL BOOKLET
Item 1162
THIS IS ME - HAND-MADE SCHOOL BOOKLET
In one sentence: A hand-made school booklet tied with yarn, a red paper head on the black cover and Tom's drawings captioned this is me, my family and my school, about 1981-1982.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · HAND-MADE SCHOOL BOOKLET
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A booklet of black, cream, pink and red construction paper tied through two punched holes with orange yarn, the black cover carrying a red paper head in profile and the name TOM in olive-green crayon capitals, with a J-shaped mark after it. Inside, each page has a caption printed in black marker by a grown-up and a drawing by Tom in crayon or marker: himself beside a snapshot of him playing in sand with a toy truck, his family, his school, playing in the yard, a foot and a hand.
- Why it matters
- One of the earliest pieces in the collection - Tom at age 3 drawing himself, his family and his first school, with a grown-up's captions in his words.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- made at age 3proved: the first inside page says i am 3 years old - age 3 runs from his 1981 birthday to his 1982 birthday, so 1981 or 1982
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1978-1982
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FRONT COVER: black paper, a red paper head in profile glued at the centre, "TOM J" in olive-green crayon capitals below it (the J NOT SURE - it may be an initial or a stray stroke); tied at the left with orange yarn through two holes.
PAGE 1 (cream): "this is me" (black marker) and, at the upper right, "i am 3 years old" (blue marker); a small colour snapshot of a little boy in a striped shirt sitting in sand with a yellow toy dump truck, glued at the lower right; an orange crayon figure.
PAGE 2 (cream): "this is my family"; brown marker figures labelled in blue "mommy", "me", "daddy".
PAGE 3 (pink): "This is my School"; blue-violet marker shapes; at the foot "solarterre-e-em" (likely the name of the school - the back of item 1173 reads "Solarterrium - Salem"; spelling NOT SURE).
PAGE 4 (red): "This is what i like to do in school"; a drawing in dark blue-violet marker; at the foot "i like to play in the yard".
PAGE 5 (cream): "this is my toot" (reads toot - the blue crayon shape below looks like a foot, so probably foot, NOT SURE).
PAGE 6 (red): "this is my hand."; a hand outline in dark marker, with faint red crayon marks (an H-like shape) at the lower left.
BACK: red, no writing seen.
The captions are in a grown-up's printing; the drawings are a small child's.
PAGE 1 (cream): "this is me" (black marker) and, at the upper right, "i am 3 years old" (blue marker); a small colour snapshot of a little boy in a striped shirt sitting in sand with a yellow toy dump truck, glued at the lower right; an orange crayon figure.
PAGE 2 (cream): "this is my family"; brown marker figures labelled in blue "mommy", "me", "daddy".
PAGE 3 (pink): "This is my School"; blue-violet marker shapes; at the foot "solarterre-e-em" (likely the name of the school - the back of item 1173 reads "Solarterrium - Salem"; spelling NOT SURE).
PAGE 4 (red): "This is what i like to do in school"; a drawing in dark blue-violet marker; at the foot "i like to play in the yard".
PAGE 5 (cream): "this is my toot" (reads toot - the blue crayon shape below looks like a foot, so probably foot, NOT SURE).
PAGE 6 (red): "this is my hand."; a hand outline in dark marker, with faint red crayon marks (an H-like shape) at the lower left.
BACK: red, no writing seen.
The captions are in a grown-up's printing; the drawings are a small child's.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · HAND-MADE FATHER'S DAY CARD
Item 1172
HAPPY FATHERS DAY - HAND-MADE CARD
In one sentence: A childhood Father's Day card by Tom, folded brown paper with happy Fathers day and I love you in crayon, a red heart and smiling faces, about 1983-1987.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · HAND-MADE FATHER'S DAY CARD
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A sheet of brown construction paper folded into a card. The front reads happy Fathers day in silver crayon, with I love you running down the left side, a red heart and a smiling face; inside it reads you're the best and you're good in red and grey, with smiling faces, a boxy figure with its arms up and a big sun face ringed with yellow ovals and purple triangles and squares.
