Poems by Jay J.P. Scott

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

Latest addition: Pi Is 3, added 5 June 2026.

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.

From the arc of the ankle
To the farther ear,
From the grapes and the bunions
To the grin of the last chevalier:
Take a pull from the flagon
Of all future revelry;
In the armor of spirits
May you find meaningless cheer.
April 2006

I also wrote a poetry program, Authorial Intent.