Risto Rasa
Encyclopedia
Risto Olavi Rasa is a Finnish
poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in Somero
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in Somero
Somero
Somero is a municipality of Finland, located in the province of Western Finland and part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Somero is unilingually Finnish....
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Poem books
- Metsän seinä on vain vihreä ovi ("The wall of the forest is only a green door") (1971)
- Kulkurivarpunen ("The vagabond sparrow") (1973)
- Hiljaa, nyt se laulaa ("Be quiet! Now it sings") (1974)
- Kaksi seppää ("Two smiths") (1976)
- Rantatiellä ("On the shore way") (1980)
- Laulu ennen muuttomatkaa ("The song before the migratory") (poems 1971–1980 [1982])
- Taivasalla ("In the open air") (1987)
- Tuhat purjetta ("Thousand sails") (poems 1971–1990 [1992])