Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Sky and earth were lovers their children; sea, rain, sun and thunder; but they
had no space, stuck in the middle of the lovers, so they prised them apart and
thus were free. The Parents cannot meet again and look on as their children
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Small Hill.
In a landscape with many hills there is a flat part
that has a small hillock by the road.
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The Conversation
I sat on the roof reading a book
and eating a banana.
But as the day progressed
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I spend most of my time alone or with
my wife; she sits in the kitchen watching soap.
And I didn´t know how lonely I was
before I ended up in a hospital
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I spend most of my time alone or with
my wife; she sits in the kitchen watching soap.
And I didn´t know how lonely I was
before I ended up in a hospital
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He was back from hospital but could
still feel the scar made by claws of
the raven of death.
Now that he was better he got out
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Haiku is
Lucidity
Unseen
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End of Politics
I sit on the terrace in the sun, its forenoon and not too hot
A dog in the road barks looking up I ignore it and it leaves sits
in the shad and wait. I feel guilty get up walk down and feed
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This winter saw a lot of rain the river
near the houses Is still running clear and lucid
giving its soul to the ocean
On the old Roman Bridge I asked the river to stop wasting
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The Right Gift.
When he was fifteen, a man, he had packed his bag
ready to join the merchant navy. His mother had two
parcels in her hands asked him to choose one and
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