- Why it matters
- A card Tom made for his father as a little boy, in his own early printing.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 5 to 9 - an estimatebest guess - no date; a young child's printing with uneven letters and the r and s of Fathers squeezed in small at the edge, so the first school years, a five-year window
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
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FRONT (silver and grey crayon): "happy Fathe(rs) day" (the r and s squeezed in small, one under the other at the right edge beside "day")
down the left side: "I Love you"
a red heart and a smiling face.
INSIDE LEFT (red crayon): "you're the best." with two small smiling faces; (grey pencil) "you're good" above a boxy figure with its arms raised. In both you're, a small a is written above, between u and re.
INSIDE RIGHT: a big sun face ringed with yellow ovals and purple triangles and squares, and small smiling faces in red, yellow and orange.
No other words.
down the left side: "I Love you"
a red heart and a smiling face.
INSIDE LEFT (red crayon): "you're the best." with two small smiling faces; (grey pencil) "you're good" above a boxy figure with its arms raised. In both you're, a small a is written above, between u and re.
INSIDE RIGHT: a big sun face ringed with yellow ovals and purple triangles and squares, and small smiling faces in red, yellow and orange.
No other words.
PHOTO PRINT · CHILDHOOD PORTRAIT
Item 1173
TOMMY 4 1/2 YEARS OLD - PORTRAIT PHOTO PRINT
In one sentence: A colour portrait print of Tom as a smiling little boy in a grey and white sweater, marked on the back Tommy 4 1/2 years old, from 1983.
Item type
PHOTO PRINT · CHILDHOOD PORTRAIT
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A colour studio portrait print of a smiling dark-haired boy in a white sweater with a grey yoke and a buttoned collar, posed against a mottled grey-blue backdrop. On the back, in a grown-up's handwriting, it reads Tommy, 4 1/2 years old, 1983, Beverly, and at the top Solarterrium - Salem; the print is clean, with light spotting on the back.
- Why it matters
- A dated picture of Tom at four and a half; the place written on the back seems to be the school named in his hand-made booklet, item 1162.
- Type
- Photograph
- Collection
- Childhood ; Photographs
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- made at age 4proved: the back reads 4 1/2 years old and 1983
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
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FRONT: no words.
BACK, handwritten in blue-black ink, upper left: "Tommy / 4 1/2 years old / 1983 Beverly"; upper right: "Solarterrium - / Salem" (the letters of the first word NOT SURE - it may be the same place as "solarterre-e-em" in the booklet 1162).
BACK, handwritten in blue-black ink, upper left: "Tommy / 4 1/2 years old / 1983 Beverly"; upper right: "Solarterrium - / Salem" (the letters of the first word NOT SURE - it may be the same place as "solarterre-e-em" in the booklet 1162).
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
Item 1163
STORM CLOUDS, LIGHTNING AND A PUMPKIN - WATERCOLOUR
In one sentence: A childhood watercolour by Tom on buff paper, three grey storm clouds with yellow lightning over two orange-leaved trees and a jack-o'-lantern, with a Thomas Jensen name label, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A watercolour on buff paper, landscape: three grey clouds across the top, each with a yellow zigzag of lightning, and below them two brown trees with orange and pink leaf tips either side of a figure with a jack-o'-lantern head on a tan body, with a green bush at the lower right. A small paper label at the lower right reads Thomas Jensen in pencil; the sheet is browned, with tape marks along the top edge and a creased corner.
- Why it matters
- One of a group of childhood paintings Tom kept from his early school years, an autumn storm scene with a Halloween pumpkin.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date on the sheet; school art with a pasted name label like items 1167 and 1170, from the same years as the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Label pasted at the lower right, pencil: "Thomas / Jensen".
No other words on the sheet.
No other words on the sheet.
