Elegiasta oodiin
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Elegiasta oodiin is a 1921 a collection of poems by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski. The poems consist of short verses reflecting on nature and travel through the landscape.
Extract
{{cquote|A race of sucklers, with gnashing jaws,
you finished the tale of the dinosaurus,
but you'll never rise above the earth
as we: you're dust and soil and dearth,
an organised pack with famished maws. -
Maybe you'll rise from your mud one day.
How much, it's up to you say."
(from 'The Last Dinosaur' in Huojuvat keulat, 1946)}}
Sources
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Category:Finnish poetry collections
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