Here are some of the poems I have written since autumn 2008. The first six are the only ones I have written in English. I have translated some of my poems from Finnish to English, poorly. All of my (~80) poems can be found at my Finnish website.
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Gimme
I was walking
saw a man
down the streets
Said: spare a moment?
But no,
I was too busy
too busy to see
What I wanted to see
Run
No matter how much you run
you are still gonna get done
No matter how much you gain
you'll just leave a bigger stain
No matter what you know
you can't predict a flow
No matter what you plan
you still might get hit by a lamb
No matter how much you hurry
you'll just see more things to worry
No matter where you go
everywhere the same show
No matter in what you believe
there is nothing at all to achieve
The only problem being:
running, not walking
Marvel
To see the darkness,
to hear the silence,
to taste the water,
to smell the air,
and to touch the wind
Just some of the daily miracles
Drive
You look at it and wonder:
what is this, I ponder?
You're let in the back,
and taken deep under
Learn the rules,
pass the exam
Now you fit,
and don't see a damn
Cruise around,
make some noise
Get the girls,
that's the only choice
Tank runs dry,
it's almost done
What did I get
by spinning a round?
It would be sad
if it wasn't so funny:
you always drove,
never walked, really
1924
Film went so fast,
it sure seems funny,
now full HD filming
is for everybody
Is it just me,
who can keep it slow,
without a microphone
and such a clever phone?
Nothere
Addicts everywhere?
Sure! But not us,
and not here,
you see... them!
Over there,
they belong nowhere!
WE only use one's
and some zero's
and... well,
everything,
everywhere,
any time
and aim to be...
Someone,
anyone,
just not
a no one?
Sahara
For a child a sandbox
is as big as the Sahara
Anything is possible,
imagination the only limit
For adults, the whole Sahara
is just an old dull Sahara,
and hardly anything
is ever possible
I sure am glad,
that I never grew up
Life philosophy
A starting point,
unimaginable for all
A movement is which you are,
like it or not
Some goal which looms,
or is it just a mirage?
But at the end,
or maybe for the beginning also:
"Here I am now".
And even in that statement
four words too many
Stars
Grass as golf courses
Trees in cash
Animals for meatballs
Mountain as a mine
Seas as pleasure cruises
Sky full of planes
Only the stars
left unspoiled
Cookies
Free treats,
there,
just around the corner!!
Simply run
or you might miss
your own one!
Travel instructions
Follow all the rules,
always be in rush
Be honestly yourself,
chit-chat with no end
Get highest education,
work and grind the most
You'll relax on vacation,
remember it to report
Do the daily exercise,
eat all the vitamins
Buy just a bit more,
to get that bonus
you've been looking for
Find the right one online,
should your profiles match:
most important thing is always,
how others view you, at that
Never catch your breath,
let the pace accelerate;
otherwise you'll never get
where we are already, at?
If you don't know where you're going,
or when you will arrive,
don't bother your mind with it:
your smartphone will tell you that!
Crumbs
We discuss, we debate, we argue...
Everyone has their own dear vision,
sealed and locked away
a long time ago
We are like hungry mice:
fighting over the same little crumb
never seeing the bread on the table
Glass
In a world made of glass
beware of your every step,
so that the fragile points
won't get new cracks
Respect the words of the glass masters:
they always know best
how to build the safest house
and an unbreakable floor for your room
But for an unknown reason
you just can't stay there;
You wonder, what lies
behind that horizon?
Yet one day you fall
from the mast of your glass boat
hitting its deck, shattering completely
and realising only then
that the world, alien and of glass
was just a reflection
of your own thoughts
They were just glass, too,
but so dear, for you
Questions
So few questions, so few answers
So many questions, so many answers
Too many questions, no definite answers
No more questions, an answer