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Memory from 1773 : Haiku - and history of music part VIII
Poetry 2007-10-03 (365 hits)

Dictator : ...And Poet (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-09-22 (376 hits)

Talkative Bird addressing one Scholar : Lost in The Woods
Poetry 2007-09-15 (363 hits)

CRUCIFIED : ...again
Poetry 2007-09-09 (523 hits)

My Dad : On His Deathbed
Personals 2007-08-31 (573 hits)

Supermen? : ...Tell Me When
Poetry 2007-08-25 (583 hits)

Football : And The Laws of Nature
Poetry 2007-08-23 (371 hits)

(Nr7)Dylan singing : ...When The Ship Comes In (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-08-15 (635 hits)

Submerged : And Still In Motion
Poetry 2007-08-03 (732 hits)

Inside or Outside The Gates of Eden? : ...while visiting Kreuzberg, Berlin
Poetry 2007-07-20 (748 hits)

Manitou : ....Is Waiting
Poetry 2007-07-15 (742 hits)

The Lasting Problem of Evil : ...concerning Dan's poem "The Lie" and the thereupon following comments
Essay 2007-07-01 (1180 hits)

Just another Fairytale : ...in this buggers mind (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-25 (667 hits)

The Inner Screen : On a Summer eve (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-20 (657 hits)

Hitch - Haiku : Ancient Hippie Lore
Poetry 2007-06-12 (782 hits)

God, Love, Hate and Evil : Commenting your Comments
Poetry 2007-06-09 (858 hits)

One Last Glimpse : ...of Mr.C. on Telly
Poetry 2007-05-29 (621 hits)

The Nutters made my day... : ...On the First of May
Poetry 2007-05-12 (922 hits)

Civilization : ...and it's benefits
Essay 2007-04-29 (1322 hits)

Latter Day Baroque : ...with an appetite
Poetry 2007-03-31 (3533 hits)

(Nr.6)One Replica : ...one Captain (Beefheart)
Poetry 2007-03-20 (794 hits)

Coming Ashore : ...she won't do that no more
Poetry 2007-02-24 (1579 hits)

(Nr.5)The Rite of Spring : ...some hot summer day
Poetry 2007-02-14 (821 hits)

(Nr.4) The Storyteller : ...woke me up
Poetry 2007-02-07 (1040 hits)

Hovering : ...like a Dragonfly over the History of Music
Essay 2007-01-16 (2290 hits)

(Nr.3) Farinelli : Accessories
Poetry 2007-01-08 (1042 hits)

(Nr.2. ) You knew how to measure : and tighten that string
Poetry 2006-12-25 (1992 hits)

(Nr.1) The joy of noise : ...as I began
Poetry 2006-12-09 (1135 hits)

Words wearing boots : Which owl hoots?
Poetry 2006-11-14 (885 hits)

Double norwegian standards : regarding peace
Poetry 2006-10-29 (1102 hits)

Melancholy : Jazz(added explananatory notes)
Poetry 2006-10-22 (959 hits)

That's what you get : ...from living in the warzone
Poetry 2006-10-17 (847 hits)

My youth in the suburb : Cultural background
Personals 2006-10-15 (964 hits)

Calm or passionate? : Would you choose?
Personals 2006-10-11 (1061 hits)

Come All Ye Space Cadets : Pilgrimage
Poetry 2006-10-09 (924 hits)

Sweet wonder : Trouble at the Stock Exchange
Poetry 2006-09-30 (915 hits)

With You My Love : ...in silence
Poetry 2006-09-17 (836 hits)

In the Belly of The Beast : Excerpt from a monster movie
Poetry 2006-09-11 (1902 hits)

Ode to Syd B. : The Gnome Revisited and revised
Poetry 2006-09-10 (986 hits)

The Spider : ...And The Flies
Poetry 2006-09-03 (1001 hits)

Talking about politics on Agonia : What IS literature?
Essay 2006-08-29 (1426 hits)

Two shots of whisky and a beer : Bass, guitar and clarinet
Poetry 2006-08-25 (1130 hits)

The Poet : Forever Cross-eyed
Poetry 2006-08-19 (1149 hits)

Trees : fond memories
Poetry 2006-08-15 (1161 hits)

Banan Appeal : Afterthought
Poetry 2006-08-09 (1178 hits)

Secularism and the French revolution : libertê,egalitê,fraternitê - revised version
Essay 2006-07-31 (2080 hits)

The importance of laughter : Cutting them down to size
Prose 2006-07-27 (1416 hits)

Nostalgia : Or rather "heimweh".
Poetry 2006-07-21 (1161 hits)

Relentlessly cheerful : Conversational snapshot
Poetry 2006-07-16 (1210 hits)

At all times unknown : Salute to the unsearchables
Poetry 2006-07-08 (2609 hits)

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Two sides of a perfect coin.

More to come

Bashô?

Pain, fire and love

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag.

Starry, starry night

Lunacy or "Lunacy"?

Tom Waitz...

Enjoy your weekend, Monica!

Felix! I wish you a most pleasant weekend!

Speedy response

Yeah, people, drop out of the rat race!

Camelia

Thanks, Sydney and Edilberto and my special regards to Dan and Romulus!

Resigned

on the British box

Her horrible dark nipple

Proud of having you as my translator

About the pollution of Narnian soil

Ah, Beautiful Elevator

No shuteye

Going forth...

Solidarity!

Very last suggestion

(Sign)ificant

Deviant? From what?

It happens a bit faster than the contributions, doesn't it?

Please...

Allow me...

If he cries then let him go

The art of no nonsense

Making sense?

Passenger K.

Is that Mr. Beckett knocking on the door?

Ion and Camelia!

Body and Soul

Terror?

Water of Gods

And a merry Easter to you, too!

requiem (for horn and lute)

Long Cut

Aspider in the middle of the night

The ruins that matter

Stuff

Coming ashore

Waking up

Coming Ashore

Coming Ashore

The Rite of Spring

Waking up

the clerks' ball

Numbness

Astonished Eye Facing the Mirror

womanhood

Icarus

womanhoood

womanhoood

Romart

Evening

The Meeting

The Meeting

Fat dogs, thin dogs

ivory towers

ivory towers

Farinelli

(Nr.3) Farinelli

no timing

no timing

A white helmet and a child in the rain

Now=Just a Sec

Where are those who are mot Anymore?

To Hang by Reflection

To Hang by Reflection

Words

THE OTHER

You knew how to measure

fashion show

fashion show

Seal

seal

Doctor meets pelican

The joy of noise

Urbanization

Throb

The wind and I

Thw wind and I

From beyond

To you

The Invisible Menace

To you

The Candle

The Candle

Tigers on horses

Words wearing boots

blackbird

The Candle

The Candle

Words wearing boots

summer ball

The wheels of time

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Jabberwocky
Poetry by lewis carroll :

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.