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What a Humid Night : of Poetry Conceals
Poetry 2008-11-22 (26 hits)

The Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke : A Painting By Richard Dadd
Poetry 2008-11-13 (92 hits)

Do The Flu : Co-coo-ca-choo
Poetry 2008-11-07 (131 hits)

Son House Strummin' : History of Music Part IX
Poetry 2008-11-04 (145 hits)

You Troubadours : Knew How To Escape
Poetry 2008-10-27 (183 hits)

Iceland : On My Mind
Poetry 2008-10-18 (229 hits)

Hilarious Stereotypes : Of The Ethnic Kind
Personals 2008-10-12 (297 hits)

Entering The Bus Heavily Panting : Late Friday Night
Poetry 2008-10-04 (260 hits)

Under The Bridge : Of Economy...
Poetry 2008-09-27 (247 hits)

Little Outcast : Haiku
Poetry 2008-09-17 (270 hits)

Lewis C. Means A Lot To Me : Haiku
Poetry 2008-09-05 (229 hits)

The Theft : Of A Nation
Poetry 2008-08-31 (262 hits)

Panic Button : Haiku
Poetry 2008-08-09 (337 hits)

Radovan : And His Alternative
Poetry 2008-07-23 (1999 hits)

The Royal Albert Memorial : In Kensington Gardens
Poetry 2008-07-17 (383 hits)

The Art of Reproduction : ...is the pivot point
Poetry 2008-06-22 (415 hits)

A dreaded consequence : ...of romancing the stone
Poetry 2008-06-08 (441 hits)

Lightyears of... : Loneliness
Poetry 2008-05-24 (590 hits)

His acknowledgement of... : ...Pain (Haiku)
Poetry 2008-05-18 (493 hits)

The Gates of Dawn : Revisited
Poetry 2008-05-11 (485 hits)

Certainty : ...God and Bible
Poetry 2008-05-07 (506 hits)

Power : At The Stadium
Poetry 2008-05-02 (402 hits)

Our images differ : ...once again
Poetry 2008-04-16 (508 hits)

Lasting Fear : ...of ghosts
Poetry 2008-04-06 (631 hits)

Everyone's a Freak : With a Squawky Beak(In memory of Jim)
Poetry 2008-03-15 (537 hits)

On the 17th of December : 1903...
Poetry 2008-03-08 (547 hits)

Three Dead Friends : One Of Them A Dog...
Poetry 2008-02-23 (795 hits)

Love, jokes and wine : Oslo evening
Poetry 2008-02-04 (950 hits)

Heeped : ...At The Hargates of Aynd
Poetry 2008-01-10 (709 hits)

365 : ...And What Do We Know?
Poetry 2007-12-31 (620 hits)

Enemies : On The Graveyard
Poetry 2007-12-26 (665 hits)

The Grimpels of Thyne : Hell in The Bushes
Poetry 2007-12-13 (604 hits)

Flute Player In A Boat : Relief At The Subway Station
Poetry 2007-12-03 (606 hits)

Moody Men : Prefer The Past To The Future
Poetry 2007-11-09 (626 hits)

Gepettos Legion : Waiting For The Truck
Poetry 2007-10-18 (629 hits)

Zeroes : ...what are they up to?
Poetry 2007-10-16 (809 hits)

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"We know major Tom's a junkie"...

Some moments...

...The cab, the train...

My dictionary is called Longman's and there...

Marius, I still think I disagree...

One...

Sweet...

Real nice short poem...

Violence in animated movies...

A real nice flow...

Dan Marius, whar you have achieved here...

Ecaterina, Radovan is...

Marius, I see... ()

I can't say it's appetizing...

Indeed, Simona...

On a monday, the best moment to smile...

In poetry...

Close and personal observation...

Fine images and a good story, just...

Simplicity does it...

A wee bit more to be done

Setting sail...

Brings to mind some words... ()

Horror, is it...

My impression...

Thank you very much, Daniela...

If I may...

Unseen colors yet unborn ()

To the distributor of the red star...

Dan Marius and Marius!

Ah! In that case I'd suggest...

Marius, this is a brilliant idea!

Seemingly a realistic depiction of family holidays until... ()

Corina

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Corina

Makes me...

Man, seemingly bound...

Intimate and well shaped...

Interesting approach, but...

I've heard of...

I think maybe...

I hear and listen...

Short., open...

To be quite precise...

Short and...

Flawless in syntax and grammar... ()

Fulfilling haiku here, Marius! ()

Very well...

Sophisticated use of symbols...

(Laughter....) But really, thanks a lot, Chris...

Victorianism...

A great journey through...

Visions of community..

I enjoyed the alliteration in this one...

Short poem...

Indeed it's true...

Splendid images... ()

One fine...

Thanks a lot, Sorin!

A new approach to the term "Personal Computer"...

When someone succeds in writing a poem, the finishing touch...

An illustrious description...

An open door...

A politician(Mr. C?), a crimininal, both....

"Arts Masterpieces" ...

Now, that's more like poetry....

Here I find no good rhytm, no original images, no nice rhymes...

Quite a thrilling futuristic dysptophy...

This poem keeps popping up....

A BBC program about Leonardos "Last Supper"...

After (quite?) a bit of guidance...

I join in the praise...

Here vampirism may be perceived...

Haunting images of captivity...

A good and sensitive depiction...

Much better than the other one that...

As we all are human...

That's action... ()

I wonder...

When you're strange...

Ach, harmony, harmony...

Why don't we all set sail...

The languages seem to mix up...

A splendid...

This is very much to my liking ()

Concise and well-shaped, Chris!

Absolutely a valid solution...

The reason why you should revise this, Ionut...

Also very eloquent in classical style...

You keep delivering good poems, Lee Ann...

Thank you, Ionut... ()

Quite open to various interpretations...

A perfect comparison...

Some exquisite images and rhymes here...

Read this one just now...

Constantin, how nice...

One complaint here

Life and death...

Sounds to me as a blend of...

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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.