Liekki : $b Runoja

The volume opens with a restless sailor’s chant, a tapestry of sea‑swept verses that plunge into mythic seas and moonlit dunes. Across its pages the poet moves from brisk riddles and fluttering lady‑bugs to the haunting presence of a mist‑clad queen, stitching together fables, lyrical sketches and fragments of distant myth. Each piece glimmers with vivid colour—purple sails, silver‑white stars, the cold glow of a winter landscape.

Beyond the dramatic opening, the collection drifts through intimate meditations on love, loss and the stubborn pulse of the heart, often framing ordinary moments in almost magical terms. The language rolls like a tide, its rhythms and alliterations echoing the rolling Finnish horizons, while the occasional prose vignette offers a quiet counterpoint. Listeners are invited to linger on the melancholy beauty of lines such as “Sa sydän, sydän” and to feel the quiet fire that the poet calls ‘Liekki.’