Jaan Kaplinski
Tallinn : Eesti Raamat, 1985
111 p. : ill.
Pocket-size, hardcover ex-library book in acceptable condition
The poet and essayist’s eighth collection of poems stands out for its pursuit of peace and harmony, inner clarity, and purity. It speaks of everyday life, yet behind the ordinary and the individual emerges a connection with the universal and the greater whole. The author’s own poems are interspersed with a few translations (Li Bo, Harry Martinson, Bo Carpelan, Petronius, Sappho) and Estonian folk songs, helping to create a poetic bridge between different eras and shared ways of thought.