Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Jeffry Jensen


75 YEARS HOT


somebody must be listening to the voice of reason

excess seems to be the new balance on the road to ruin

believe it or not, but I was issued wings

during my tenure as a novice poet

I would make even Icarus jealous

pride can put me behind the eight ball

I keep my swelling genius under wraps

my wings have no wax or feathers

there is an AI composite that has sent me

on my way to the top of an interior universe

I traded in Covina for a sparkling Pasadena

I traded in literary research for public library resolve

it is time to plow up padlocked chapters on creation

I believe in my shaky steps toward more hot years ahead


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