#finnish poetry

[kastanjapuut]

Edith Södergran (finnish poet, 1892-1923)

#edith södergran #finnish poetry #female poets #suomi

[arsanimarum]

The Kalevala or Poems of the Kaleva District | poem 4

#the kalevala #moon spirit #sun spirit #literature #bibliophile #poetry #upload #quotes #finnish literature #finnish poetry

[fashionarte]

You could dance all the way you want.

#sanna marin #fashion is art #photoart #art photography #art picture #art photoshoot #first lady #finnish prime minister #fashion photography #fashion instagram #finnish poetry #finnish punk #finnish pm

[bentleybutch]

"Salainen syy" - the secret cause, by L. Onerva (translation exercise)

The cause of my anguish, I dare not say

to anyone

For comfort, I cannot hope, beg

for the cause of my anguish, I dare not say

An orphan I will be,

forever without friends, a home

My fate is to fight, alone, the battles

of this life

The cause of my anguish, I dare not say

to anyone

#translation exercise #L. Onerva #salainen syy #finnish #Finnish literature #Finnish poetry #Finnish student

[nudeartpluspoetry]

"Moonlight in the Forest," by Aaro Hellaakoski

#finnish poetry #poetry out loud moonlight poem

[embrose]

The price of freedom

Isn't blue on white.

It's red on white,

Merciless and bright.

To sully one's hands and mind

Not out of want but need

Is bravery

Of the cruelest kind.

Bullets fly,

Much like the swans

On that blue blue sky.

But their sound

Make the very heavens cry.

Bullet knows no grudge,

No hate.

It's the hands on the trigger

That spell destruction

Under the guise of need.

The forests are hushed

With the fear of death.

Into the horror they feed

As white yet again

Frames the red.

No one wants

Any more red to be shed.

No one wants red on white

To be the legacy of our freedom.

But the price must be paid,

No matter how big the sum.

Blue on white,

Black on white,

Red on white.

White was once

The colour of purity.

Now it holds all the memories

Of pain and cruelty.

We have our freedom,

We celebrate solemnly.

But at what cost?

What did it cost?

It cost lives,

Happiness,

Mirth in eyes.

Eyes are hollow now,

Minds,

Lives are broken now.

Future feels the tremor

Of this tremendous cost.

We celebrate solemnly,

Mourning the lost.

We hope it wasn't this way,

We wish history had gone

Some other way.

But the price of freedom

So often is red,

Red,

Red,

Red on white.

#finnish poetry #poem #my poem #war #winter war #poetry

[niilasnordenswan]

© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Polulla, North Karelia, Finland

#fine art photography #bnw photography #visual poetry #forests #late autumn #path #foggy path #paganism #finnish folklore #north karelia #kalevala #artists on tumbl #silence #niilas nordenswan

[theconsciouscrow]

#ilkka villi #finnish actors #finnish men #alan wake #he will be the death of us all #mr. Villi the walking poetry #the sun can be so beautiful you cannot look at it for too long

[demi-eurovision]

We should write some music featuring only beginner level Finnish learned from a few units of Duolingo, yes?

Jere on todella komea

Hän on yksi tuhma kissa

Millainen vihreä sinulla on?

Käärijä-vihreä on aina kaunis

Hyvä Suomi! Hyvä laulu!

Bojan ja Jere on naimisissa

Kiltti koira ja tuhma kissa

Jee!

Edit: I read your suggestions and made it longer, check it out here. : )

#the rhyming could improve #but not bad for a first try #learning finnish #finnish language #suomi #käärijä #bojan cvjetićanin #jere pöyhönen #käärijä and bojan #käärijä x bojan #writing lyrics #writing poetry #duolingo

[broomsick]

I finally took the time to finish (pardon the pun) reading the Kalevala Crawford translation! Here's the link to the online cache, for those interested.

One of my favorite passages:

Lemminkainen, much dejected, Broken-hearted, flushed with anger, Spake these words in measured accents: “Mother dear, my gray-haired mother, Wilt thou straightway wash my linen In the blood of poison-serpents, In the black blood of the adder? I must hasten to the combat, To the camp-fires of the Northland, To the battle-fields of Lapland; To the village went Kyllikki, To the play of merry maidens, To the games and village dances, With the maids of braided tresses.”

Straightway speaks the wife, Kyllikki: “My beloved husband, Ahti, Do not go to war, I pray thee. In the evening I lay sleeping, Slumbering I saw in dream-land Fire upshooting from the chimney, Flames arising, mounting skyward, From the windows of this dwelling, From the summits of these rafters, Piercing through our upper chambers, Roaring like the fall of waters, Leaping from the floor and ceiling, Darting from the halls and doorways.”

#kalevala #finnish culture #finno-ugric peoples #sources #culture #ressources #poetry #folklore #history #historical #research #paganism #writings

[kastanjapuut]

Ei Mitään, Edith Södergran

#suomeksi #runo #edith södergran #finnish poet #finnish poetry #female poets

[izakayawadoko]

(Loose translation)

Me: "I have to make serious art or I'll never succeed"

Also me:

"He won't curse his karma, he'll eat and he'll rest,

he's the Ass-Feet-Man and he's doing his best'"

#izakayawadoko #art #artists on tumblr #black and white #pencil drawing #weird #funny #poetry #suomeksi #in finnish #suomipaskaa #suomitumppu #suomitumblr #meme #memes #meemi #drawing

[nolonteinitytonrunoja]

Kaupunkimaisema

katselen näitä ihmisiä,

näitä ihmisiä jotka kävelevät ohitsein kaduilla,

kaduilla kaupungissa jota rakastan.

katson heitä ja mietin minne he ovat matkalla. ketä he ovat. mitä heidän unelmansa ovat. kuuntelen heidän ohimeneviä puheluitaan ja jatkan tarinaa mielessäni.

miksi he ilmeilevät noin..?

oho, tajusin juuri tuijottavani kadun kulmalla tuntemattomia kovin keskittyneesti.

8.4.2024

#finnishpoetry #poetry #suomi #finnish #suomirunoja #loving

[poems-from-around-the-world]

Crete - Aila Meriluoto - Finland

Translator: Herbert Lomas (Finnish)

Some day inescapably we’ll land up in the country of white light. It’ll grab us by the scruff, and wrench our face straight into the sun, all the furrows facing the light, unreservedly. Classical tragedy is without pity: it allows no cloud, no stroking shadow: casts us, as if in bronze, in perpetual old age.

#Crete #Aila Meriluoto #Finland #poem #poetry #poems from around the world #translation: Finnish

[shakespear-esque]

Poems written by Z. Topelius

#my photos #classic academia #light academia #romantic academia #art academia #literature academia #academia aesthetic #classic academia aesthetic #light acadamia aesthetic #romantic academia aesthetic #finnish literature #swedish literature #poetry #bookblr

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Martta Bröyer created dance performances based on the collection of Finnish folk poems, Kanteletar, among other works that suited her style based on dance without music, only accompanied by poetry recitation. The Finnish series was presented at the National Theater in 1931. | src Helsinki City Museum on Fb ~ Helsingin kaupunginmuseo

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#martta bröyer #martta broyer #Finnish dancer #danseuse #tansiija #dance scene #modern dance pioneer #dance and poetry #broyerism #broyer style #1930s #kanteletar #finnish folklore #unknown photographer