Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

What will be will be

It was raining all day he sat morosely
on the balcony, today he sits on the terrace
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Counsellor

He was an independent therapist
for people who thought they were drinking too much.
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Spawning


The children, in the street near the factories, looked unfriendly
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While we wait

The terrace of our flat is a place for retired kings
the sun shines humbly not burning my nose and
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Pandemic Morning

It has been raining in the night
the haar lingers in the bay, but I can see
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Goodbye Donald Trump

He has gone now, are you sure thought I saw his shadow.
On the wall just before sunup.
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Poetry she read

At the inauguration of Joe Biden
It was a grey affair and the new president's speech.
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After Trump
Now that Trump has gone but not for good
What shall we hate next?
When our love affair with Joe Biden is over shall
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Cold winter

It was the coldest winter anyone had experienced.
Birds fell from the sky frozen and oven ready.
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The slum

When I was born the manger was occupied
I got a cot at a Home run by the salvation- army
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