Submission of poem by Hans Van Rostenberghe

[Hans Van Rostenberghe]

Dear Friends,

Here is my poem for summer. A very simple but cherished memory of one of our typical events during summer time in Belgium.

I hope you enjoy.

Hereby I confirm that the poem is unpublished.

Hans Van Rostenberghe


A sweet summer memory


A beautiful day in early July,
Exams over, summer holiday!
A bright sun in an all blue sky;
To the beach, we’re on our way

Along the road, fields of corn and wheat
Hide the flatness of the land.
After a bit of traffic, at quite a low speed
We reach the dunes of sand.

We find the most fantastic spot
We spread the blankets out
What a superb feeling, my God,
Family, friends, a happy crowd.

A Picnic that had been carefully prepared,
A scrumptious cone from the ice cream man
A dive in cold water, we’re not scared
Some sun screen, here comes a tan

A Frisbee, a book, a ball,
Something of joy for all,
But not after long, it’s late afternoon,
Time to go back, all too soon!

First name: Hans

Family name: Van Rostenberghe

Date and place of birth: 18 October 1964, Oudenaarde , Belgium.

Currently living in Bachok (town), Kelantan (state), Malaysia.

I am a medical doctor, neonatologist and professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, where I work since 1994.

Big sources of inspiration in my life have included Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Médécins sans Frontieres.

Poetry became a passion when I was bedridden for three months due to a fractured vertebra in 2010. I write under the author name Aufie Zophy and put most of my poems on the website PoemHunter. I am a reader of philosophy, a nature lover and consider myself to be a family man. I believe strongly that the world is heading towards harmony through an ever increasing kindness revolution which is close to its sharp inflection point on its exponential curve.

[Birgitta Abimbola Heikka]

A simple, nice poem.  Easy to read and enjoyable.

Birgitta.

[Hans Van Rostenberghe]

To Birgitta:

Thanks for the comment.

To the editors:
Apologies, I forgot to mention that the poem is unpublished.

Hereby I confirm that the poem is unpublished.

Best regards to all

Hans