Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The News Today
Louvre in Paris has closed its door the staffs stand
on the steps and sing the national anthem they have
no lifeboats and can`t stop Louvre being filled with
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A pugilist and a whistle-blower

I never thought much of boxing
but I liked Muhammad Ali`s forthrightness
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Finding the needle
Sit by my side in the small garden with
Tall trees that cast shadows and cools the summer
Just sit there at my side and let me narrate
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Nature Park
In Yellowstone, a man fell into a spring
A geyser brought him up again alas by that time he was cooked
And crows came to eat him
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A Friday of Gayness

Today I drove to Faro town I wanted a meal of tuna steak with
onions at the café I used to frequent fifteen years ago.
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Behind high Walls
When I opened the door to my cabin was met with a summer day
that felt like a lingering kiss by the love that will one day say goodbye.
Sneeze and make a haiku words dotted on paper napkins while
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Behind high Walls
When I opened the door to my cabin was met with a summer day
that felt like a lingering kiss by the love that will one day say goodbye.
Sneeze and make a haiku words dotted on paper napkins while
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Behind high Walls
When I opened the door to my cabin was met with a summer day
that felt like a lingering kiss by the love that will one day say goodbye.
Sneeze and make a haiku words dotted on paper napkins while
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Modern Café
The café near the local petrol station and taken over
By people who had studied food catering when I opened
The theme was artistic copies of famous paintings and
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A Sonnet
If I knew you loved me, I would have
killed you before, a sentence that makes no sense
keep swirling around my head. William Burroughs
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