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Teemu Helle

@teemuhelle

A Finnish poet. Work in Voice & Verse, Modern Poetry in Translation, Solstice, The Los Angeles Review and elsewhere. https://linktr.ee/teemuhelle

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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

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...

07.10.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Working on some @teemuhelle.bsky.social translations today. "the stars / revolve around the moon / like carrion flies" GO OFF

29.08.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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30.08.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

03.08.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 14837 πŸ” 5750 πŸ’¬ 467 πŸ“Œ 250
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PitΓ€isikΓΆ lasten maksaa vanhempiensa hoiva? NΓ€in puolueista vastataan Ilta-Sanomat kysyi neljΓ€n suurimman puolueen ratkaisuja tulevaisuuden hoivapommiin.

Hei @tyoelakeyhtiovarma.bsky.social !

TeidÀn erittÀin hyvin palkattu toimari kertoo, ettette kykenekÀÀn siihen, mitÀ on luvattu.

Hoteissanne on esim. mun parinkymmenen vuoden tyâelÀkemaksut. LisÀÀ tulee kuukausittain.

Millaisen korjausliikkeen ajattelitte suorittaa?

www.is.fi/politiikka/a...

30.07.2025 07:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submissions are open for the next issue!

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We can't wait to see your work 😍

24.06.2025 09:39 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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13.05.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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.

13.04.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 9045 πŸ” 2175 πŸ’¬ 634 πŸ“Œ 195

Thank you @eunoiareview.bsky.social and @niina.bsky.social !

09.04.2025 05:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

β€œPicador 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 β€” which Simenon called romans durs, or β€˜hard novels’ β€” will follow beginning in winter 2026.”

04.04.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

04.04.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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03.04.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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...

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...

22.01.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello universe!

21.01.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0