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Born in April 12, 1934 / Died in January 29, 2013 / Finland / Finnish

Poems by Anselm Hollo

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Fruit-gathering LV

... very day and gave her high thoughts to think, till her heart was filled to the brim with divine love ...

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(“Lest I should know you...”)

...  VIII Lest I should know you too easily, you play with me ...

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The Gardener 85

... you feel the living joy that sang one spring morning, sending its glad voice across an hundred years ...

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(“I found a few old letters...”)

... e eternal one breaks in two in joy that can contain itself no more and overflows in the pain of love ...

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(“I asked of Destiny...”)

...  XI I asked of Destiny, “Tell me who with relentless hand pushes me on ...

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Playthings

... find you create your glad games, I spend both my time and my strength over things I never can obtain ...

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Crossing 16

... Now in the midnight I sit alone in my lampless room and call you back whom I turned away in insult ...

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(“Sing the song of the moment...”)

...   Let your laughter flush in meaningless mirth like twinkles of light on the ripples ...