Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Rolf, the talking machine

There are moments in life when you meet someone
you take an instant dislike to who endlessly talk about
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A character trait

She was divorced with one child a daughter
had met a man she liked going out for the first meal
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Fishing boat

A man bought an old fishing vessel
it had a steering house, but the door was rotten
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My lie is bigger than yours.

So it is Sunday early afternoon light rain
and I`m not a weather forecaster, and no one pays me
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What`s going on

Watching TV flicking from channel to channel is surreal,
one moment a casket is lowered into
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Limelight

Once I had to go on stage
reading my poetry, I was a nervous wreck
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The war and food

During the war years in Norway 1940 to 1945
there was little food, but the coast was teeming
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The war and food

During the war years in Norway 1940 to 1945
there was little food, but the coast was teeming
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Death of a young man

There is a schooner in the bay flags on half mast
a crew member had fallen from the top of the mast
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Friday shopping

The farmer and I went shopping every Friday
(horse and cart)to a small town at the lowland, the shop had a stable.
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