Tom's story: 1999
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1999 — Tom was 20 and 21
42 pieces on this year: 25 dated to this year · 17 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
DATED TO 1999
1824A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
January 27, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed creative writing piece A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL (January 27, 1999), a portrait of a songwriter's room woven with Bob Dylan lines, with a handwritten note on the title page.
the card says: made at age 20
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1842A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
January 27, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed creative writing piece A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL (January 27, 1999), a portrait of a songwriter's smoky room laced with Bob Dylan lines, three pages.
the card says: made at age 20
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1865A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
January 27, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed creative writing piece A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL (January 27, 1999), stamped Scanned, a songwriter's room pictured through Bob Dylan lines.
the card says: made at age 20
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1531Salem State Log Newspaper - February 18, 1999
February 18, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
The February 18, 1999 issue of the Salem State Log campus newspaper carrying Tom's article The best band you probably never heard of, kept with the paper's sports front page.
the card says: made at age 20
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1532The Best Band You Probably Never Heard Of
February 18, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Page 16 of the Salem State Log campus newspaper, February 18, 1999, carrying Tom's music article The best band you probably never heard of in the Living/Arts section, with the paper's front page.
the card says: made at age 20
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1835The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN, dated April 29, 1999.
the card says: made at age 20
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1836The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN, dated April 29, 1999.
the card says: made at age 20
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1837The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN, dated April 29, 1999.
the card says: made at age 20
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1839The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A printing of Tom's 1999 creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN in green ink.
the card says: made at age 20
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1867DOCTOR'S OFFICE
November 12, 1999 (age 21) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed feature story DOCTOR'S OFFICE for his Writing for Media class (November 12, 1999), about a young woman with hearing loss waiting with her father, ending There is finally hope, stamped Scanned.
the card says: made at age 21
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1870Feature Piece - She sits in the doctor's office (November 12, 1999)
November 12, 1999 (age 21) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Another printing of Tom's feature story from November 12, 1999 about a young woman with hearing loss at the doctor's office, stamped Scanned.
the card says: made at age 21
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1840BOB DYLAN: POET, LEGEND AND PIONEER
November 15, 1999 (age 21) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college biography sketch BOB DYLAN: POET, LEGEND AND PIONEER for Intro to Poetry (November 15, 1999), six numbered pages quoting Masters of War, It's Alright Ma and The Times They Are A-Changin', with works cited.
the card says: made at age 21
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1879Television Violence Causes Violent Behavior in Children
December 15, 1999 (age 21) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed English composition research paper TELEVISION VIOLENCE CAUSES VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN (December 15, 1999), nine pages from wrestling on TV to cartoons, with references.
the card says: made at age 21
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1875A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL
January 27, 1999 (age 20)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed Creative Writing story A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL, dated January 27, 1999, on two printed pages - a night in the room of a songwriter called the master, told by his guitar, notebook, chair and razor, ending as he falls asleep on the Bob Dylan album SELF PORTRAIT.
the card says: written at age 19 or 20
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1825I'm still here for a reason
February 20, 1999 (age 20)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed creative writing essay I'M STILL HERE FOR A REASON (February 20, 1999), his account of waking up after a night of heavy drinking and a minivan crash, with red proofreading corrections and a teacher's note, stamped Scanned.
the card says: written at age 20
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1851Avoiding my old hobby
March 1, 1999 (age 20)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed creative writing essay AVOIDING MY OLD HOBBY (March 1, 1999), marked Scanned in green pen, kept with two of his other pieces - a typewritten sports column on Elway and Jordan retiring, and a newspaper article on the Traveling Wilburys.
the card says: written at age 19 or 20
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1820The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN, dated April 29, 1999, when he was 20, stamped Scanned in green ink.
the card says: written at age 20
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1834The Independence of John Brown
April 29, 1999 (age 20)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college creative writing story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN, dated April 29, 1999, when he was 20.
