Beskrivning

“You should pick out the correct symbols in the map of my landscape to understand the colors of my soul. Rich soil, the brown collar of the road, and the rocks piled at field corners. Haircap moss climbing on top of a hummock shelters the morning star and a blueberry flower.” Oili Sainila's Down Memory Lane: Collected Poems translated by Sirkka-Liisa Leinonen (Seutu 2021) includes poems from the author's two previous collections. The speaker of the poems travels in Finnish landscapes from the 1960s until the present, from childhood to advanced age. Her life experiences conjure up a milieu where the reader can perceive the ever-developing, though still incomplete, landscape of her inner world. “Valitse oikeat merkit maisemastani että ymmärrät sieluni värit: Muheva multa, tien ruskea kaulus ja kivet, peltojen kulmiin kasatut. Karhunsammal, metsämättäälle kivunnut kätkenyt aamutähden ja mustikankukan.” Oili Sainilan Down