Risto Olavi Rasa (born 29 April 1954 in

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) is a Finnish poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in

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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

982 Year 982 ( CMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Otto II (the Red) assembles an imperial expeditionary force at Taranto, and proceeds along the gulf coas ...

*Taivasalla ("In the open air") (1987) *Tuhat purjetta ("Thousand sails") (poems 1971–1990

992 Year 992 ( CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Worldwide * Winter – A superflare from the sun causes an Aurora Borealis, with visibility as far south as Germany and Korea. Euro ...

External links

Rasa's poems in Finnish and English
1954 births Living people Writers from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish poets Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize Finnish male poets Finnish librarians 20th-century Finnish male writers {{finland-poet-stub