the card says: written at age 20
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1841BOB DYLAN
December 1, 1999 (age 21)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed Intro to Poetry process paper BOB DYLAN (December 1, 1999) on poetry for the eye versus poetry for the ear, stapled at the corner, with the teacher's blue-ink corrections through the pages and, on the last page, the teacher's praise and a grade of 100.
the card says: written at age 21
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1848YEAH! ESSAY 1
December 15, 1999 (age 21)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college essay YEAH! (final draft, December 15, 1999) about the teacher's words that turned him into a writer - When you find that one thing in life that really grabs you, go with it - marked Scanned in green pen on the cover.
the card says: written at age 20 or 21
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1838THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN
1999 (age 20 or 21) BEST GUESS
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A smaller-type printing of Tom's story THE INDEPENDENCE OF JOHN BROWN by Tom Jensen, the tale of a man looking back over a hard working life.
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1850AVOIDING MY OLD HOBBY
1999 (age 20 or 21) BEST GUESS
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed essay AVOIDING MY OLD HOBBY by Tom Jensen, about morning coffee, cigarettes and drink and the routines he had to break to get well.
the card says: about 1999 (age 20 or 21) - another typing of the essay dated March 1, 1999 (item 1851); which came first is not proved
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1868Curious about what happens because of the Y2K bug?
1999 (age 20 or 21) BEST GUESS
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed college feature on the campus computer lab in Meier Hall Room 210 at the time of the Y2K scare, and the staff who make all its signs, three pages.
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1872File name - MH210
1999 (age 20 or 21) LIKELY
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed feature on the Meier Hall Room 210 computer lab and the Y2K bug, marked File name - MH210 in pencil and signed at the end, four pages.
the card says: 1999 (age 20 or 21)
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1101died he would never tell anyone anything again
April 1999 (age 20) LIKELY
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A page of Tom's short prose, the ending of a dark story about three bullets and three blanks and a man whose last word is Independence; never before published.
the card says: April 1999 (age 20)
ABOUT 1999: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1543Lynnfield HS 1996 Graduation Program And Salem State Dean's List Clipping
about 1995-2003 (age 17 to 24) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A printed program from Tom's Lynnfield High School graduation on June 16, 1996, listing him among the graduates, kept with a yellowed newspaper clipping of the Salem State dean's list.
the card says: dated from age 17 to age 24
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1513BOSTON RED SOX TICKET STUB COLLECTION
about 1996-2003 (age 17 to 25) PROVED
OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A collection of about fourteen of Tom's Boston Red Sox ticket stubs from games at Fenway Park, including Texas Rangers, New York Mets and New York Yankees games from 1996 into the 2000s.
the card says: dated from age 17 to age 25
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picture kept private
1535Red Sox Ticket Stubs - Ted Williams Tribute Group
about 1996-2002 (age 18 to 24) PROVED
OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
Four of Tom's Fenway Park ticket stubs, led by A Tribute to Ted Williams on Monday, July 22, 2002, printed with the Jensen name.
the card says: dated from age 18 to age 24
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1529COLLEGE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS FOR TOM JENSEN
about 1999-2000 (age 21) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Two typed recommendation letters written for Tom in 1999, one from North Shore Community College to the Salem State College scholarship committee and one from a Salem State history professor.
the card says: made at age 21
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1845POETRY COMPETITION
about 1999-2000 (age 21)
LETTERS, FLYERS, PRINTOUTS AND RECORDS
Tom's poetry competition entry, written as a 21-year-old night student, with his cover letter to the judges and typed poems including DADDY TAUGHT ME, A COP ASKED THE WITNESSES, A PERFECT WORLD and DEAD END, with the last letter page printed in green and signed, and a back page of his rhyme notes.
the card says: written at age 21
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1526SAT Score Report And Salem State Admission Letters
about 1995-2003 (age 17 to 24) BEST GUESS
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's College Board SAT score report from December 1995 (two photos: the score box and the full report).
