THE PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Thirty years of writing. Salem, Massachusetts. Four personas, twenty books, one sealed envelope from 2006.
Between 2007 and 2018, Tom Jensen printed a series of poetry and song lyric collections through Lulu.com — short-run, self-published, most in quantities of one to three copies. These are not mass-market books. They are archival artifacts: working documents from a 34-album, 433-song catalog that has since been offered free to the world with name credit.
Several copies contain Tom's own handwritten annotations — artist assignments, song selections, crossed-out titles. Those are not flaws. That is the record of how the music got made.
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Personas represented in print: Tom Jensen · Brian Rainstorm · LadyWeaver · Collaborhythm
★ CROWN JEWEL
Tier 1 — One of One
SEALED POOR MAN'S COPYRIGHT ENVELOPE
Salem, Massachusetts. November 18, 2006.
USPS Certified Mail. Postmark intact. Seal unbroken. Total postage and fees: $9.25. Addressed to Tom Jensen. Never opened.
This is the oldest dated artifact in the entire Collaborhythm archive — a sealed timestamp on a creative catalog that would eventually grow to 34 albums and 433 songs. The envelope predates every book, every recording, every collaboration. It is the origin point.
It must never be opened. Its entire value is the unbroken seal.
$6,000
Sealed · Unique · Provenance Anchor of the Full Archive
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The physical archive — 20 titles, four personas, 2007–2018
TIER 2 — RARE
Sealed
POEMS BY TOM — SEALED COPY
The oldest book in the catalog, still in its original shrinkwrap. Copyright December 11, 2007 — the first physical edition from the poemsbytom.com era. One of three surviving copies; this is the only one still sealed.
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Annotated
POEMS BY TOM — WORKING COPY
Tom's own working copy — the same 2007 first edition, but with his handwritten song-selection notes inside. Page numbers circled. Songs marked done. Artists assigned. This is the book that was in his hands when the catalog was being built.
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Annotated
THE ESSENTIAL JENSEN — ANNOTATED WORKING COPY
Six pages of the index covered in Tom's handwriting — artist names assigned to specific lyrics: LadyWeaver, Nicky, Dee, Tiffany, drew jenkinson, Karen ("Reveling In Reverie"), and others. This is the record of how collaborations were routed. Irreplaceable.
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Only One
LADY WEAVER EYES
The only physical book produced under the LadyWeaver persona. A 70-page spiral edition with a striking close-up eyes cover. One copy known to exist. Date currently unknown — research ongoing.
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McGraw-Hill
POEMS & SONG LYRICS — McGRAW-HILL EDITION
Published through McGraw-Hill's open-publishing imprint — the only book in the archive carrying a major publisher's brand. Same content as the September 2010 anthology, but with institutional distribution credentials most self-published poetry never sees.
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Manuscript
ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LYRIC — POCKET NOTEBOOK
A handwritten lyric draft in Tom's hand, on pocket-notebook paper. Opens: "The last time I was on a plane I wrote a song..." One of the original manuscript items from the working archive. Written before the print editions existed.
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TIER 3 — COLLECTIBLE
TOM JENSEN POEM ANTHOLOGY
The largest single volume in the archive. 734 pages of poems. The cover note says it all: "I need an entirely different book to hold the lyrics to all 120 songs made from my words."
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SONG LYRICS & POEMS
Five-part anthology dated July 25, 2012. Finished songs section, poems section, shorter lyrics, index, and notes. readtom.com era. Over 80 songs made from these words at time of publication.
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POEMS & SONG LYRICS
Six-part 2011 anthology including a Dissident section (political and social) and an Offensive section in its own quarantine — because some of it earned the designation. February 19, 2011.
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THE ESSENTIAL JENSEN
April 25, 2010. The readtomdotcom / protestingpoet era. A summaries-forward anthology — every piece gets a one-line description before you read it. Clean copy (annotated copy listed separately above).
