Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

A friendly place
There are no catfish in our little lake
but it has giant frogs, and some of them die if they are late
and the sun warms just standing on stone unable to move
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Gold Rush

Today I have been watching burly men
with heavy machinery despoiling Alaska
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Depression 2
I was often jealous of my brother he had what I lacked
which was charm and people were drawn to him
he was intelligently knowledgeable without demonstrating
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Thoughts on Saturday

I saw the Queen of England on TV it was her birthday and people
were out waving flags.I dislike monarchy in any form
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Oil and the conceit

I remember a country called Norway
it was not a rich country, but it was socially fair
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Newspapers

I read a few people read the newspaper anymore
I have in the shed the English written publication going back
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A happy ending
A group of middle age women are waiting at the airport
they are well to do women who have made their own money
broken the glass ceiling and are at the top of their profession.
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The heroine

The neighbour on the other side of the narrow lane
was a heroin addict but had been "clean" for several months
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The modest businessman

There was a man who opened up an elegant shop
selling beautiful Italian shoes but few people came.
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The Good Jew

There are many good Jews, the majority are good
they individually were in forefront ending injustice
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