{"id":84,"date":"2020-12-09T00:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2021-08-31T21:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:33:45","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=84","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container header_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu  container_wrap sidebar_right' style='  z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled '><ul id=\"menu-word-art-submenu\" class=\"av-subnav-menu av-submenu-pos-center\"><li id=\"menu-item-782\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=80\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Word Art<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-783\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=82\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Stories<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-784\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=83\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Scripts<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-785\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?page_id=84\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Poetry<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div><div id='after_submenu'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-84'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>I am not really a poet.<\/p>\n<p>However, I did overcome that particular hardship relatively early in my life, and I have since gotten around to writing a poem in high school. Here it is, presented to the public for the first time in over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Hint for any non-swedish speaking readers: you may try to feed this into Google Translate, but it doesn\u2019t quite capture the melancholic and reflective tone of the original.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Gumman &#8211; 1985<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>En gammal gr\u00e5 gumma fr\u00e5n Vasa<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>som var kl\u00e4dd i en trasig gr\u00e5 trasa<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>levde endast p\u00e5 mj\u00f6l<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>och hon drack ur en p\u00f6l<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>och det tyckte hon var att kalasa.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nu gumman, svartvit som skatan,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>en sedel hon s\u00e5g mitt p\u00e5 gatan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>D\u00e5 hon b\u00f6jde sig ned<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>gick ryggen ur led,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>och hon sade \u201cDet var som satan!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nu \u00e4r gumman i lasarettet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hennes enda kamrat \u00e4r skelettet<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>som i s\u00e4ngen bredvid<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>efter en tid<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>skr\u00e4mde stackars gumman ur vettet.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nu skall gumman begravas,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ett tal till hennes minne talas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lov kan man f\u00e5<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>att g\u00e5 och h\u00e4lsa p\u00e5;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>hon i pyttesm\u00e5 askar f\u00f6rvaras.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; 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