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Letters from Portugal eBook
by Jan Oskar Hansen
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Letters from Portugal Summary
| "I never saw the beauty of the sea." "My tree atop the hill murmurs its gratitude." "Olive trees drip slow tears of immense sorrow, knowing they can never embrace one another." Jan Oskar Hansen's attitudes are evident in his poetry: his wish that people were kinder and gentler; his abhorrence of war, his sense of humour about the senseless things people, including himself, have done. But it's his love of plants, animals and all of nature - such a great admiration that he often uses personification, giving nature human qualities and emotions in his poems-that is most evident. Perhaps it's this quality - along with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humour - that makes his poems so unique and endearing. Letters from Portugal is divided into six chapters: On Love, On War, On People, On Poetry, Hansen Snapshots, and Letters from Portugal: actual letters from the poet to his editor. There's something for everyone here - even those who aren't frequent readers of poetry will be moved by Hansen's passion, amused by his sarcasm, and delighted by his ability to paint pictures of the simple things in ordinary life - making them extraordinary. 'Jan Oskar Hansen writes with an openness and simplicity which will refresh the most jaded of palates. His extraordinary achievement in Letters from Portugal ranks him as an important new voice in global poetry.' Tony Lewis-Jones. Poet-In Residence, The Bristol Evening Post Jan Oskar Hansen was born and raised in Stavanger, Norway, but has called Portugal home for 14 years. His poems have been published in over 20 literary magazines worldwide, on the Internet, and in the BeWrite Books anthology, Shaken and Stirred (2002). |
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