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Cairo for the Day

A poem about a trip to Cairo

By Denise LarkinPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
Cairo for the Day
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Is there one day 

in your life

you remember

most of all?

The most memorable time

happy you did it

because it being the most

special vivid day

you'd ever had.

My special day was

when I lived in Cyprus

and took a trip, 

a day's excursion

with a friend 

to Cairo.

An August day in Cairo

Egypt's great city

hot scorching sun on my shoulders

visiting the pyramids of Giza

and other exquisite sites.

Photo by Omar Elsharawy on Unsplash

I loved my day there 

visiting the

Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali. 

Wandering around 

the pyramids of Giza, 

seeing the Might Sphinx,

being inside the pyramid 

seeing the tomb,

eating lunch at the Meridan

a five-star hotel,

going shopping 

at the oriental bazaar,

visiting the Papyrus Institute.

Photo by Sherif Moharram on Unsplash

To end the day,

we cruised the Nile

whilst having dinner

and drinking wine.

Photo by Vincent FOURNEAU on Unsplash

The entertaining belly dancer

harmonious movements she made

whilst we cruised the Nile

the waters rippled mildly

as the boat moved and we ate

exquisite Egyptian food and

drank red wine.

Memorable times - 

a day never to be forgotten

and I still remember it 

to this day.

A special day with

a special friend.

©️ Denise Larkin 2023. All Rights Reserved.

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About the Creator

Denise Larkin

A writer of a BA with honours (2.1) in Arts & Humanities recently gained a Creative Writing Master's Degree. She writes poetry, fictional short stories, and is the author of the Time to Run series, Darkness and The Non-Human.<aT.

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