Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Restless Heart.

Moonless night is peace
Full moon and my poor heart aches
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The Schooner

On the flatland between the vales I could see the sea, had been
walking uphill for a long time now, after the plain it was downhill
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There was a man, who built a massive kaleidoscope,
I think he was a borderline communist looking for
equality amongst colours…then he walked in to it.
He was so enthralled by his finding that, yes indeed
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Epigram

The moment of freedom is when
You have to make a choice.
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The Vale of Peace
It is overcast in the valley and rounded hills, luckily there
is no coal here no slag heaps, disfigure the quit scenery;
this is quieter now than before, people only drive when
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Late Night

The woods in the fireplace is glowing embers,
promise nothing but an ending. In a yard a dog
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A Memory.
I once was an errand boy and had a big bike that had no gears and
our town was hilly. In front of the bike there was a steel mesh box
to put stuff in…sometimes when a doctor needed three chairs for
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Spring, and pretty flowers have opened up, even those
that pretend they are not in a loving disposition.
Not many bees around anymore because of chemicals
farmers spray on crops many have gone metro and lost
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The God of fire
It took him twenty years
to write his novel.
Twenty refusals later
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Despotic Dynasty
Dead leaves of thoughts scrape along the asphalt of subjugation,
but whatever we do we will not climb the mountain of surrender.
There was a moment of freedom, a spring before the righteous,
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