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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)

Memory from 1773 : Haiku - and history of music part VIII
Poetry 2007-10-03 (413 hits)

Dictator : ...And Poet (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-09-22 (435 hits)

Talkative Bird addressing one Scholar : Lost in The Woods
Poetry 2007-09-15 (394 hits)

CRUCIFIED : ...again
Poetry 2007-09-09 (605 hits)

Supermen? : ...Tell Me When
Poetry 2007-08-25 (626 hits)

Football : And The Laws of Nature
Poetry 2007-08-23 (400 hits)

(Nr7)Dylan singing : ...When The Ship Comes In (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-08-15 (687 hits)

Submerged : And Still In Motion
Poetry 2007-08-03 (788 hits)

Inside or Outside The Gates of Eden? : ...while visiting Kreuzberg, Berlin
Poetry 2007-07-20 (768 hits)

Manitou : ....Is Waiting
Poetry 2007-07-15 (793 hits)

Just another Fairytale : ...in this buggers mind (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-25 (697 hits)

The Inner Screen : On a Summer eve (Haiku)
Poetry 2007-06-20 (677 hits)

Hitch - Haiku : Ancient Hippie Lore
Poetry 2007-06-12 (852 hits)

God, Love, Hate and Evil : Commenting your Comments
Poetry 2007-06-09 (932 hits)

One Last Glimpse : ...of Mr.C. on Telly
Poetry 2007-05-29 (658 hits)

The Nutters made my day... : ...On the First of May
Poetry 2007-05-12 (967 hits)

Latter Day Baroque : ...with an appetite
Poetry 2007-03-31 (3733 hits)

(Nr.6)One Replica : ...one Captain (Beefheart)
Poetry 2007-03-20 (827 hits)

Coming Ashore : ...she won't do that no more
Poetry 2007-02-24 (1715 hits)

(Nr.5)The Rite of Spring : ...some hot summer day
Poetry 2007-02-14 (847 hits)

(Nr.4) The Storyteller : ...woke me up
Poetry 2007-02-07 (1083 hits)

(Nr.3) Farinelli : Accessories
Poetry 2007-01-08 (1073 hits)

(Nr.2. ) You knew how to measure : and tighten that string
Poetry 2006-12-25 (2068 hits)

(Nr.1) The joy of noise : ...as I began
Poetry 2006-12-09 (1193 hits)

Words wearing boots : Which owl hoots?
Poetry 2006-11-14 (924 hits)

Double norwegian standards : regarding peace
Poetry 2006-10-29 (1163 hits)

Melancholy : Jazz(added explananatory notes)
Poetry 2006-10-22 (990 hits)

That's what you get : ...from living in the warzone
Poetry 2006-10-17 (869 hits)

Come All Ye Space Cadets : Pilgrimage
Poetry 2006-10-09 (946 hits)

Sweet wonder : Trouble at the Stock Exchange
Poetry 2006-09-30 (939 hits)

With You My Love : ...in silence
Poetry 2006-09-17 (852 hits)

In the Belly of The Beast : Excerpt from a monster movie
Poetry 2006-09-11 (1936 hits)

Ode to Syd B. : The Gnome Revisited and revised
Poetry 2006-09-10 (1012 hits)

The Spider : ...And The Flies
Poetry 2006-09-03 (1020 hits)

Two shots of whisky and a beer : Bass, guitar and clarinet
Poetry 2006-08-25 (1151 hits)

The Poet : Forever Cross-eyed
Poetry 2006-08-19 (1167 hits)

Trees : fond memories
Poetry 2006-08-15 (1212 hits)

Banan Appeal : Afterthought
Poetry 2006-08-09 (1205 hits)

Nostalgia : Or rather "heimweh".
Poetry 2006-07-21 (1186 hits)

Relentlessly cheerful : Conversational snapshot
Poetry 2006-07-16 (1236 hits)

At all times unknown : Salute to the unsearchables
Poetry 2006-07-08 (2762 hits)

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Graceful creatures they are, Corina!

That's better!

So nice...

Touching really...

Still I read "the" patience. It's not proper English ...

Not half bad...

That's what I call poetry workshop...

A good idea indeed, Marius...

Please, drop "the" at the beginning of your last line ...

So nice, Marius....

Viel dank, Marius!

A very good idea...

Ooops..we are such STUFF

"We are such stuss as dreams are made on"... ()

Just a few images...

Simple, beautiful...

The smoke carrying the DNA... ()

"a place to confess." ()

Across the universe...

Mmmm...

A plea for forgiveness... ()

Just a shimmy with that old devil..

A creepy sense... ()

One line comes to mind:

I don't think "by chance" is the right expression here...

Thank you, Edilberto...

Last saturday, Marius...

This is really remarkable, because...

Marius, I was not inclining that you were unaware...

Sweet, but sadly conventional.

It's coherent, no big flaws...

A fine tribute to a great musician, Marius, however...

Mask, teeth, whatever, Monica...

Comprende, Feilx...

Edilberto, thanks a lot and you know...

A toast, Marius...

I really appreciate...

Thanks a lot, Corina!

Felix, in what way...

Just leave me with... ()

Time and space...

And so...

I see you rhyme as good... ()

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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.