Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

My Jewish friends

This blaming of the Jews is so tiring I have worked
with many Jews, upholsterer of furniture and little shops
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A The Sea Bird
During the occupation of Norway when many fled to
Sweden or England the new generation has forgotten that
in their hatred of refugees.
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The Sparrow.
The stage was enormous partly dark; floor board made
of the decks of stranded schooners
a sparrow came shuffling in, slightly bent too much time spent
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The Sparrow.
The stage was enormous partly dark; floor board made
of the decks of stranded schooners
a sparrow came shuffling in, slightly bent too much time spent
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I`m Sailing
I was sailing along the coast of Greenland the sea was
as green as empty Port Wine bottles when
a storm struck it was a fully automatic boat I batted down
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A bridge too far
This long foot- bridge made of glass over a deep canyon in
China, one can walk and look down at the same time but
be careful not to fall which is easy when not looking down.
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Outside Time
He had wanted to be outside time
punched a hole in time crawled through
and was met with
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Our guilt
It was the longest street in the world each side
had shops selling salami and cheese, mind each
product changed the name as to attract customers,
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Uniform

She was sitting on a cleat crying, beside her a suitcase and
a vanity bag of leather. She was waiting for her husband
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The Satan
I will sit here and not move for an hour
empty my brain of the past I refuse to look back
nothing there worth remembering
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