Item 1166
FLOWERS IN A YELLOW VASE - GRADE 1 PAINTING
In one sentence: A childhood painting by Tom of red, purple and orange flowers in a yellow vase on a yellow wash, marked Thomas Jensen Gr. 1, on torn pink paper, about 1984-1985.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
Watercolour and crayon on cream paper: a yellow vase outlined in black holding red, purple, orange and pink flowers on green stems, over a loose yellow wash. Thomas JENSEN Gr. 1 is written in black ink in a grown-up's hand near the foot of the vase, and the sheet is mounted on pink paper that is torn and folded at the corners.
- Why it matters
- Dated by its own label to first grade, it anchors the undated childhood paintings in this batch to Tom's first school years.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams ; Saint Joseph School
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at age 6 to 7likely - the sheet says Gr. 1, and Tom's Saint Joseph School report card (item 1509) puts him in grade 3 there in 1986-1987, so first grade was the 1984-1985 school year
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Black ink, a grown-up's hand: "Thomas JENSEN Gr. 1".
No other words.
No other words.
Item 1167
FLOWERS IN A PAINTED VASE - WATERCOLOUR
In one sentence: A childhood watercolour by Tom of red, orange and purple flowers in a patterned vase with red handles beside an orange wave, signed Thomas Jensen, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A watercolour on cream paper, portrait: a vase with purple and green bands, a leopard-spot panel and a blue X, two red handles, and red, orange and purple flowers with a green arrow shape above it, an orange wavy shape at the right and loose yellow brushwork all around. Thomas Jensen is written in pencil at the lower edge, a small torn name label reading Thomas Jensen is pasted over the corner, and the sheet is folded across the middle.
- Why it matters
- One of the childhood paintings Tom kept from his early school years, bright and busy with pattern.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date on the sheet; school art with a pasted name label like items 1163 and 1170, from the same years as the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Pencil at the lower edge, grown-up's cursive: "Thomas Jens(en)" (the end runs under the label).
Pasted label, lower right corner, torn: "(Tho)mas / Jensen".
No other words.
Pasted label, lower right corner, torn: "(Tho)mas / Jensen".
No other words.
Item 1168
SUN, CLOUD AND HILLS - WATERCOLOUR
In one sentence: A childhood watercolour by Tom of a blue sky with a black-ringed cloud, a red and yellow sun, brown trees and a pale grassy hill, signed Thomas Jensen, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A watercolour on cream paper, landscape: a blue sky edged with orange, a cloud outlined in thick black, a red and yellow sun with long rays at the upper right, branching brown trees, a pale hillside with green grass strokes, a red shape and a green bush. Thomas Jensen is written in pencil at the lower left; the sheet is folded down the middle and has a creased corner.
- Why it matters
- One of the childhood paintings Tom kept, a whole outdoor scene with sky, sun and hills.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date on the sheet; it belongs with the school art from the years of the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Pencil, lower left: "Thomas Jensen."
No other words.
No other words.
Item 1169
SNOWMAN, HILLS AND A HOUSE - WATERCOLOUR
In one sentence: A childhood watercolour by Tom of a snowman in a blue cap among grey hills, with a tree, a bush and a little house, signed Thomas Jensen, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A watercolour on cream paper, landscape: a streaked blue sky, birds drawn as two arcs, rows of grey hills, and at the centre a snowman with a blue cap, carrot nose, red smile, black button dots and twig arms, flanked by a green tree, a brown bush and an orange-roofed house. Thomas Jensen is written faintly in pencil at the lower left; the sheet is folded down the middle.
- Why it matters
- One of the childhood paintings Tom kept, a winter scene to set beside the autumn and spring pieces in the set.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date on the sheet; it belongs with the school art from the years of the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Pencil, lower left, faint: "Thomas Jensen."
No other words.
