Eeva Park was born into a writers' family in 1950 in Tallinn. She made her debut with a poetry collection, Mõrkjas tuul (Acrid Wind, 1983) and has published altogether seven collections by now. Eeva Park is also the author of plays and short stories.
Her novel Lõks lõpmatuses (Trap in Infinity, 2003) concentrates on human trafficking and has been translated into German, Norwegian and Swedish. In 2014 she was awarded the Finnish translation award for the anthology of 16 poets, 8+8: Estonian and Finnish Poetry.
If you don't come quick to my garden the almond tree and bullace will wither
the bird cherry scent will vanish
if you don't come
...
The old beautiful women said come over
and sit here with us on the long bench
we'll make room for you in the middle
because when we go
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The ant,
which I drained out of a birch juice jar
didn't die
nor was it dead,
...
I think about money all the time
That I don't have any
I measure a mobile phone call's length
Not its content
I try to be very brief
...
A study of melancholy was conducted.
A team drawn up.
A project manager appointed,
root causes of depression investigated,
...