"The sea raises you to your feet. And dead calm. Strands of light hold your hand. Now you have left this shore. Now you are in the wind of an invisible sail."
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Mirkka Rekola, Kuka lukee kanssasi (Who is Reading with You), 1990; Translated by Sari Hantula. Quoted at Mirkka Rekola, at electricverses.net, accessed 20-03-2017.
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Mirkka Rekola
Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 β 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere who published poems, aphorisms, essays.
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