Poems by Jay J.P. Scott

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

Latest addition: Stow the Sneer, added 20 July 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.

Sweet dreams and hollow fears
Who am I to set you free?
I’ve learned some words and the ABC
Everybody’s fallen for something
Some of us live in confusion
Some of us think they’re not confused
Some of us want to include you
Some of us want to be excused
April 2020

I also wrote a poetry program, Authorial Intent.