Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Terra Dal Fuego (sonnet)
Ushuaia the southernmost town in Argentine when I dreamt
of going there, we got around about on sturdy horses
herding sheep with Portuguese immigrants, islands protect
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This life of Dreams

I have been in bed today, yesterday after taking up waking
I was so enthusiastic that I overdid it took pictures planned
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The Black Enigma
In many big cities both in America and in Europa there is
an under- class of black people or shall we say people of
African background, but that will not be correct as many
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Gaza Sonnet
A doctor`s house with two daughters in it came
Under artillery fire while he who worked at the hospital in Gaza
Trying to save life after yet another Israeli attack, lost both
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The Lonely Fisherman
He sat on a rowing boat in the fjord he wore a yellow raincoat
and a southwestern cap matching his coat` colour. Fine rain it
was like watching a movie an intellectual one and French.
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A black phone
I dislike our phone a sleek monster in a corner
I never answer it when it rings unless my wife is out
My mobile phone is in the pocket in my jacket in the hall
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Filling space
This enormous white square is taunting me
daring me to fill its pristine quadrangular
with words to soil its surface and after the dead
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The Invader

August night, air condition off no electricity, dying in my
own "sweat, " a word I wasn't going to use again. A sudden
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Gaza Slave

The Gaza man looked stunned he carried two
Jute sacks that were bloodied and reminded of
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The Piece Iberia Rejected

I like to go to Spain one day soon
Portugal is so tiring and deceitful
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