Elegiasta oodiin

Elegiasta oodiin is a 1921 poem by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski. The poem consists 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)

External links and sources

*http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/aarohell.htm