Tom's story: 2013

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2013 — Tom was 34 and 35

75 pieces on this year: 1 dated to this year · 14 from a range of years, shown here in the middle · 4 made this year or later · 56 written by this year at the latest.

DATED TO 2013

1764TOAST

July 18, 2013 (age 35) PROVED

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's typed poem TOAST dated 7/18/2013, a wry piece about going broke and sharing a shack with a fellow tortured soul from the breadline, with other typed sheets and handwritten notes; in 34 Albums and many of his books.

The typed sheet is dated 7/18/2013. The poem itself is older: it is in Tom's early yellow binder.

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ABOUT 2013: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE

467I Make the Worst Girls Smile

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) LIKELY

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's previously unpublished handwritten poem I make the worst girls smile (and the best girls cry), on a folded lined sheet with his own poem-count tallies worked out on the lower half.

Dated from this piece's own words, the dated books and the pieces around it; likely, not yet proved.

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1757POEM TITLE INDEX LIST

about 2013-2014 (age 34 to 36) LIKELY

SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES

Tom's handwritten poem title index lists on lined notebook paper, notepad pages and torn scraps, coding his poems by letter and number, such as a LOVE is Good list and a New Poems list.

Dated from this piece's own words, the dated books and the pieces around it; likely, not yet proved.

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1728Speak Early and Assertively

about 2011-2016 (age 32 to 38) BEST GUESS

SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES

Tom's handwritten reading notes on nine lined index cards, on psychology and decision-making books - System 1 and System 2 thinking, priming, heuristics, the wisdom of crowds - along with his own lines like Speak early and assertively.

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1585Tom's Top Twenty (17)

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) BEST GUESS

CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES

A CD-R of Tom's own song collection, hand-labeled Tom's Top Twenty - Read Tom.com (17).

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1587Tom's Top Twenty (19)

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) BEST GUESS

CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES

A CD-R of Tom's own song collection, hand-labeled Tom's Top Twenty - Read Tom.com (19).

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1791TOMS TOP TWENTY CIRCLED 14

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) BEST GUESS

CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES

A recordable CD of TOM'S TOP TWENTY, twenty of his own songs, handwritten with ReadTom.com and numbered 14 in a circle, in a black case.

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1792TOMS TOP TWENTY CIRCLED 6 GREEN CASE

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) BEST GUESS

CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES

A recordable CD of TOM'S TOP TWENTY, twenty songs plus a bonus track, all with his lyrics set to music by Klaus Bluetner, Justin Justice and other musicians, handwritten with ReadTom.com and numbered 6 in a circle, in a green case with his DON'T WORRY, I WILL SAVE THE WORLD FROM EVIL business card.

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1793TOMS TOP TWENTY CIRCLED 10 ORANGE CASE

about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36) BEST GUESS

CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES

A recordable CD of TOM'S TOP TWENTY, twenty of his own songs, handwritten with ReadTom.com and numbered 10 in a circle, in an orange case with his DON'T WORRY, I WILL SAVE THE WORLD FROM EVIL business card.

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849I Don't Wanna Be Famous

about 2012-2015 (age 34 to 36) - an estimate NOT PROVED

ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)

Tom's handwritten quote "I don't wanna be famous... I want YOU to be famous," signed Tom Jensen with readtom.com, in red ink on an index-card-size piece of lined paper.

the card says: written at about age 34 to 36 - an estimate

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850In the winter

about 2012-2015 (age 34 to 36) - an estimate NOT PROVED

ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)

Tom's handwritten notes "In the winter I made the book, in the spring I made the videos," on a lined notepad sheet, with a small notepad page listing optimist, pessimist, realist and political leanings ending "Don't trust anyone at all."

the card says: written at about age 34 to 36 - an estimate

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851I'm your dirty little secret

about 2012-2015 (age 34 to 36) - an estimate NOT PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten one-line lyric "I'm your dirty little secret, baby," on a single sheet of lined notebook paper torn from a spiral, with a small stain in the corner.

the card says: written at about age 34 to 36 - an estimate

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853A Bomb on a bookshelf

about 2012-2015 (age 34 to 36) - an estimate NOT PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten one-line poem "A Bomb on a bookshelf," on a sheet of lined notebook paper with a large piece torn away.

the card says: written at about age 34 to 36 - an estimate

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1633READTOM.COM FULL SONG INDEX

about 2013-2014 (age 34 to 36) LIKELY

SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES

Tom's long folded printed SONG INDEX on readtom.com letterhead, listing songs that all carry his lyrics with the singer and subject of each.

the card says: about 2013-2014 (age 34 to 36)

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1930SONG INDEX (page numbers circled by hand)

about 2013-2014 (age 34 to 36) LIKELY

SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES

Tom's printed song index from his lyric books, eight pages listing every song with its page number and theme, with page numbers circled by hand to track which blurbs were done and a handwritten note of the pages edited so far.

the card says: about 2013-2014 (age 34 to 36)

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MADE IN 2013 OR LATER

These carry a first possible date (a print date, a date on the paper). They may be later.

