The title of the world’s longest love poem now belongs to a poet in Belvedere, although it “wasn’t for anyone in particular”.

Rajinder Tumber, 34, says he has written the longest love poem ever, beating the record set by a Romanian poet.

Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) wrote ‘Evening Star’ (Luceafarul) but our local poet reckons he now holds the new record.

Rajinder said: “It was my ex-girlfriend, who was from Romania, who told me about the Romanian who wrote the old poem.

“I thought why not bring that record home to the UK.”

Rajinder’s poem is called Divine Verse, totalling at 2,413 words. While Rajinder, who is single, admits that the poem “wasn’t for anyone in particular”, he did reveal that the poem does rhyme.

He said: “I nearly died from meningitis years ago and I realised the meaning of life. Number one is love and the other is helping others.

“The poem is set in the Garden of Eden. The love story is not between Adam and Eve. The real love story is between the serpent and Eve.

“It’s about love but it’s also about philosophy, science fiction, and ancient history.”

However Rajinder will have to wait for a place in the record books as Guinness said they weren’t interested in his record.

He said: “Guinness Book of Records told me they would only publish something about it as the longest poem, not the longest love poem. I was very disappointed as it’s just a case of counting the words.”

Divine Verse is available for purchase on Amazon for Kindle.