New Voices from Europe and Beyond

Vesa Haapala, Janne Nummel, Matilda Sodergran, Teemu Mannien, Lola Rogers, Emily Jeremiah, Ruth Urbom

• Publisher: Arc Publications
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781908376534
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

Six Finnish Poets continues Arc's profiling of some of the 'smaller' languages of Europe and beyond, showcasing their beautiful and unusual literary stylings to audiences closer to home. Here six poets from Finland offer up a refreshing mix of narrative, cinematic and experimental devices, ranging from whimsy to sci-fi to punk.

The poets featured are: Vesa Haapala, Janne Nummela, Matilda Södergran, Henriikka Tavi, Juhana Vähänen and Katariina Vuorinen.
This is a bilingual edition, with the Finnish original and the English translation on facing pages. Translated by Lola Rogers, Emily Jeremiah and Helen R. Boultrum.

Teemu Manninen is a poet and literary critic based in Tampere, Finland. His books include five poetry collections. He works as a producer for the Helsinki Poetics Conference, an editor for the poetry publisher Osuuskunta Poesia, and a poetry reviewer for the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.

This title is also available from Amazon as an eBook.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Introduction
• VESA HAAPALA
• teoksesta Termini
• from Termini
• Alussa
• In the Beginning
• Crown of Sweden
• Crown of Sweden
• Jonkin Hajaannuksen Yhtälö
• An Equation of the Dissolution of Something
• “Kuin kasvi elämän kirjassa…”
• “Like a plant in the Book of Life…”
• Mielenrauhaa CD
• Inner Calm CD
• JANNE NUMMELA
• Näky Rannalta
• The View from the Shore
• “suljen silmäni ja uneksin”
• “I close my eyes and dream”
• “Jokainen tarvitsee elämäänsä mantelin…”
• “Everyone needs an almond in their lives…”
• Anaerobinen Lause
• Anaerobic Clause
• runosta Okeanos
• from Okeanos
• teoksesta Ensyklopedia
• from Encyclopedia
• MATILDA SÖDERGRAN
• dikter ut Deliranten
• from Delirious
• dikter ur Maror (ett sätt åt dig)
• from She-Mares (a manner for you)
• “Upplever dig”
• “Experiencing you”
• “Du är underlig…”
• “You’re peculiar…”
• “En orangutanghona kedjades…”
• “A female orangutan…”
• “Hjärnan plockas…”
• “A brain is extracted…”
• “Vanbruket av ord”
• “Abuse of words”
• “Hela dagen har varit mörk…”
• “The whole day has been dark…”
• “Hett dis…”
• “Hot haze…”
• “Fruktköttet flyter…”
• “The flesh runs out…”
• “Hennes arm uppsvullen…”
• “Her arm swollen…”
• “Du måste fortsätta tänka…”
• “You’ve got to carry on thinking…”
• “Du undrar varför huvudet…”
• “You wonder why your head…”
• HENRIIKKA TAVI
• “Tömistelemme jalkojamme…”
• “We stamp our feet…”
• “Jepi kuuluu Mensaan…”
• “Jepi belongs to Mensa…”
• “Jotkin ravuista…”
• “Some of the crayfish…”
• “kaksiviivaisesta…”
• “a faded swirl…”
• “Minä antaisin pois koko sydämeni”
• “I’d give away my whole heart”
• En Siedä Kertomuksia Rakkaudesta
• I Can’t Stand Stories About Love
• Kehtolaulu
• Lullaby
• Kultapuu
• A Tree of Gold
• Lastu
• The Shaving
• Lastu
• The Shaving
• Häiveperhonen
• The Purple Emperor
• Suokirjosiipi
• The Northern Grizzled Skipper
• Mikä Kosketti Minua Tänään
• What Touched Me Today
• Postikortti
• The Postcard
• “Ja hän sanoi minulle kieroja…”
• “And he said twisted and ruthless things…”
• “Esa rakentaa dyynimuodostelman…”
• “Esa builds a dune formation…”
• “Ja seutu…”
• “And the region we inhabited…”
• KATARIINA VUORINEN
• Kodin ja Laiskuuden Läksyjä
• Lessons of Home and Idleness
• Otan Kovemmin Kiinni Kuin Muut Rakkaudesta
• I Seize Love More Tightly Than Others
• Ristiäissaatto
• Baptismal Procession
• Koekaniini I
• Guinea Pig I
• Mostarin Unet
• The Dreams of Mostar
• Hääpäivä
• The Wedding Day
• Valkoinen Kohina
• White Noise
• JUHANA VÄHÄNEN
• “vanha mies istuu ohjaajantuolissa…”
• “an old man sits in a director’s chair…”
• Pauliinalle
• To Pauliina
• “Kuinka hän, ajattelen…”
• “How she, I think…”
• “Tätä on runous…”
• “This is poetry…”
• “Kun kiipeän vuorelle…”
• “When I climb up a mountain…”
• “Olen kuten kuka tahansa teini-ikäinen…”
• “I am like any other teenager…”
• “En näe hänen sisäänsä…”
• “I can’t see inside him…”
• About the Editor & Translators