Poem – Silver Jubilee Partying

The first Pop&Crisps poem by Shirley Elmokadem

The Queen’s Silver Jubilee. June 7th 1977

Everyone went mad that day
I’ve never seen the like since.
Granddad put on his best suit
And Gran had a nice blue rinse.

Streets were decked with bunting,
In the car park a huge marquee,
People made sandwiches and cakes,
And there were endless cups of tea.

We danced in the streets all night,
Friends and neighbours, hand in hand.
The sky glittered with fireworks.
There were beacons all over the land.

It was some party, was that one,
To mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
And the sights and sounds of that day
Are forever in my memory.

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Shirley is the First Prize Winner of the Swanwick Poetry competition 2008 winning a stay at the summer school as a prize www.wss.org.uk