80 years ago
...80 years ago
I was a toddler when the British bombers tried
to find the airport, they didn't but dropped bombed
on the town of Stavanger instead
I was sent to a farm that happened to be next do...
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stavanger, absence, abuse, age,
Form: ABC
the royal stone street 42
...The Royal Stonestreet 42
In the house in Stavanger, Norway, where I grew up four families were living in poverty after the war in 1945, well, poverty was relative as we were able to survive withou...
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stavanger, abuse, addiction, adventure, anti
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melancilie
...Melancolie
The August heat is hotter than other summer months
more lethal going in for the kill,
The olive trees gasp, bark crackles and leaves hang
lifeless, but the sun keeps on shining
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Categories:
stavanger, abortion, age, analogy, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
The Land of the Midnight Sun
...I went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of call was Stavanger, it was nice to be on dry land
A town...
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stavanger, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form: Narrative
- Haiku X 251 - the Pulpit -
...climb at all levels
wonderful heavenly view -
step on muffled floor
24.01.2023
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright...
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Categories:
stavanger, beauty, nature,
Form: Haiku
Stavanger Communist Party
...Stavanger Communist Party
The local communist party of my youth was a fun place
they had frequent parties with music and dance and
illegal booze in the bushes, in the dark unpainted years
af...
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Categories:
stavanger, betrayal,
Form: Sonnet
Norway
...Walk with me through a world of beauty
A gift from God
Walk with me where the Vikings once roamed
Through the magnificence of her mountains
Into the fjords near Bodo
Feel the briskness in the ai...
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stavanger, adventure, people, places, me,
Form: Free verse
Review
...I'm looking into a mirror at the age in my eyes
And the lines on a battle scarred face
Wondering where it all went
Children have grown and time has taken its toll
But the dreams ...
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Categories:
stavanger, life, people, places, time,
Form: Bio