Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/25/22

Adulting

I am going
to stop being
so bull-headed
strong-willed
and stubborn
as a Grinch
who doesn’t
like spinach
and I won’t
inwardly
stomp my feet
or huff and puff
at the little
defeats that
trip me up
yet, why
don’t they
ever tell you
when yuck
sticks to your craw
like Elmer’s glue
that big boys don’t cry
but grown men do

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Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and popular contemporary poet. His artwork was featured in Art in America, Art News, and Interview Magazine and has sold at auction at Christie’s. Ivan was commissioned by Absolut Vodka to make a painting titled Absolut Jenson for the brand’s national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spirit Museum, the museum of spirits in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jenson’s painting of the “Marlboro Man” was collected by the Philip Morris corporation. Ivan was commissioned to paint the final portrait of the late Malcolm Forbes. Ivan has written two novels, Dead Artist and Seeing Soriah, both of which illustrate the creative and often dramatic lives of artists. Jenson’s poetry is widely published (with over 600 poems published in the US, UK and Europe) in a variety of literary media. A book of Ivan Jenson’s poetry was recently published by Hen House Press titled Media Child and Other Poems, which can be acquired on Amazon. Two novels by Ivan Jenson entitled, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights have been published hardcover. His website is: http://www.ivanjenson.com

Ivan Jenson’s thriller The Murderess is now available hardcover and as an eBook on Amazon. Ivan Jenson’s new thriller, The Widow has just been released.