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Join the AVBOB Poetry Project in celebrating the month of love with a series of love poems selected from over 22 000 poems published within the free-to-access AVBOB Poetry Library. To read more poems from the library, click here: https://www.avbobpoetry.co.za/Poem/ViewAll
Vita Longa
English poem by: Christine Coates
Theme: Love
Still with you
almost half a century since,
witnesses now gone, our kisses worn.
Here at the fire, gathered safely, or
perhaps we’re gathering safety.
Beneath our love, scents of those times,
the smell of your shaving lotion,
new books and old, long-playing records,
lamb chops on the braai.
Staring at the flames, the coals glowing,
you asked me what I wanted.
The wors was still raw but I remember
the strains of a violin. It was there
in the flames, dancing.
Are you interested in contributing your poetry to the AVBOB Poetry Library? Simply enter the next AVBOB Poetry Competition (set to open on 1 August 2024 and close on 30 November 2024. Judges will carefully review all entries and the very best poems will be selected for publication and stand a chance of winning one of the R10 000 grand prizes for the top poems in each of 11 language categories. Register your profile so long by visiting www.avbobpoetry.co.za
