Risto Rasa

Risto Olavi Rasa (born April 29, 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in Somero.

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)

External links

* [http://www.luminarium.org/suomenrunous/rasaindex.htm Rasa's poems in Finnish and English]