Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Senryu

Perfect rose shivers
Fears being picked at dawn
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Peaceful Beginnings

On an island, in a big ocean, generals walk about
think they have killed a dream and call sullen
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The Nap


It’s time you wake up. I have slept long dreaming.
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The Gallery Owner

He had been to the doctors
nothing could be done, they are
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She only exist in a dream
She only existed in a dream an old man dreamt, in his lonely cottage,
when sitting by the fireside patting his dog’s head. Knock on his door,
there she stood looking a dream and since he knew her he invited her
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Lost At Sea

It was a quiet night when I woke up in the small cabin I shared with
the other deck-boy. The porthole was open and brought a welcoming
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Tanka

Accept old age
The smug tellers of lies say
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Brotherly Love

My brother, who worked at a coal mine, came for a visit;
he is a man easily prone to bitterness, his lack of funds is
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The Suit

After the surgery my son come visiting
he had brought a dark suit along, hung
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