Poems by Jay J.P. Scott

(Not to be confused with other people named Jay Scott.)

Latest addition: Kalevala, added 4 August 2024.

Read my best poems or look to the blue bar on the left. Most of these were originally written for the Daily Whale, my daily joke, epigram, or satirical tidbit. All are short; most are funny; all are formalist (no free verse, other than the odd parody), though some of the forms are alien to tradition.

Better safe than storied,
Better shade than glory,
Better homes and gardens
Until you get your pardons.
November 2006

I also wrote a poetry program, Authorial Intent.