1134LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (COPY 1 OF 2)

March 2013 or later (age 34 or older) PROVED

PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS

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).

the card says: made at age 34 or later

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1135LYRICS TO 200 POEMS THAT WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD SONGS (COPY 2 OF 2)

March 2013 or later (age 34 or older) PROVED

PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS

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).

the card says: made at age 34 or later

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1091Shorter Lyrics & Unfinished Poems

April 2013 or later (age 34 or older)

PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS

Tom's printed book SHORTER LYRICS & UNFINISHED POEMS by Tom Jensen, collecting his short lyrics and unfinished poems.

the card says: printed at age 34

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1107TOM JENSEN - THINKER, WRITER, POET, SONGWRITER AND ACTIVIST (127 SONGS)

September 2013 or later (age 35 or older) LIKELY

PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS

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).

the card says: made at age 35 or later

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WRITTEN BY 2013 AT THE LATEST

A book dated 2013 holds these words, so they were written by then. They may be much older.

511I've never treaded water

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

SONGS - WORDS THAT BECAME SONGS (IN THE SONG LISTS)

Tom's handwritten green-ink lyric I've never treaded water quite like this before, which became the song SURE SHORE (song list 9, track 6), on a full sheet of lined notebook paper.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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523BRAVEHEART

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

SONGS - WORDS THAT BECAME SONGS (IN THE SONG LISTS)

Tom's handwritten lyric sheet titled BRAVEHEART in bubble letters, with a five-line sheet I'm trending but for all the wrong reasons, lines that became the song TRENDING (song list 3, track 8).

the card says: written by age 33 at the latest for BRAVEHEART; written by age 34 at the latest for the five TRENDING lines

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525The toilet paper song

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's handwritten comic lyric The toilet paper song (Wipe with Left, Shake with Right - that's the secret, the meaning of life), tied to the song BUILDING A CASTLE (set list 18, track 10), on a lined notebook sheet.

the card says: written at age 23 to 29 for the 4-line sheet from BUILDING A CASTLE; written by age 34 at the latest for THE TOILET PAPER SONG

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588Molly... There's no more hiding

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten love-song lyric MOLLY... THERE'S NO MORE HIDING, in pen on lined loose-leaf with crossed-out words and notes in the margin, from his 34 albums.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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589I came inside and knocked off my boots

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I CAME INSIDE AND KNOCKED OFF MY BOOTS, in ink on lined notebook paper, about shaking off the wintertime blues because of someone new, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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657Right Now... Is the time

written by age 34 at the latest PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric RIGHT NOW... IS THE TIME, in pencil on plain white paper, a call to rejoin the human race because being human ain't a bad thing to be, published in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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688I follow Your Lead

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's handwritten short lyric I FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, in large black print on lined notebook paper, about acting as go-between for the workers and a queen bee who keeps all the honey, which became the song EAST TIMOR (set list 13, track 12) in his 34 albums.

the card says: written by age 32 at the latest for the 'I'm getting angry' lines

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1038I bring people to the truth

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older PROVED

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I BRING PEOPLE TO THE TRUTH on spiral notebook paper, about shining a light and using tough love to wake people up, with a second sheet opening She left for work without saying goodbye; in the 34 Albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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247I let her know

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem 'I let her know / That I let her go', twelve lines in cursive about loving someone more than yourself, on a lined sheet, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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248Do you really think they'd let a

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten comic short lyric about Crown Royal, a four-line joke ending 'Because I be po yo!', on a torn half-sheet of lined paper.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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251Waves... They come so many ways

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric 'Waves... They come so many ways', on drowning sorrows and being in over your head, on a lined sheet with a circular MAINSTREAM diagram drawn in arrows below.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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253The bus arrived early

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten four-line poem 'The bus arrived early / The train late', about time running against him, in cursive on a lined sheet, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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482SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's handwritten poem SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH (I can tell you my life's story in just six photographs that I carry inside my wallet, and three of them are cats), which went into the song AFTER THE FACT (set list 19, track 12), on loose-leaf with a yellow sticky note attached.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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489I Have the Power Inside Me

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I have the power inside me, to lead me, to guide me, on a lined notebook sheet with a small figuring note in the top corner, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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491Surviving the Stairs

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem Surviving the Stairs (I left last night in the past, only to find me in the morning), on pieces of lined notebook paper including a strip headed Forgetting or being forgotten, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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510Stopping to morn