No other words.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · PAPER CUT-OUT
Item 1164
PILGRIM FACE - PAPER CUT-OUT WITH CRAYON
In one sentence: A childhood paper cut-out by Tom, an orange crayon face with a brown paper pilgrim hat, shiny dot eyes and a pale collar, signed Thomas Jensen in crayon, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · PAPER CUT-OUT
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
Orange construction paper trimmed at the corners, with a big crayon face - round eyes with small shiny green and red dots, a red nose, a wide open smile and brown hair at the sides - under a pilgrim hat cut from brown paper with a drawn buckle. A pale crayon collar sits at the chin, and Thomas Jensen is written across the bottom in brown crayon in a child's printing.
- Why it matters
- A Thanksgiving pilgrim from Tom's early school years, signed in his own childhood hand.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date; Tom wrote his own name in a young child's printing, and it belongs with the school art from the years of the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Across the bottom in brown crayon, a child's printing: "Thomas Jensen".
No other words.
No other words.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · CRAYON DRAWING
Item 1165
SIX PATTERNED EGGS - CRAYON DRAWING
In one sentence: A childhood crayon drawing by Tom of six patterned eggs in red, blue, green and black on a background split by blue lines, mounted on torn brown paper, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · CRAYON DRAWING
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A crayon drawing on cream paper: six egg shapes outlined in black and filled with checks, stripes and zigzags in red, blue and green, set in panels of green, red, black and blue shading divided by heavy blue lines. The sheet is glued to a larger piece of brown paper that is torn and water-stained at the edges, and Thomas Jensen is written in pencil at the lower right.
- Why it matters
- Part of the set of childhood art Tom kept, likely an Easter-egg class project, already full of bold pattern.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date on the sheet; it belongs with the school art from the years of the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window from first grade
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Lower right, pencil, running off the edge of the cream sheet: "Thomas Jense(n)".
No other words.
No other words.
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · PAPER COLLAGE
Item 1170
PIRATE FACE WITH EYE PATCH - PAPER COLLAGE
In one sentence: A childhood paper collage by Tom of a pirate, an orange face with an eye patch under a black hat with a drawn badge, signed Tom Jensen, about 1984-1988.
Item type
CHILDHOOD DRAWING · PAPER COLLAGE
unpublished
Shelf: N2 · ART BY TOM
A cream sheet with an orange paper head glued on - one round eye, the other covered by a black checked patch on a strap, a lightning-shaped mark on the forehead, a black zigzag mouth and crayon ears - under a black paper hat banded with a white chalk zigzag and a small drawn badge. A plaid shirt in orange crayon fills the bottom, Tom Jensen is written in pencil at the lower left in a child's hand, and a pasted label at the lower right reads Thomas Jensen.
- Why it matters
- One of the childhood art pieces Tom kept, and one he signed himself as Tom.
- Type
- Drawing
- Collection
- Childhood ; Drawings & diagrams ; Handwritten by Tom
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- written at about age 6 to 10 - an estimatebest guess - no date; signed Tom Jensen in a child's printing, school art with a pasted name label like items 1163 and 1167, from the years of the grade 1 painting 1166 (1984-1985), so a five-year window
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Lower left, pencil, a child's printing: "Tom Jensen".
Pasted label, lower right, pencil: "Thomas / Jensen".
No other words.
Pasted label, lower right, pencil: "Thomas / Jensen".
No other words.
SCHOOL AWARD · HONORABLE MENTION CARD
Item 1171
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL HONORABLE MENTION - CARD WITH GREEN RIBBON
In one sentence: A printed Saint Joseph School Honorable Mention card for art, filled in by hand for Thomas Jensen and signed by his teacher, with a green satin ribbon, from 1985.
Item type
SCHOOL AWARD · HONORABLE MENTION CARD
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A printed award card with a lamp-and-book emblem and the words Honorable Mention, filled in by hand in ink with the school's name, Thomas Jensen, Class Art, May 19 1985 and a teacher's signature. A green satin ribbon is fixed to the bottom edge, and the card is clean with light yellowing.
- Why it matters
- A dated record of Tom at Saint Joseph School in May 1985, at age 6 - an honorable mention for art.
