Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The Great Migration

Millions of shoeless feet stomping across Europe
an unstoppable horde of the rootless and hungry
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Blame Russia
A thought flew and past I saw a shadow in the afternoon sun
it was a quick devilish thing I tried to hold on to it.
But I saw a transparent ocean shifting shingles on the beach
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African Elephant
To the small German town came the circus and it
had amongst many animals also an old elephant.
One morning it broke loose and took to the woods
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A Dream Called Israel (Odd Sonnet)
The Jews of Israel or rather, the settlers suffer from
a common psychosis that makes them quite on edge
they believe everyone is about to kill them, not
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The Savannah
The wildebeests have been crossing the same stretch
of the river for years going back into a foggy history and lack
of interest. At the river, some are eaten by crocodiles
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Yang Sing River Disaster
A sudden squall in the river and the ferry was
high in the water and it capsized so quickly
that there was no time for alarm.
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Horse Story
Whatever you do a horse will not be accepted in
bar or an inn, our horse after hours of ploughing soil
was give beer to drink, this because the home made
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The Sober Woman

Years ago a day in June I had a new girlfriend but she was
drinking heavily; since I didn’t at the time she stopped too
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Women who drink and sex

It was in Livorno and it was a cold January night when I met her
in a bar- where else does one meet women, in the salvation army?
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Reward
To live in the misery of the past unable to let go
of childhood’s unhappiness but let it fester and
grow till adult life becomes unbearable, demands
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