The whole pie: all 1,733 numbered pieces, and how many of each kind

Every number is its own piece. There are 1,733 of them; 1,730 are on the site and 3 are held back for now. 1,548 are writing - Tom's own words on paper: songs, poems, essays, lists and books. 182 are not writing - CDs and tapes, art, school keepsakes, letters and other objects. 75 were just added: 73 are counted in their kinds below and 2 under not sorted yet; all 75 are on one page for now.

Each kind below says how many pieces there are. Where there are many of a kind, a piece is one of many; where there are few, it is one of few. The counts say it plainly. No prices, no tiers here - those are Tom's.

Open the full index of every piece - every number, in its slice.

Writing - Tom's words on paper (1,548 pieces)

KindHow manyInside it
Songs - words that became songs (in the song lists)118Full: 74  ·  Half: 22  ·  Short: 22
Poems in the 34 Albums296Full: 156  ·  Half: 51  ·  Short: 89
Poems in Poems By Tom36Full: 26  ·  Half: 5  ·  Short: 5
Poems not yet released656Full: 191  ·  Half: 150  ·  Short: 315
Essays and other writings (not lyrics)112tom jensen - college essay: 55  ·  tom jensen - miscellaneous: 37  ·  college course: 5  ·  newspaper or professional publication: 4  ·  tom jensen - sports: 3  ·  brian rainstorm - miscellaneous: 3
Set lists, song lists, title lists and indexes102each piece is listed by name in the index
Loose lyrics, one-liners and rhyme word banks35each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 1
Notes, plans and business papers24each piece is listed by name in the index
Printed books, binders and notebooks169each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 44

Not writing - things (182 pieces)

KindHow manyInside it
CDs, CD-Rs and cassettes56each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 1
Art by Tom37each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 17
School and growing-up keepsakes39high school: 11  ·  college: 11  ·  k through 8th grade: 3  ·  school portrait photo: 1  ·  school or life stage not set: 1  ·  ticket stubs and graduation program: 1  ·  just added: 5
Letters, flyers, printouts and records15each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 1
Objects and keepsakes (tickets, posters, signs, shirts, a guitar)29each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 4
Lady Weaver pieces3each piece is listed by name in the index
Not sorted yet (the type line does not say)3each piece is listed by name in the index  ·  just added: 2

Sizes: Full = a finished poem or the full lyrics; Half = about half; Short = a few lines. The sizes are the ones already on each card.

Just added (75 pieces)

The 75 new pieces (1107-1160, 1162-1182) - all on one page for now; they are counted in the kinds above ("just added" in each row), 1177 and 1178 under not sorted yet.

Groups that cut across the kinds

A piece can sit in several groups at once - a song list, a book, Lady Weaver, love, college writings. These are the biggest groups (the 40 with the most pieces). Many of these groups are still marked draft on the cards.

GroupPieces
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)438
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011420
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012380
Only The Best (2018)377
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)345
Society329
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)260
The November 2024 Collection (2024)258
Love242
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)235
Poems By Tom (2007)234
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)233
Inspiring230
Shorter Lyrics (2013)195
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)194
Writings (non-lyric)178
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)146
Previously unpublished poems145
Yellow binder (early poems)145
180 Good Poems (2012)141
Internal Struggle139
Chomskian Poems (2011)127
Heartbreak121
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)114
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)112
34 Albums111
Funny110
readtom.com109
Humor100
Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012100
Shorter lyrics97
Books87
Yellow binder poems (ages 18 to 23)86
Song lyrics84
Poems83
Faith79
College writings78
CDs/recordings75
Nature73
Unreleased poems72
How this was sorted. Each piece's kind comes from the type line on its card. Each kind counts its pieces on its own pages plus its pieces on the adults-only pages (the same as on the What is where page), plus the just-added pieces of that kind (by the shelf on their card; they are still on the Just added page).