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem Stopping to mourn the dead can get you killed around here, on two yellow sticky-note pages, with a torn lined sheet beginning Sure there's no cure for your cancer marked with syllable counts, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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512Gray, dark and omonous clouds

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten blue-ink poem Gray, dark and ominous clouds prevent the light, with a stylized pencil title, continued on a second lined sheet beginning Something positive is what I try to give, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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515Have a lovely infinity

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten lyric Have a lovely infinity (were the last words you said to me), which went into the song NEW SIGHT (set list 20, track 5), with circled syllable counts, together with a plain sheet about Saddam Hussein's oil being spilled.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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578I've got a brand new method to my madness

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's handwritten cursive lyric I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW METHOD TO MY MADNESS, in ink on a torn sheet of lined loose-leaf, about testing the power of positive thinking, whose second half became the song CEMENT (set list 11, track 11) in his 34 albums.

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644LAST SONG

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric LAST SONG, on a three-hole-punched sheet of lined notebook paper under a bubble-letter title, asking whether he has faith enough to admit a mistake and move on, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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646I'm becoming a big fan

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric I'M BECOMING A BIG FAN, on a three-hole-punched sheet of lined notebook paper, a tribute to a young singer barely five feet tall making a stand while his friends play video games, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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656There's no place for me

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric THERE'S NO PLACE FOR ME, in pencil on lined notebook paper, about living off the grid in a cave and bartering to get by, from his 34 albums and published in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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658Black cat's asleep in the box

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric BLACK CAT'S ASLEEP IN THE BOX, in pencil on a torn sheet of lined white notebook paper, a small domestic scene of cats, running footsteps and chopping in the kitchen, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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684The sun awakes another

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric THE SUN AWAKES ANOTHER, written on lined notebook paper with a torn corner, a light verse about the sun and the sleepy man in the moon, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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689it's a good way to die

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric IT'S A GOOD WAY TO DIE, in faint cursive on lined loose-leaf, musing on what people would say and what would be written on his grave, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).

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694If I could just learn to play this here damn Guitar

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's previously unpublished handwritten cursive lyric IF I COULD JUST LEARN TO PLAY THIS HERE DAMN GUITAR, on lined notebook paper, a dream of taking the stage and getting a song on the radio.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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703One man searches for power and riches

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short lyric ONE MAN SEARCHES FOR POWER AND RICHES, in black ink on a single sheet of lined notebook paper, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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704I heard about an accident on the train

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I HEARD ABOUT AN ACCIDENT ON THE TRAIN, about oversleeping the morning of a crash on his usual train, on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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799Landscaper's Dream

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten pencil love lyric LANDSCAPER'S DREAM ("You and me should get together / I'd cut your grass"), on a yellowed spiral notebook sheet, published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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804I understand, still you haven't called, didn't show

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten lyric I UNDERSTAND, STILL YOU HAVEN'T CALLED, DIDN'T SHOW on spiral notebook paper, with a sketched word diagram (walls, rising tide, sand) and rhyme letters, plus a sheet of music staff paper marked "Slow Part / Fast Part"; the words became the song BLANK PAGES (set list 3, track 12, in the 34 Albums).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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847The summer's here that means blue skies and sunshine

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem "The summer's here that means blue skies and sunshine," about summer vacations and backyard barbecues, on aged, torn pieces of lined notebook paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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856Since I stopped swimming I've barely

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "Since I stopped swimming I've barely been treading water," about feeling washed up, written on a sheet of lined notebook paper torn from a spiral; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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863Some may say

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "Some may say you're a little crazy / that would be not telling the rest of the story," on a sheet of lined notebook paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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864ALL IN

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem ALL IN, beginning "The fog is fading," about a day clearing into a night of star gazing on the hillside, seven lines on a single sheet of lined notebook paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013) and Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).

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865SEXUAL INTELLECTUAL

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem SEXUAL INTELLECTUAL, beginning "We're all woven / We're not made / Maybe there's a great creator," on a sheet of lined notebook paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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866I praise your name

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "I praise your name / Everyday... / But you're not Jesus," on a sheet of lined paper torn off along its top edge; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013) and Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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933I was searching for answers

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "I was searching for answers / To the simplest question," ending "(to be continued)," in black ink cursive on a sheet of lined loose-leaf; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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934Neither... In both I'm an underachiever

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "Neither... In both I'm an underachiever," ending "In love I'm still a true believer," in cursive on a half-size lined card; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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938What if one morning you woke up and didn't love yourself at all?

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten one-line poem "What if one morning you woke up and didn't love yourself at all?" on a sheet of lined loose-leaf; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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942I'm a man who needs a rug

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "I'm a man who needs a rug / I'm a man who stands alone / Inside a hole that I dug," in cursive on a lined legal sheet; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013) and Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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969WAVES...

