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Memory from 1773 : Haiku - and history of music part VIII
Poetry 2007-10-03 (315 hits)

Dictator : ...And Poet (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-09-22 (331 hits)

Talkative Bird addressing one Scholar : Lost in The Woods
Poetry 2007-09-15 (325 hits)

CRUCIFIED : ...again
Poetry 2007-09-09 (456 hits)

My Dad : On His Deathbed
Personals 2007-08-31 (528 hits)

Supermen? : ...Tell Me When
Poetry 2007-08-25 (526 hits)

Football : And The Laws of Nature
Poetry 2007-08-23 (347 hits)

(Nr7)Dylan singing : ...When The Ship Comes In (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-08-15 (585 hits)

Submerged : And Still In Motion
Poetry 2007-08-03 (690 hits)

Inside or Outside The Gates of Eden? : ...while visiting Kreuzberg, Berlin
Poetry 2007-07-20 (720 hits)

Manitou : ....Is Waiting
Poetry 2007-07-15 (692 hits)

The Lasting Problem of Evil : ...concerning Dan's poem "The Lie" and the thereupon following comments
Essay 2007-07-01 (1074 hits)

Just another Fairytale : ...in this buggers mind (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-25 (637 hits)

The Inner Screen : On a Summer eve (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-20 (638 hits)

Hitch - Haiku : Ancient Hippie Lore
Poetry 2007-06-12 (734 hits)

God, Love, Hate and Evil : Commenting your Comments
Poetry 2007-06-09 (803 hits)

One Last Glimpse : ...of Mr.C. on Telly
Poetry 2007-05-29 (580 hits)

The Nutters made my day... : ...On the First of May
Poetry 2007-05-12 (867 hits)

Civilization : ...and it's benefits
Essay 2007-04-29 (1198 hits)

Latter Day Baroque : ...with an appetite
Poetry 2007-03-31 (3145 hits)

(Nr.6)One Replica : ...one Captain (Beefheart)
Poetry 2007-03-20 (762 hits)

Coming Ashore : ...she won't do that no more
Poetry 2007-02-24 (1496 hits)

(Nr.5)The Rite of Spring : ...some hot summer day
Poetry 2007-02-14 (791 hits)

(Nr.4) The Storyteller : ...woke me up
Poetry 2007-02-07 (1007 hits)

Hovering : ...like a Dragonfly over the History of Music
Essay 2007-01-16 (2194 hits)

(Nr.3) Farinelli : Accessories
Poetry 2007-01-08 (1016 hits)

(Nr.2. ) You knew how to measure : and tighten that string
Poetry 2006-12-25 (1937 hits)

(Nr.1) The joy of noise : ...as I began
Poetry 2006-12-09 (1086 hits)

Words wearing boots : Which owl hoots?
Poetry 2006-11-14 (856 hits)

Double norwegian standards : regarding peace
Poetry 2006-10-29 (1046 hits)

Melancholy : Jazz(added explananatory notes)
Poetry 2006-10-22 (942 hits)

That's what you get : ...from living in the warzone
Poetry 2006-10-17 (831 hits)

My youth in the suburb : Cultural background
Personals 2006-10-15 (935 hits)

Calm or passionate? : Would you choose?
Personals 2006-10-11 (1031 hits)

Come All Ye Space Cadets : Pilgrimage
Poetry 2006-10-09 (906 hits)

Sweet wonder : Trouble at the Stock Exchange
Poetry 2006-09-30 (895 hits)

With You My Love : ...in silence
Poetry 2006-09-17 (813 hits)

In the Belly of The Beast : Excerpt from a monster movie
Poetry 2006-09-11 (1867 hits)

Ode to Syd B. : The Gnome Revisited and revised
Poetry 2006-09-10 (960 hits)

The Spider : ...And The Flies
Poetry 2006-09-03 (972 hits)

Talking about politics on Agonia : What IS literature?
Essay 2006-08-29 (1358 hits)

Two shots of whisky and a beer : Bass, guitar and clarinet
Poetry 2006-08-25 (1111 hits)

The Poet : Forever Cross-eyed
Poetry 2006-08-19 (1125 hits)

Trees : fond memories
Poetry 2006-08-15 (1125 hits)

Banan Appeal : Afterthought
Poetry 2006-08-09 (1142 hits)

Secularism and the French revolution : libertê,egalitê,fraternitê - revised version
Essay 2006-07-31 (2020 hits)

The importance of laughter : Cutting them down to size
Prose 2006-07-27 (1361 hits)

Nostalgia : Or rather "heimweh".
Poetry 2006-07-21 (1143 hits)

Relentlessly cheerful : Conversational snapshot
Poetry 2006-07-16 (1183 hits)

At all times unknown : Salute to the unsearchables
Poetry 2006-07-08 (2518 hits)

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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....

I second all of Marius' words here....

"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...

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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.