Risto Rasa

Finnish poet (born 1954)
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Risto Rasa in 2012.

Risto Olavi Rasa (born 29 April 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in Somero.

Poem books

  • Metsän seinä on vain vihreä ovi ("The wall of the forest is only a green door") (1971)
  • Kulkurivarpunen ("The vagabond sparrow") (1973)
  • Hiljaa, nyt se laulaa ("Be quiet! Now it sings") (1974)
  • Kaksi seppää ("Two smiths") (1976)
  • Rantatiellä ("On the shore way") (1980)
  • Laulu ennen muuttomatkaa ("The song before the migratory") (poems 1971–1980 [1982])
  • Taivasalla ("In the open air") (1987)
  • Tuhat purjetta ("Thousand sails") (poems 1971–1990 [1992])
  • Rasa's poems in Finnish and English
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