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "WAVES... They come so many ways," about drowning sorrows and crests and troughs, in ink on a water-stained sheet of pink lined paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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970With god on my side

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem "With god on my side / Who could ever be against me?" about making friends of enemies, in cursive on a sheet of lined notebook paper; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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987FROM A DISTANCE

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's never-before-published poem FROM A DISTANCE, handwritten in ink and pencil on lined notebook paper including a torn yellowed piece, opening I've got a brand new method to my madness - a jaded man looking inside himself for help.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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1039One man searches for power and riches

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten four-line poem ONE MAN SEARCHES FOR POWER AND RICHES on a yellowed, torn sheet of spiral notebook paper, sketching a family of brothers chasing power, fame, bling and God; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1040Do I have strong enough faith

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's poem DO I HAVE STRONG ENOUGH FAITH, handwritten in blue ink on a spiral-torn sheet of loose-leaf, about admitting a mistake and deciding whether to part ways with his wife; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1041I heard about an accident on the train

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I HEARD ABOUT AN ACCIDENT ON THE TRAIN on a sheet of spiral notebook paper, about oversleeping on the morning the train he normally takes collided with another; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1042Daddy said son it's nice to see you

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem DADDY SAID SON IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU in black ink on an off-white sheet of spiral notebook paper, a father and a son who is only passing through; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1043I'm becoming a big fan

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem I'M BECOMING A BIG FAN on a spiral-torn sheet of lined notebook paper, a tribute to a thirteen-year-old singer and guitar player who takes a stand while his friends play video games; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1045The summer's here...

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's two-verse poem THE SUMMER'S HERE..., handwritten in pencil on lined paper, a celebration of blue skies, beer, barbecues and vacations; published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).

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1756Rules?

written by April 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

SONGS - WORDS THAT BECAME SONGS (IN THE SONG LISTS)

Tom's stack of printed short lyric sheets opening with Rules? - I AM THE RULES, plus short comic pieces, circled and marked by hand see ALL IN A DAY; became the song ALL IN A DAY (song list 1, track 11, in 34 Albums) - adult humor.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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1965VIDEO AND POEM INDEX

written by May 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older

SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES

Printed pages of Tom's index of his public videos and poems, updated 5/26/2013 at 408 videos, giving each title with its book page and category and marked with his red handwritten notes.

the card says: 5/26/2013 (age 34)

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517AS FOR ME

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older BEST GUESS

POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS

Tom's handwritten black-ink lyric AS FOR ME (Wall of Pride), with performance notes, together with a purple-ink sheet titled PIGEON LAND (As I stumble down the street). AS FOR ME is a song in the 34 albums; PIGEON LAND is a poem, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) and other books, and is not in the 34 albums.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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518But I lost my spirit...

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older BEST GUESS

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten short poem But I lost my spirit... everybody knows, sometimes even the Emperor wears no clothes, on spiral-bound lined paper, with related sheets including Do you know nothing about something and one titled BASEMENT. The "We're all woven", "Do you know nothing about something" and "I praise your name" sheets are in Shorter Lyrics (2013); the first sheet, But I lost my spirit..., is the ending of the poem DISROBED (in 200 Poems Waiting For Music, 2013); the BASEMENT sheet is in no book.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest

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527FEEDING TIME

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older BEST GUESS

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten sheets under number 527: the cursive poem FEEDING TIME (Pens, pencils and paper, and lots of it... I got a musical monster living in me) on a lined sheet, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music; and four print-hand sheets of TIM'S SONG (How much money does it take?) - two writings of its first page, one with the title printed and one in bubble letters, and two writings of its second page (Do you trust yourself enough?) - on torn spiral and three-hole lined paper.

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest for FEEDING TIME; written by age 33 at the latest for TIM'S SONG

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697She left for work without saying goodbye

written by March 2013 at the latest (age 34) - it may be older BEST GUESS

POEMS NOT YET RELEASED

Tom's handwritten poem, first line 'She left for work without saying goodbye', in blue ink on a torn-edge sheet of lined notebook paper with a coffee stain below the writing - an early draft of the poem TRUST YOUR WHISKERS, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) and Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013).

the card says: written by age 34 at the latest for the cat lines (TRUST YOUR WHISKERS); written by age 32 at the latest for the 'cold and breezy September morning' lines

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What the words mean: PROVED a date or a dated book proves it. BEST GUESS our best reading, not yet proved. TOM SAID Tom's own word. LIKELY strong clues, not yet proved. NOT PROVED an estimate from the pieces around it. NOT SURE the sources disagree. No word: the card gives none yet. "About 1996-2002" means somewhere in those years; the piece is shown once, in the middle year.