Risto Oikarinen
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Poems

[Silloin, kun sinulla vielä oli nimi... ] finnish

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[Pyhä Lucia ilmestyi minulle unessa...] finnish

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[Nostetaan masto ja levitetään lakana... ] finnish

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[Liidunvalkea lintu suistui radaltaan...] finnish

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[Syyssonaatti omistussuhteista] finnish

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[isoisä istuu keittiönpöydän ääressä...] finnish

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[Gruß aus Berlin...] finnish

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[hiljaiselo, Stilleben...] finnish

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[suudelma Getsemanen puutarhassa...] finnish

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[onnisommitelma, 2012, yksityiskokoelma...] finnish

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Risto Oikarinen
Author

About

* 17.03.1978, Kajaani, Finland
lives in: Helsinki, Finland

Risto Oikarinen was born in 1978 in Kajaani, northern Finland. He has studied saxophone playing at the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and graduated from the University of Helsinki, majoring in Philosophy of Religion. Myth and everyday life, both spiritual and secular are interrelated and equal themes in Oikarinen’s rhythmical and distinctive poems. When performing, Oikarinen often combines his reciting with free and meditative saxophone improvisations. He has been performing at various literature festivals around Europe.