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Auringon purjeet: Runoja

Auringon purjeet: Runoja

Viljanen, Lauri

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 937778834X
ISBN13: 9789377788346
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
Earth is not merely a landscape here: it breathes, shelters and answers the restless human spirit. Across five thematic movements, this Finnish lyric poetry collection brings fields, forests, flowers, snow and sunlight into intimate contact with love, grief and mortality. Nature appears by turns maternal and divine, while solitary voices seek meaning amid the seasons, testing private longing against roots that endure and light that continually changes. Beyond the woodland and garden lies the pull of water. Swimmers, sailors, lovers and mourners inhabit shores, harbours and the open sea, where sails and voyages become recurring expressions of separation, spiritual striving and resistance to passivity. The Flying Dutchman and Prometheus extend that search into myth, joining images of fire, renewal and ceaseless passage. Even as the settings move from rural villages and domestic interiors to a dance hall and a coral island, the poems remain bound to the elemental forces of earth, water and sun. The five sections-Maa, Narkissos, Lentävä hollantilainen, Melankolia, and Auringon purjeet-create a progression of distinct yet interconnected meditations. Their imagery returns insistently to roots and blossoms, snow and flame, departure and return, allowing human emotion to meet the natural world without reducing either to mere background. This is nature poetry shaped by sea imagery, mythic presences and the unresolved tension between stillness and the desire to move beyond it. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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