At Long Last Love
The reason I gave this article this particular title was because even though Elvira Grunte met and saw Latvian poet and writer Eriks Raisters several times in Riga, Latvia they never dated. There was only a six year different in their ages but because Eriks was older and already finished with university to him Elvira seemed to be too young for him. In fact when they first met Elvira was just finishing high school. Another thing was that Eriks was fast becoming a well-known Latvian poet and Elvira wasn’t part of his poetic society where he and his friends lived in a “Bohemic” kind of atmosphere. I always wondered if it would have made a difference if both of them already dated in Latvia. The one thing I do know is that the …show more content…
Her first meeting with Eriks was while she was still at high school. Elvira lived with her mother Emilja in the capital of Latvia, Riga. They lived on Gertrudes Street in the city center and had relatives who lived in the country. Her mother’s goddaughter Aina would often come to visit them because life in the country seemed rather slow for her.
In Riga she could participate in social and cultural events. When Aina came to Riga she went to the theater and to the cinema and attended writers and poets gatherings. It was on this one occasion that Aina who was ten years older than Elvira was expecting two young gentlemen to come visit her. One was poet Eriks Raisters and the other writer Janis Kelpe. Aina urged Elvira to finish her studying so that she could introduce her to these young …show more content…
It was the first time that Elvira found herself among writers and poets. During the evening people read poems, some told funny stories and everyone felt joyful. It was then that Elvira realized she hadn’t seen Eriks anywhere. Suddenly the phone rang and Eriks announced that he had to work late and wouldn’t be able to come. After the phone conversation Elvira saw that the mood among everyone changed drastically because it was obvious that the person everyone had most waited to see was Eriks. Elvira was very disappointed herself and it would be some time before their paths crossed
The reason I gave this article this particular title was because even though Elvira Grunte met and saw Latvian poet and writer Eriks Raisters several times in Riga, Latvia they never dated. There was only a six year different in their ages but because Eriks was older and already finished with university to him Elvira seemed to be too young for him. In fact when they first met Elvira was just finishing high school. Another thing was that Eriks was fast becoming a well-known Latvian poet and Elvira wasn’t part of his poetic society where he and his friends lived in a “Bohemic” kind of atmosphere. I always wondered if it would have made a difference if both of them already dated in Latvia. The one thing I do know is that the …show more content…
Her first meeting with Eriks was while she was still at high school. Elvira lived with her mother Emilja in the capital of Latvia, Riga. They lived on Gertrudes Street in the city center and had relatives who lived in the country. Her mother’s goddaughter Aina would often come to visit them because life in the country seemed rather slow for her.
In Riga she could participate in social and cultural events. When Aina came to Riga she went to the theater and to the cinema and attended writers and poets gatherings. It was on this one occasion that Aina who was ten years older than Elvira was expecting two young gentlemen to come visit her. One was poet Eriks Raisters and the other writer Janis Kelpe. Aina urged Elvira to finish her studying so that she could introduce her to these young …show more content…
It was the first time that Elvira found herself among writers and poets. During the evening people read poems, some told funny stories and everyone felt joyful. It was then that Elvira realized she hadn’t seen Eriks anywhere. Suddenly the phone rang and Eriks announced that he had to work late and wouldn’t be able to come. After the phone conversation Elvira saw that the mood among everyone changed drastically because it was obvious that the person everyone had most waited to see was Eriks. Elvira was very disappointed herself and it would be some time before their paths crossed