the card says: dated from age 17 to age 24
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1849YEAH
about 1999-2000 (age 20 to 22) BEST GUESS
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A single-spaced printing of Tom's essay YEAH by Tom Jensen, on finding the thing in life that makes the little voice say Yeah! - the moment he knew he was a writer.
the card says: about December 1999 (age 20 or 21)
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1873Will Elway retire? Try asking Jordan
about 1999 (age 20) BEST GUESS
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typewritten sports column WILL ELWAY RETIRE? TRY ASKING JORDAN, comparing John Elway and Michael Jordan, stamped Scanned, two pages.
the card says: made at age 20
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760There's a symphony playing in my mind
about 1996 to 2002 (age 18 to 23) LIKELY
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten lyric THERE'S A SYMPHONY PLAYING IN MY MIND on lined notebook paper with a small stain, the words that became the song NEVER BE (set list 16, track 13, in the 34 Albums) and appear in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
the card says: written at about age 18 to 23 (1996 to 2002)
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896Aeola, Lady of the Wind
about 1996-2002 (age 18 to 23) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten poem "Aeola, Lady of the Wind," following her from the mountain tops across the fields to the ocean and the city lights, in cursive and block letters on lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
the card says: written at about age 18 to 23 - an estimate
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973Just being here tonight
about 1996 to 2002 (age 18 to 23) LIKELY
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem "Just being here tonight / Gives me more poetry to write," on a sheet of three-hole lined loose-leaf; published in the Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) and Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).
the card says: written at about age 18 to 23 (1996 to 2002)
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982I lay on the ground and I feel death's
about 1996 to 2002 (age 18 to 23) LIKELY
SONGS - WORDS THAT BECAME SONGS (IN THE SONG LISTS)
Tom's handwritten lyric I LAY ON THE GROUND AND I FEEL DEATH'S in black ink on loose-leaf, lines that became the song WORTH THE WAIT (song list 5, track 2) in the 34 Albums, and are published in Finished Song Lyrics (2011).
the card says: written at about age 18 to 23 (1996 to 2002)
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1097Hello, This is Paul's second letter to the Corinthians
about 1997-2001 (age 18 to 23) NOT SURE
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's playful love letter HELLO, THIS IS PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS, written as tongue-in-cheek advice to a woman he had fallen for on how to treat a suitor who writes her poems; never before published.
Dated from this piece's own words, the dated books and the pieces around it; this date is not sure.
1600Hello, This is Paul's second letter to the Corinthians
about 1997-2001 (age 18 to 23) NOT SURE
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's typed letter on cream paper, opening Hello, This is Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, advising a woman on how to answer a poet who has fallen in love with her and signed Love Tom, kept in a binder with a handwritten SONG & POEM Summaries cover sheet; never before published.
Dated from this piece's own words, the dated books and the pieces around it; this date is not sure.
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1933POEM DRAFTS AND THEMES CHART
about 1996-2002 (age 18 to 23) LIKELY
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
A loose-leaf sheet ruled into a chart in black pen where Tom tracked each poem's title, number of drafts, whether it was finished, where it came from and its theme - Goldfish Turtles, Ode to Jason, A Perfect World, Hidden Evils, Wilted Rose and others.
the card says: about 1996-2002 (age 18 to 23)
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772AUG 14
August 14, about 1999 or 2000 (age 21 or 22) LIKELY
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten, never-published birthday poem for a friend, headed AUG 14 ("Today's the big day / We all brought you a present"), on a sheet of lined loose-leaf.
the card says: written on August 14, about 1999 or 2000 (age 21 or 22)
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A WIDE GUESS: MORE THAN 10 YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1538Ticket Stubs - Billy Joel, Tampa Bay Devil Rays And Oakland Athletics
about 1994-2005 (age 15 to 27) - a wide guess PROVED
OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A group of Tom's ticket stubs, including a Billy Joel concert and Red Sox games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Oakland Athletics.
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