Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

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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The grocery/ wineshop

Once when he lived in Faro (Portugal) and walking about
he came across a grocer shop that was new in 1950.
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Winner takes all

He sat on the sofa feeling disgruntled, watching TV
about a young woman who read a poem about hill climbing.
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Morning sun


Sat on the terrace
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