what's interesting to one who does not know Finnish, Kasper, is the
way the sounds, so many, repeat & therefore rime throughout.
Doug
On 11-Feb-09, at 4:24 AM, kasper salonen wrote:
> 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 enää.
>
> raitiovaijerit pilkkovat kuun
> kuin pyöreän juustokiekon,
> kadun kitara riekkuu sohjossa santaisesti,
> naristen ja märästi,
> härkätien kitinää ja kipinää--
>
> ja mahaansa muriseva taivas
> kuin rappuni naapurin kuorsaus
> tai nälkaisen kaiku.
>
>
> KS
>
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