Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

JAN OSKAR HANSEN

A collection of Tanka
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Where is Alex?

He was a famous snooker player, who squandered his fortune
and talent. They all loved him to bits, they said, at his funeral.
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The Ascent.

I walked on the vast plateau the everlasting wind of time had blown away
the sand and exposed millions of skeletons and the memory of man from
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Tanka.

Does tailor Cohen
When sewing you a suit
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Tanka.

Ruby, he gave her
Unclean as coagulated blood
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Air Travel in a Dakota (1956)

White as sheet, the virtual page in front of me, I want to compose a gentle
whisper of a memory. Thought of my first flight, an old Dakota plane, that
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First Poem

This is the first page of poems that have yet to be written, but I will
not think about it. It is like crossing the plateau of Alentejo I can see
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Summer and a Dog

Pure sunlight on a forever blue sky, wasn’t there s a song by
Cliff Richard about “Happy Summer Holiday? ” Beaches full of
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The long Awakening

My first wife’s house was very small. She wouldn’t let me sleep
In her bed, said I could sleep in her bathtub.
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The Educated Stranger

His dark eyes no longer smile, always well dressed,
he walks rapidly through town; speaks to people
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