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MY BIG BLACK BOOK
July 12, 2010. Poems and song lyrics. readtomdotcom / protestingpoet era. The bigger of two 366-page 2010 anthologies — the other carries the McGraw-Hill imprint.
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POETRY IS NOT DEAD YET
The largest Brian Rainstorm volume. 475 pages, black cover, yellow text. Copyright date printed as 8/13/20014 — the typo is in the actual book and is now part of the artifact. brianrainstorm.com era.
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180 GOOD POEMS FOR SONGS
November 17, 2012. Organized by category: Love, Heartbreak, Inspiring, Chomskian, Internal Struggle, Funny, Relationship, Social Issues, Drugs/Alcohol, Depressing, Real Life, Miscellaneous. Alphabetized index at p.264. Over 100 songs made from this pool.
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CHOMSKIAN POETRY / SPOKEN WORD POETRY
July 4, 2011. Dedicated to the ghost of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky. Built around two CDs of Tom reciting these pieces. 53 Chomskian poems + 60 Spoken Word pieces, full track lists printed on the cover.
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FINISHED SONGS LYRICS
February 19, 2011. Lyrics to 43 finished songs with full musician credits: Justin Justice, Tyler Thompson, Bryan Magsayo, Tiffany Anne, William Elmore, Lynette, Matt McCarthy, Lai Youttitham, and more. The document of the first wave of collaborations.
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FUNNY & OFFENSIVE POEMS
March 1, 2011. Four tiers of content: Funny Non-Offensive, Funny Offensive, Funny Really Offensive, and Summaries so you know which section you're entering. Vitruvian Man cover. "This book is for mature audiences only."
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BRIAN RAINSTORM'S SONG LYRIC BOOK (130 SONGS)
The red book. 130 finished song lyrics under the Brian Rainstorm persona. 144 pages. Clean and direct — no categories, no preamble. Just the songs.
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QUOTES, SCARY TRUTHS, ACCRUED WISDOM AND FUNNY HAHAS
The collected aphorisms, hard observations, and one-liners of Brian Rainstorm. brianrainstorm.com. A departure from the lyric/poem format — this is the notebook of a man who spent years watching how the world actually works.
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McGraw-Hill
BRIAN RAINSTORM ARTICLES
The second McGraw-Hill open-publishing title in the archive. Brian Rainstorm's essays and articles — white and red maze cover, thick volume. One of two books carrying the institutional imprint.
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31 ALBUMS — 120 SONGS MADE SO FAR, WITH LYRICS FOR 300 MORE
The album-catalog spiral. Album art collage cover. A snapshot of the Collaborhythm project at 31 albums — lyrics, song index, the complete picture of where the catalog stood before the final stretch to 34.
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A LIFETIME OF RHYME
A different poem or song for every day of the year. "TOM" hand-marked on the page edges. Brown cover spiral. One of the more quietly personal volumes in the archive — 365 pieces organized as a daily companion.
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SHORTER LYRICS & UNFINISHED POEMS
The fragments. Short lyrics and unfinished pieces that didn't make it into the main anthologies — the raw material of the catalog. Directly related to the Left Out Edition project. Context for every finished piece that exists.
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POEMS BY TOM — CLEAN READING COPY
Third copy of the 2007 first edition — clean, unscribbled, readable. The sealed copy and annotated copy are listed separately above. This is the version you actually read cover to cover.
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TIER 4 — ARCHIVE STOCK (90 COPIES AVAILABLE)
ONLY THE BEST poems & song lyrics
Published June 28, 2018. The last book in the archive. ~300 pieces, index at p.174. "Explicit Lyrics. Parental Discretion is advised." "Currently seeking publishing agent." 90 copies in stock. Price to move. Bundle option: signed copy available. Bulk inquiries welcome.
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All items include a certificate of authenticity. Signed copies available on request. Provenance documentation available for Tier 1 and Tier 2 items. Contact: collaborhythmtom@gmail.com · All lyrics © Tom Jensen / Brian Rainstorm / LadyWeaver. Free to use with name credit as of September 1, 2026.