Poem

Olli Heikkonen

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Original language

When night strips away the horse wings

© Translation: 2012, Maria Lyytinen

Als de nacht het paard zijn vleugels ontneemt

© Vertaling: 2012, Adriaan van der Hoeven

© 2012, Olli Heikkonen

Olli Heikkonen

Olli Heikkonen

(Finland, 1965)

According to a female reviewer, Olli Heikkonen belongs to the threatened species of talented Finnish male poets. Heikkonen was born in eastern Finland, in the province of Karelia, the population of which has been emigrating steadily, leaving behind a virgin countryside. Heikkonen moved too – to the heart of urban Finland, where he studied literature in Helsinki. It took him a good half-year bef...

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Irsk. Noise above rail yard

When Laika, abandoned in space, barks

Don’t take my name in vain

Won’t you close your eyes

Oh, Sputnik, iron star

Don’t touch

The sun rises

Bow before the mountain ash

The crowned head looks at the world

I come through the blizzard

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When night strips away the horse wings

© 2012, Maria Lyytinen

When night strips away the horse wings

© 2012, Maria Lyytinen

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