‘Summertime’ by Jan Oskar Hansen is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week
Jan Oskar Hansen is Norwegian, and has been a regular contributor to Write Out Loud for over four years. His poems often draw on his experiences as a sailor, or explore his memories. Jan is clearly a man of mystery, and we haven’t yet had any response to him for our Q&A, so we’ll simply let you enjoy his poem Summertime.
Summertime
by Jan Oskar Hansen
When I was young, and it was summer
we went to the beach wit...
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