jan hansen Poems

The beginning

When the ocean hit the shore, sea spray flew up
The droplets that flew the highest became birds
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Awestruck

My pellucid teddy had been left in the kitchen overnight
someone had scratched its eyes off
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To think clearly

What we see in our daily life is like a hastily iPhone photo
Lacking depths and smiles not reaching the eyes
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Harp music

Grey mist creates a lesser world
eyes strain to see beyond the possible
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A Perilous flight

The flight from Hong Kong to Manila had more
passengers than seats
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The Class Act

It dawned on me to get ahead in life, I had to speak
proper the way words are laid out in books
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Salacia

Where two mountains almost meet, there is a canyon
Of boulders and unfriendly nature, such as thorny bushes
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The Artist


On the terrace in the building across the road
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Urbanity

A beautiful morning, slightly overcast cars
on the avenue play sordini, rubber yielding to asphalt
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the day ends in a shanty town

When crossing the bridge to the shanty town
The day was almost over, blank and tired
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