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MIRKKA REKOLA Mirkka Rekola (b. 1931) has published poems, aphorisms, essays. Her poetry has been considered ‘difficult’, thus she has gained wide audience as late as in the 1990’s.
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On the stairs one of us was always
I stopped by a row of shop windows
Many times I saw her standing...
Everything had turned upside down
I look at the years across this
A long time ago I came out of...
When the world is full of agents...
The sea raises you to your feet
Please look after human beings
| From Taivas päivystää (The Sky’s On Day Duty), 1996. |  |
| Translated by Herbert Lomas. |