IN LINE

Juha Mannerkorpi(1915-1980)

A child I likely am,

nothing else.

A small wheel,

red

I found, two, three, four -

In line I got them,

nothing else.

Riviin has been translated from an anthology edited by Hannu Mäkelä(1943-), Uuden runon kauneimmat 1(1970, 1. printing 1968), page 54. The anthology is selected from an earlier one edited by Osmo Hormia(1926-83), Uuden runon kauneimmat : valikoima modernia suomalaista lyriikkaa vuosilta 1946-1956(1958).