Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

The trees down the hillside have taken a more sober hue
yellow, pale green and brown, despite the weather tries
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I was peeling potatoes sitting in the corner of
the galley and dropped the peeled potatoes
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New Orleans, dawn, woke up on the floor of a hotel room,
don’t know why I didn’t sleep in the bed. A shower, vapid
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When sailing from Huston, Texas, to Aruba
We had an unwanted guest on board, a big
Friendly dog, the captain called shore and
It turned out it belonged to the coast guard.
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Haiku
Autumns demure light
When plants arouse for a last
Display of beauty
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Prevarication

There is this wall outside not a big wall
but it needs to be painted, promised to
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Tanka
Milk maids and romance
In the hay of romp and love
Mules ate the fodder
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From the parking place, at the supermarket, I had
to take a lift one floor down. Outside the lift three
black youths slouched and when I entered the lift
they came in too, swaggering as only the unsure can.
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Today I saw a hawk suddenly appear swooped and
grabbed a sparrow standing on a phone line.
It sat on an old oak tree tearing it victim apart
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Tanka
There are two visions
The irresponsible bygone
And the impending
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