Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Foreigner In Portugal
At the local shop I met an elderly woman, mind most
of the women I meet are elderly but this one was
primordial, she dropped her bag when seeing me and
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Sea-Lion
I saw a seal in Durban big and sleek and its smile
Was wondrous, I think it had green eyes, right,
But, I'm not a very god swimmer and is sceptical
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Haiku
Old man
Spending his night
Finding a dream
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I knew of a woman

Who wrote a novel that sold 30 thousand copies,
there was a talk of making her novel into a film,
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choices

It was a moment when the cacophony of voices, at the railway restaurant,
became one, no longer dusty prattle mixed with cigarette smoke, but a real,
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Dream makers

Through grimy windows I can see
Santa and his elves blowing
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Decline
The owner of my bar died
his widow opened windows wide
and life flooded in; sun light
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The saver


He began saving money when 15 years old, liked to see
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The Daughter

I looked her into her brown eyes and said, I love you,
just straightforward without any hesitation or reservation
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The Trance

I sit on my stationary bike for half an hour a day,
it is incredibly boring if I have nothing to occupy my mind.
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