Urban landscapes
Foreboding skies and crumpled waters set the scene A view from the bridge over Thames River at high tide The seas come to lap at the feet of the monuments In the distance the eerie dome of Saint Paul’s cathedral rise Atop of Ludgate Hill the human’s attempt to appease their Lord Reborn out of […]
The slow burning fires of a wintry sunset cast a faded glow on a boulevard of water Harsh winds come rushing from the seas shredding the clouds into blue-gray tatters But time hardly leaves ripples and wrinkles on the face of the old river A man-made prism, standing in its likeness of a Bohemian crystal, […]
Standing in line along the muddy River Thames embankments Like giant glass and steel refrigerators in an open-air display Indifferent seagulls and other urban birds feast on the low ebb decay Something grand and yet decadent reflects from this skyline of human vanities Dying immortals at the Nuremberg stadium under black white red banners The […]
A view of Clapham Junction, from the vestiges of the industrial revolution Looking from a passing train at all the lines, the web of a poisonous black widow I see that human vanity has set its altars and towers made of gold And the shard casts its shadows over the streets of White Chapel Across […]
The Chelsea Power Station stands like a monument to the industrial age Times go by and the wreckers gnaw at the walls to make room for luxury lofts Times have passed when London was the capital city of an Empire a harbor and a factory Ships brought riches stolen from the land of the colonies […]
Along Saint James’s Park’s alleys, the evening grows into subtle shades of grey The lamps’ glow in the Autumn dusk attracts the moths and the lovers The night and the leaves are falling, a couple on a bench is kissing Shapes appear and disappear from the shadows like furtive ghosts The sounds of the city […]
We listen to the secret storyteller who hides in our head Reading the book of our own memories and our unprintable fantasies We spend lifeless hours on deserted platforms Slowly gathering the dust from the long past years Poring over outdated schedules, longing for the gold rush of the penultimate sunset Postponing the final departure […]
The Battersea Power Station the symbol of the industrial age When the steam machines came to a revolution of their own Long before artificial intelligence the industrial age freed the slaves It was not for humanitarian reasons but for capitalistic purposes It became cheaper to feed the machines than feed the men, be they slaves The […]
London by the sea, a sprawling black beach and a treacherous reef Shards of glass and steel, towering concrete cliffs reaching to stormy skies Overlooking an Ocean of darker and darkest shadows Rivers of black cabs, blood-red buses and silver ladies cruise the rivers Bouncing against the floodgates to spill into a shapeless human tide […]
Sticks and stones and dark red bricks will break your bones Ball games are strictly no-no, just in case you would like to know Who would think about fun and games in such a dreary place The moat is out of bounds, except for crocs and other monsters We are having the kids for dinner, so they said… Hugh […]