Andrus Rõuk is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n artist and poet.

In 1981, in the 9th number of the literary journal Looming

Looming (journal)

-Literary journal:Looming was founded in 1923 by the Estonian writer Friedebert Tuglas. Its purpose was the publication and popularization of Estonian contemporary literature...

 his poem "Silmades taevas ja meri" ("In the eyes sky and sea") appeared. It is an acrostic

Acrostic

An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. As a form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aid memory retrieval. A famous...

: the first letters of the verses read "SINIMUSTVALGE" ("blue-black-white", the colours of the flag of Estonia

Flag of Estonia

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. For this he was excluded from the Estonian State Institute of Arts (currently Estonian Academy of Arts

Estonian Academy of Arts

The Estonian Academy of Arts is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration...

).