He may well be having us on, Partick, that clever K, but as Dom has just
said: "As I have not been to finnishing school, I can only admire the
word-music of this very charming poem."
joodles wishing Dom's songs could be heard on YouTube as before, esp 'Never
Gonna Let You Go"
2009/2/11 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> But joodles how can we tell that without a knowledge of the magnificent
> Finnish language -he may be having us on? P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Judy Prince
> Sent: 11 February 2009 15:59
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> Subject: Re: a poem in finnish
>
> Lovely alliterations, both vowel and consonant, rolling rhythms----a
> marvelous song, K!
> Judy
>
> 2009/2/11 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > for the many years I've written poetry, english has always been the
> > language
> > I've used & into which I've delved to find new ways of expressing
> ________.
> > but I adore finnish for its phonology, the possibilities for assonance &
> > consonance & alliteration are innumerable, even more available than those
> > of
> > english. the compounding nature of its nouns & the mutability of its
> verbs
> > also makes it a very interesting language to write poetry in, as long as
> > the
> > point of view is interesting enough (i.e. approach). so I've written a
> > draft
> > of a poem in finnish, and I'll share it here with you despite the fact
> that
> > nobody on this list will understand it (Patrick will probably babelfish
> it,
> > as he is wont). I may do a translation at some point, and maybe the
> sounds
> > will amuse you. point is I want this out there somewhere other than my
> > notebook. I read it the other night to one or two people I know in the
> bar
> > I
> > frequent, and they liked it. one guy said it left a smile on his face --
> > this coming from someone not versed at all in verse. anyway here it is.
> it
> > has no name.
> >
> >
> > ulkona lumettaa,
> > lumisee, lumisoi--
> > ja nyt ei en��.
> >
> > raitiovaijerit pilkkovat kuun
> > kuin py�re�n juustokiekon,
> > kadun kitara riekkuu sohjossa santaisesti,
> > naristen ja m�r�sti,
> > h�rk�tien kitin�� ja kipin��--
> >
> > ja mahaansa muriseva taivas
> > kuin rappuni naapurin kuorsaus
> > tai n�lkaisen kaiku.
> >
> >
> > KS
> >
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