(Not to be confused with other people named Jay Scott.)
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Latest addition: The House of Dust, added 16 March 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.
Itsy, Bitsy, Tiny and Few,
We have a nuclear weapon or two. Itsy, Bitsy, Tiny and Free, If you are cowed you’ll listen to me. What do you get when you conquer the Earth? Way too much cash and a sense of self-worth. How do you act when you’re such a fat cat? Who do you think’s at fault for that? Always the United States. Itsy, Bitsy, Tiny and Bomb, Give us the cash and you can stay calm. You will starve in poverty too Just like Itsy, Bitsy, Teeny, Tiny and Few. December 2003
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I also wrote a poetry program, Authorial Intent.