Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The Initiation

It is not easy to be young at 16 I was a galley boy
on a tankship that even then 60 years ago was ancient
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Saragossa Sonnet
There is a place in the mid-Atlantic an island made of sea tare
and the mist never lifts sea and storm avoid this island
that in the middle has a pyre that must be kept alive and old men
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Bus Shelter
Driving past a crudely made bus shelter, it looks like concrete box
I took a picture because a mystery story was told about it.
A stormy winter night a man found the shelter it had a bench
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Brexit
Is the solution
If
You
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Dream Homes

After the sandy beach, the fenland with birds, foxes, rabbits, woods and ponds,
unspoilt by developers; but no more, real estate, condos,
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Dream Homes

After the sandy beach, the fenland with birds, foxes, rabbits, woods and ponds,
unspoilt by developers; but no more, real estate, condos,
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The Believers
I big bird appeared in the sky it was hungry and ate the day,
all around us a mist that swirled around moist and cold.
We feared the worst and asked how can we live when there is
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Evening and horses
I`m walking on the bottom of an ancient sea
The bottom is flat and rich in grapes and cabbage.
The used to be a lake here, but it disappeared
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Evening and horses
I`m walking on the bottom of an ancient sea
The bottom is flat and rich in grapes and cabbage.
The used to be a lake here, but it disappeared
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The News Today
Louvre in Paris has closed its door the staffs stand
on the steps and sing the national anthem they have
no lifeboats and can`t stop Louvre being filled with
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