Teemu Helle
teemuhelle.bsky.social
Teemu Helle
@teemuhelle.bsky.social
A Finnish poet. Work in Voice & Verse, Modern Poetry in Translation, Solstice, The Los Angeles Review and elsewhere.

https://linktr.ee/teemuhelle
It seems that in Ireland they’ve understand the meaning and importance of culture and arts.

Here in Finland, not so much.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget
Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations
www.irishtimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Working on some @teemuhelle.bsky.social translations today. "the stars / revolve around the moon / like carrion flies" GO OFF
August 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.

With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.

If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
August 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hei @tyoelakeyhtiovarma.bsky.social !

Teidän erittäin hyvin palkattu toimari kertoo, ettette kykenekään siihen, mitä on luvattu.

Hoteissanne on esim. mun parinkymmenen vuoden työeläkemaksut. Lisää tulee kuukausittain.

Millaisen korjausliikkeen ajattelitte suorittaa?

www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Pitäisikö lasten maksaa vanhempiensa hoiva? Näin puolueista vastataan
Ilta-Sanomat kysyi neljän suurimman puolueen ratkaisuja tulevaisuuden hoivapommiin.
www.is.fi
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Submissions are open for the next issue!

💙

We can't wait to see your work 😍
June 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New profile pic.
May 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The government plans to call Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to the witness stand. The trial is expected to run nearly two months in a federal courtroom in Washington.
The biggest trial in Meta's history starts today. Here's what to know
The government plans to call Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to the witness stand. The trial is expected to run nearly two months in a federal courtroom in Washington.
www.npr.org
April 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For You, a Poem

Original by Teemu Helle, translation by Niina Pollari I woke early in the morning to an enormous clatter, it was snowing like forty years' worth of dreams arriving all at once. I dressed myself and retrieved the biggest shovel from storage, made a path from the exterior door to the…
For You, a Poem
Original by Teemu Helle, translation by Niina Pollari I woke early in the morning to an enormous clatter, it was snowing like forty years' worth of dreams arriving all at once. I dressed myself and retrieved the biggest shovel from storage, made a path from the exterior door to the gate. For you, a poem. Niina Pollari translated Tytti Heikkinen's poetry collection…
eunoiareview.wordpress.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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“Picador will issue paperbacks of all 75 Inspector Maigret novels over a three-year period starting in spring 2025. Reissues of 30 of his standalone psychological noirs — which Simenon called romans durs, or ‘hard novels’ — will follow beginning in winter 2026.”
Picador to Reissue More than 100 Novels by Georges Simenon
The paperback arm of Farrar, Straus and Giroux will reissue all 75 novels in Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret series, published between 1931 and 1972, as well as 30 of his standalone psychological ...
www.publishersweekly.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Earlier this year Hong Kong-based Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine published one of my poems (translated by @niina.bsky.social ), and today I got my author’s copy. It looks great!

Thank you @myetcetera.bsky.social and @niina.bsky.social!
April 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
About two weeks ago Anthropocene Poetry Journal published three of my poems (translated by @niina.bsky.social!).

I think we did good. What do you think?

Ny warmest thanks to @charliebayliss.bsky.social

(The poems are there also in Finnish. ⬇️)

www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/3-poems...
3 poems by Teemu Helle translated by Niina Pollari
XVIIWe sit eating delivery food at midnightin the loneliness after lovemakingtalking of space, of forests of towering houseswhere people go to die, and of poetrythat is truthful as a dream had on purp...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM