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Memory from 1773 : Haiku - and history of music part VIII
Poetry 2007-10-03 (390 hits)

Dictator : ...And Poet (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-09-22 (408 hits)

Talkative Bird addressing one Scholar : Lost in The Woods
Poetry 2007-09-15 (381 hits)

CRUCIFIED : ...again
Poetry 2007-09-09 (563 hits)

My Dad : On His Deathbed
Personals 2007-08-31 (596 hits)

Supermen? : ...Tell Me When
Poetry 2007-08-25 (602 hits)

Football : And The Laws of Nature
Poetry 2007-08-23 (386 hits)

(Nr7)Dylan singing : ...When The Ship Comes In (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-08-15 (656 hits)

Submerged : And Still In Motion
Poetry 2007-08-03 (756 hits)

Inside or Outside The Gates of Eden? : ...while visiting Kreuzberg, Berlin
Poetry 2007-07-20 (762 hits)

Manitou : ....Is Waiting
Poetry 2007-07-15 (764 hits)

The Lasting Problem of Evil : ...concerning Dan's poem "The Lie" and the thereupon following comments
Essay 2007-07-01 (1239 hits)

Just another Fairytale : ...in this buggers mind (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-25 (687 hits)

The Inner Screen : On a Summer eve (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-20 (669 hits)

Hitch - Haiku : Ancient Hippie Lore
Poetry 2007-06-12 (811 hits)

God, Love, Hate and Evil : Commenting your Comments
Poetry 2007-06-09 (892 hits)

One Last Glimpse : ...of Mr.C. on Telly
Poetry 2007-05-29 (639 hits)

The Nutters made my day... : ...On the First of May
Poetry 2007-05-12 (942 hits)

Civilization : ...and it's benefits
Essay 2007-04-29 (1397 hits)

Latter Day Baroque : ...with an appetite
Poetry 2007-03-31 (3622 hits)

(Nr.6)One Replica : ...one Captain (Beefheart)
Poetry 2007-03-20 (810 hits)

Coming Ashore : ...she won't do that no more
Poetry 2007-02-24 (1635 hits)

(Nr.5)The Rite of Spring : ...some hot summer day
Poetry 2007-02-14 (835 hits)

(Nr.4) The Storyteller : ...woke me up
Poetry 2007-02-07 (1063 hits)

Hovering : ...like a Dragonfly over the History of Music
Essay 2007-01-16 (2355 hits)

(Nr.3) Farinelli : Accessories
Poetry 2007-01-08 (1058 hits)

(Nr.2. ) You knew how to measure : and tighten that string
Poetry 2006-12-25 (2024 hits)

(Nr.1) The joy of noise : ...as I began
Poetry 2006-12-09 (1160 hits)

Words wearing boots : Which owl hoots?
Poetry 2006-11-14 (902 hits)

Double norwegian standards : regarding peace
Poetry 2006-10-29 (1132 hits)

Melancholy : Jazz(added explananatory notes)
Poetry 2006-10-22 (977 hits)

That's what you get : ...from living in the warzone
Poetry 2006-10-17 (861 hits)

My youth in the suburb : Cultural background
Personals 2006-10-15 (975 hits)

Calm or passionate? : Would you choose?
Personals 2006-10-11 (1069 hits)

Come All Ye Space Cadets : Pilgrimage
Poetry 2006-10-09 (936 hits)

Sweet wonder : Trouble at the Stock Exchange
Poetry 2006-09-30 (928 hits)

With You My Love : ...in silence
Poetry 2006-09-17 (844 hits)

In the Belly of The Beast : Excerpt from a monster movie
Poetry 2006-09-11 (1920 hits)

Ode to Syd B. : The Gnome Revisited and revised
Poetry 2006-09-10 (1007 hits)

The Spider : ...And The Flies
Poetry 2006-09-03 (1010 hits)

Talking about politics on Agonia : What IS literature?
Essay 2006-08-29 (1456 hits)

Two shots of whisky and a beer : Bass, guitar and clarinet
Poetry 2006-08-25 (1141 hits)

The Poet : Forever Cross-eyed
Poetry 2006-08-19 (1159 hits)

Trees : fond memories
Poetry 2006-08-15 (1184 hits)

Banan Appeal : Afterthought
Poetry 2006-08-09 (1193 hits)

Secularism and the French revolution : libertê,egalitê,fraternitê - revised version
Essay 2006-07-31 (2127 hits)

The importance of laughter : Cutting them down to size
Prose 2006-07-27 (1452 hits)

Nostalgia : Or rather "heimweh".
Poetry 2006-07-21 (1174 hits)

Relentlessly cheerful : Conversational snapshot
Poetry 2006-07-16 (1224 hits)

At all times unknown : Salute to the unsearchables
Poetry 2006-07-08 (2683 hits)

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Of course it is invented, Marius...

Those darned birds!

A good piece of poetry...

Holding the reader as well as...

A title that reminds me of...

So sweet, yet not at all sentimental.. ()

Some errors here:

The feline animal playing...

Taking me back...

Grammar/syntax is a lot better now...

The bus is...

Enjoyable wordplay...

Please; no longer can she see me...

The succession of words in English is...

Exploring the various facets... ()

Wise words

You're so right

Thank you Corina!

Please...

A toast...

Some poems seem...

A small and very well-shaped silent movie... ()

In very short poems...

Anonymity, blankness, the mask...

I enjoyed this...

The wind, the rain, the growth

...Mike and Chris!

The ever unfolding drama...

Why did I start imagining...

There you go again...

A plant for sure, Marius, but also... ()

One often wonders...

Most amusing... ()

Your alterations do improve...

I second...

I can't help but... ()

Thanks a lot, Gradinaru...

Let's try again.

I'm not save?

Interesting elaboration...

Certainly a fine notion, but...

It takes a lot to cross certain bridges...

CONGRATULATIONS!

Well, then...

Simply loved this one...

That's right, Felix!

I try to observe...

Derrida, being one of the most influential...

A fair warning to those... ()

It's not that...

I like the last...

I appreciate the objectification...

Through The Looking-glass!

Intriguing really, but...

A well-composed...

Thank you very much...

Simple and striking... ()

The explanation of a title and three lines

As a matter of circumstance... ()

That's an interesting approach!

Flyerers have to get an income too...

This poem describes...

=pposites...

I correct myself...

When yo're unable to distuinguish between dream and reality... ()

A good elaboration on love...

This is difficult to take in...

In the words of a norwegian song title...

Expressive poem worth reading....

The letter format works for me as a reader...

And there...

Maria-Mihaela, I do agree!

Fine and intersting work. though I find some grammaticl flaws...

I know, and that....

I do think I may approve this one...

I do think I may approve this one...

Utterly unneccesary...

Sea, sunrise, heaven...

GIVE away...

P.S.

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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.