Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The Empire

They came saw and conquered
and plundered other nations heritage as trophies
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The day I refused

I was joining an old ship like old ships they have been
around the oceans a few times
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Richard Cliff

It was many years ago I had enjoyed a tasty lunch
and went into a new agent to buy a paper.
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Richard Cliff

It was many years ago I had enjoyed a tasty lunch
and went into a new agent to buy a paper.
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A moment of fear

Typhoon in the Pacific Ocean
I saw the tall watery mountain
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The notion

I have an idea, but what to do about it?
The problem with ideas they ebb and flow
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Choices
The wind has been blowing hard today
telling of winters to come and high heating bills.
Now that I'm old and walks like a sailor on deck
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When we`re young

When you are young, say, twenty-five you, say, things like
I hope not to be old not meet girls have sex, with a group of friends.
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The way it was

I lived on a farm, and one day I walked
down the lane to get the horse in as it looked like rain
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The slow killing of a Nation

Women`s rights are at a crossroad the right to be
educated work for a corporation sitting at a table
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