- Type
- Certificate
- Collection
- Childhood ; Saint Joseph School
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- made at age 6proved: the card is dated May 19 1985, before his birthday that year, so age 6
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1983-1987
The only picture of this piece
Blacked out for privacy - a private name
Blacked out for privacy - a private name
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
Printed card; emblem of a lamp on an open book in a laurel wreath, with Alpha and Omega.
"St. Joseph School" (handwritten on the line) / "School" (printed under the line) / "Honorable Mention" (printed, purple)
"Thomas Jensen" (handwritten)
"Class Art May 19 1985" ("Class" printed; "Art", "May 19" and "85" handwritten; the "19" of the year printed)
"Signed [name withheld]" ("Signed" printed; the signature handwritten, the title letters NOT SURE - Mr. fits the name Paul)
Printer's line, lower left: "The Catholic Students Press, Phila."
A green satin ribbon is attached at the bottom.
"St. Joseph School" (handwritten on the line) / "School" (printed under the line) / "Honorable Mention" (printed, purple)
"Thomas Jensen" (handwritten)
"Class Art May 19 1985" ("Class" printed; "Art", "May 19" and "85" handwritten; the "19" of the year printed)
"Signed [name withheld]" ("Signed" printed; the signature handwritten, the title letters NOT SURE - Mr. fits the name Paul)
Printer's line, lower left: "The Catholic Students Press, Phila."
A green satin ribbon is attached at the bottom.
SCHOOL AWARD · HONOR ROLL CERTIFICATE
Item 1176
HONOR ROLL, ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL - CERTIFICATE
In one sentence: A printed Honor Roll certificate with a gold scrollwork border, filled in by hand for Thomas Jensen at Saint Joseph School for a B grade average, from 1991.
Item type
SCHOOL AWARD · HONOR ROLL CERTIFICATE
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A printed certificate on cream card with a gold acanthus-leaf border, a lyre, scales, an open book with a quill and a lamp, and a pink panel certifying that Thomas Jensen kept a B grade average and is placed on the Honor Roll at Saint Joseph School, dated the 13th day of June 1991. It is signed by a teacher and the principal, and the card is clean with light edge wear.
- Why it matters
- A record of Tom on the Honor Roll at Saint Joseph School in June 1991, the year before his class's 1992 centennial yearbooks, items 1174 and 1175.
- Type
- Certificate
- Collection
- Saint Joseph School
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
- Age when written
- made at age 12proved: the certificate is dated the 13th day of June 1991, before his birthday that year, so age 12
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1988-1992
The only picture of this piece
Blacked out for privacy - private names
Blacked out for privacy - private names
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT / Thomas Jensen / has achieved a high standard of academic excellence by maintaining / a B grade average and is hereby placed on the / HONOR ROLL / at St. Joseph School / this 13th day of June 1991" (Thomas Jensen, B, St. Joseph School, 13th, June and 91 handwritten; the rest printed).
Signatures under the panel, handwritten: "[name withheld]" (letters NOT SURE) and "[name withheld]".
Printer's lines along the edges: "NO. VA212 (c) COPYRIGHT, 1977, HAYES SCHOOL PUBLISHING CO., INC., WILKINSBURG, PA."; bottom margin "1985 ARTHUR A. KAPLAN CO., INC., N.Y.C. LT-2359" (left), "Woodland Path" (centre), "LITHO IN U.S.A" (right).
Signatures under the panel, handwritten: "[name withheld]" (letters NOT SURE) and "[name withheld]".
Printer's lines along the edges: "NO. VA212 (c) COPYRIGHT, 1977, HAYES SCHOOL PUBLISHING CO., INC., WILKINSBURG, PA."; bottom margin "1985 ARTHUR A. KAPLAN CO., INC., N.Y.C. LT-2359" (left), "Woodland Path" (centre), "LITHO IN U.S.A" (right).
BOUGHT BOOK, NOT BY TOM · SCHOOL YEARBOOK
Item 1174
SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK (COPY 1 OF 2)
In one sentence: A printed softcover Saint Joseph School 1992 Centennial Yearbook, Salem, Massachusetts, with a blue cover and the gold SJS seal, holding Tom's eighth-grade class picture, from 1992.
