Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

It could be true

I often wonder if there is a secret plot.
If the virus was human-made to reduce the number
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The sea of the forgotten

When I sit on the terrace and the world is silent.
I can hear the ohm of the restless sea filling me with sadness.
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Officers and Gentlemen

I think this was the name of the movie I saw a romantic love story
of an officer aspirant and his girlfriend who worked in a factory.
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The rancorous people

There is a country we are not allowed to mention
lest we are banned and silenced if telling the truth.
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The son I lost


My sister had three sons she was not in good health
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Palestinian Chaos
The dream interrupted
By the people of darkness.
Ramallah
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Critical thinking

We are all tame liberals now we speak the same language
we believe in niceness and the brotherhood of man our way.
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The Dolphin
He sat on the terrace thinking of his four children
their mother was a dolphin who lived in a pool behind the houses.
She begged me to set her free, I did and saw her swim away
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The execution

The basement, where cars are parked
in neat little boxes in a row, is cold and creepy.
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Morning sight

A man and his dog
Are coming out of a house
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