Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The Mall
has got its own belltower
like modern church
for capitalism.
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Meghan and Harry

So, Meghan and Harry appeared on the unelected
queen of America´s Oprah, last night.
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The scientists

It is a tranquil winter day. I listen to a distant nose
a dog barks, typical in Algarve, smoke from chimneys go
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The Catering life

It is sunny and warm on the terrace.
I sit with my face facing the sun. It is supposed to be healthy
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The Great Detective

Hercules Poirot stood alone
the lovers he had saved from the gallows
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Man Rape

In the charming town of Mertola
there was a painter, a pleasant little man
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Cancel culture

They are coming our way barefoot, and red dust
we sink into apathy.
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The ocean of dreams

The old man was still in his bed; someone said, is he dead?
No, not yet he says I dream of seagulls flying over the ocean.
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Syria, my lovely

Asma al-Assad, the wife of the president in Syria
her crime is to be married to Bashir al- Assad.
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The ghost and a Child

I have a recurring dream I hadn´t been to my house for a long time, remember I had been happy
there with my little dog,
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