Item type
BOUGHT BOOK, NOT BY TOM · SCHOOL YEARBOOK
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A softcover yearbook with a royal blue cover, the round Saint Joseph School 1892 seal with a gold SJS monogram, and Salem, MA - 1992 - Centennial Yearbook in gold. The title page shows an ink drawing of the brick school building with the seal, and pages 22-23 hold the Eighth Grade class with Tom's school picture and The 1992 Centennial Graduating Class; this copy is clean and flat.
- Why it matters
- The yearbook of Tom's own graduating class at Saint Joseph School, printed for the school's hundredth year; one of the 2 in this batch.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Saint Joseph School ; Bought books
- Published in
- NOT TOM'S WRITING - a bought book
- Age when written
- made at age 13proved: the cover reads 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK, the yearbook of the class graduating in June 1992, before his birthday that year, so age 13
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1988-1992
Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
Picture 3 of 3
Blacked out for privacy - classmates' names and photos
Blacked out for privacy - classmates' names and photos
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
FRONT COVER: round seal "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL" around a gold "SJS" monogram on a fleur-de-lis, "1892" below; under it in gold "Salem, MA / - 1992 - / CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK".
TITLE PAGE: ink drawing of the school building; a small seal; "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL / SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS / 1992 CENTENNIAL".
PAGES 22-23: heading "Eighth Grade"; the class teacher's picture and name; school pictures with the pupils' names beside them in rows, the last name on page 22 "Thomas Jensen"; page 23 more pupils and a group picture captioned "THE 1992 CENTENNIAL GRADUATING CLASS"; page numbers "22" and "23". The other pupils' and the teacher's names are not copied here (private people).
Other pages not read.
TITLE PAGE: ink drawing of the school building; a small seal; "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL / SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS / 1992 CENTENNIAL".
PAGES 22-23: heading "Eighth Grade"; the class teacher's picture and name; school pictures with the pupils' names beside them in rows, the last name on page 22 "Thomas Jensen"; page 23 more pupils and a group picture captioned "THE 1992 CENTENNIAL GRADUATING CLASS"; page numbers "22" and "23". The other pupils' and the teacher's names are not copied here (private people).
Other pages not read.
Item 1175
SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK (COPY 2 OF 2)
In one sentence: A printed softcover Saint Joseph School 1992 Centennial Yearbook, Salem, Massachusetts, with a blue cover and the gold SJS seal, holding Tom's eighth-grade class picture, from 1992.
Item type
BOUGHT BOOK, NOT BY TOM · SCHOOL YEARBOOK
NOT TOM'S WRITING
A softcover yearbook with a royal blue cover, the round Saint Joseph School 1892 seal with a gold SJS monogram, and Salem, MA - 1992 - Centennial Yearbook in gold. The title page shows an ink drawing of the brick school building with the seal; this copy is clean.
- Why it matters
- The yearbook of Tom's own graduating class at Saint Joseph School, printed for the school's hundredth year; one of the 2 in this batch.
- Type
- Book
- Collection
- Saint Joseph School ; Bought books
- Published in
- NOT TOM'S WRITING - a bought book
- Age when written
- made at age 13proved: the cover reads 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK, the yearbook of the class graduating in June 1992, before his birthday that year, so age 13
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 1988-1992
Picture 1 of 2
Picture 2 of 2
These words are a machine reading of the photograph - read the picture.
The words on this page
FRONT COVER: round seal "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL" around a gold "SJS" monogram on a fleur-de-lis, "1892" below; under it in gold "Salem, MA / - 1992 - / CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK".
TITLE PAGE: ink drawing of the school building; a small seal; "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL / SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS / 1992 CENTENNIAL".
Inside pages not read on this copy (the same edition as copy 1, item 1174).
TITLE PAGE: ink drawing of the school building; a small seal; "SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL / SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS / 1992 CENTENNIAL".
Inside pages not read on this copy (the same edition as copy 1, item 1174).