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The Gates of Dawn : Revisited
Poetry 2008-05-11 (69 hits)

Certainty : ...God and Bible
Poetry 2008-05-07 (97 hits)

Power : At The Stadium
Poetry 2008-05-02 (117 hits)

Our images differ : ...once again
Poetry 2008-04-16 (184 hits)

Lasting Fear : ...of ghosts
Poetry 2008-04-06 (240 hits)

Everyone's a Freak : With a Squawky Beak(In memory of Jim)
Poetry 2008-03-15 (272 hits)

On the 17th of December : 1903...
Poetry 2008-03-08 (272 hits)

Three Dead Friends : One Of Them A Dog...
Poetry 2008-02-23 (420 hits)

Love, jokes and wine : Oslo evening
Poetry 2008-02-04 (516 hits)

Heeped : ...At The Hargates of Aynd
Poetry 2008-01-10 (459 hits)

365 : ...And What Do We Know?
Poetry 2007-12-31 (353 hits)

Enemies : On The Graveyard
Poetry 2007-12-26 (407 hits)

The Grimpels of Thyne : Hell in The Bushes
Poetry 2007-12-13 (363 hits)

Flute Player In A Boat : Relief At The Subway Station
Poetry 2007-12-03 (366 hits)

Moody Men : Prefer The Past To The Future
Poetry 2007-11-09 (398 hits)

Gepettos Legion : Waiting For The Truck
Poetry 2007-10-18 (388 hits)

Zeroes : ...what are they up to?
Poetry 2007-10-16 (517 hits)

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To the above I need to add...

And now it seems...

And finally...

Now this really works...

Funny...

Irene certainly has a point and..

Containing exquisite, concrete images..

This poem has potential...

Lost patterns...

Doing the "Severed Head".... ()

Floyd at the flat...

Written with a sense of humor...

As a glimpse of intense youthful mourning - the absence...

Not bad, Irene, but...

Not bad, Irene, but...

Syd Barret...

Natures beauty and...

Irony in this poem...

Ode to a question...

Yes, Bogdan, ignorance...

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Berket and the Stars
Poetry by William Carlos Williams :

With God on our side
Poetry by Robert Allen Zimmerman :

It seems so long ago
Poetry by Leonard Cohen :

Howl
Poetry by Allen Ginsberg :

It's all over now, baby blue
Poetry by Robert Allen Zimmerman :

Biography John Willy Kopperud

First years spent in various towns surrounding the Oslo fiord. Grew up in a suburb east of the city, both near to and withdrawn from my numerous peers. Significantly radicalized at the age of fourteen. Grew disappointed with the revolution and signed up for the magical mystery autumn 69. Radicalized once more. Dropped out once more. Fairly well educated during the 80's and 90's.
Poetry? Off and on, I'd say. Besides poems I have weitten both pop lyrics (plus lyrics for contemporary music)and short stories. What moves me? Imagination I guess. Imagination should not contradict everyday life (and the other way around.)
I must hold forth that good old Willie S. has quite a point when he gives fair warning regarding "The man who hath no music in himself."
Music? I have mentioned pop lyrics - to be more precise - most of these are connected to the singer/songwriter tradition. Concrete and melodious music. I have also been active in another musical area,
in the crossroad between music and noise. This is not academic sheet-music, it's rather built on improvisation and momentary exploration. Later on the product has been technically modified. Roar Borge My accomplice in the project "Fisk på Disc" available with the MP3 Album "School of fish'n'chips" through the net-distrubutor, TibProd. He has done the producing in his home studio on his own computer. The album is no. 53 in the companys catalogue and the address is : http://www.tibprod.com.
Ten tracks on the net for you to download. Be my guests!

My wife, Kristin, is responsible for some very nice poetic lyrics. For some of that material I have written
pop/singer-songwriter music.

Married to my life companion at the age of 33.One child. We live in a suburb some six kilometers from where I grew up.
Career: No big deal. Life: Good. Hardships: Yes
Happiness: Yes.