Risto Rasa

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

• 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