BARBECUE IN A PARK
BARBECUE IN A PARK
( A POEM BY AYESHA KHALID)
BEAUTIFUL WAS THE VIEW
THE SEASIDE WAS TOUCHING THE SKY BLUE
THE SEAGULLS SAW THE FISH AND TOWARDS THEM THEY FLEW
GRANDPA WAS EATING PEACH BY THE BEACH
THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING WITH THE LEECH
BEAUTIFUL BOATS WERE DOCKED BY THE SIDE OF THE BEACH
PEOPLE WERE PREPARING BARBECUE
CHILDREN WERE HOLDING PLATES AND LINED IN A QUEUE
YUMMY AROMA OF THE BARBECUE HAD SPREAD EVERY WHERE
PEOPLE WERE COOKING MANY OTHER THINGS HERE AND THERE
SOME WERE RIDING WATER SCOOTERS WITH A THRUST
AN AEROPLANE WAS FLYING OVERHEADS WITH AN AIRY BURST
CHILDREN WERE MAKING CASTLES WITH THE SAND
MUSIC SOUND WAS COMING FROM A DISTANT BAND
A FATHER WAS TEACHING HIS CHILD HOW TO FLY A KITE
A SMALL BABY WAS TRYING HARD TO HAVE AN APPLE BITE
SOME WERE HAVING THEIR LUNCH ON THE MATS
SOME WERE PLAYING WHILE HOLDING THEIR BATS
COZY WINDS WERE BLOWING ON A DAY WHICH WAS SUNNY
A CLOWN WAS EXHIBITING FEATS WHICH SEEMED QUITE FUNNY
SUMMER WAS LEAVING AND WINTER WAS STARTING
ANOTHER WORKING WEEK WAS STARTING AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND WAS ENDING
THE SUN WAS SETTING AND PEOPLE WERE PACKING
THE POLICE WAS PATROLLING AND AND PEOPLE WERE WRAPPING
THE SUN WAS SETTING AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NIGHT WAS PREVAILING
A WONDERFUL DAY HAD ENDED AND THE WINTER EVENING WAS STARTING
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