Monday, July 8, 2024

City of Westminster: Belgravia, Abbots Manor, Pimlico, Churchill Gardens and Westminster



A poem inspired by the above pictures (first, Aubrey Beardsley's former home, second, the view from the front window):

116 cambridge street
aubrey beardsley's view
three gothic arches
with doors like that look like graves
the church so perilously close
looming heavily over his pimlico portcullis
a curtain in the third story flicks open
a white hand
it's a long walk to the strand
for drinks past midnight
he enjoys the moon on the thames
the long way about










A poem inspired by the above picture:

42 cumberland street
little moment of light
the world is wider 
i can smell the sky


A poem inspired by the above picture:

158 Vauxhall Bridge Road
my little hideout
my glass and light bubble
if I open a window, i'll feel fresh morning air and hear a few early voices




Following: Three views of a cute pupper!














If anyone has read Uncle Stephen by Forrest Reid, this makes me think of the door between Uncle Stephen's study and his bedroom.