Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

To a friend

A friend of mine ended up in a hospital
His heart had taken a heavy load of a hard life.
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Terror in Mumbai

The face of a young terrorist caught on
camera, flushed look and his eyes shine
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Not an Idle Moment

A fly sits on top of the computer screen
washing its face when not watching me,
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The Clairvoyant

Over a cold Nordic coast a seagull flies and sees
the bay between the island and the coastal town.
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Road Works


The loose pebbles off the road I picked
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Not what you see

It looked an idyllic scene
a farmer with a sweet, little red tractor
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Flying things

I once saw a flying pig
there was a hard wind blowing from the east.
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God
Can one speak about God without being religious as an overarching being the creator of the universe?
The abstraction became the galaxy and has
little interest what is happening on a tiny planet
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The mourning
It was an early morning
The day before Christmas
The phone rang
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Short verses

Warming sun today
The wind has taken a break
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