The Spirit of London

The City in August

Ray Stebbing

Buddleia, honey sweet,
blooms from cracked walls,
between paving stones
fluorescent weeds wilt;
the City swelters.

• Admitting age (Newham General Hospital) - Ray Stebbing
  
• Any Spare Change - Christine Kugele
  
• Bombay Sapphire - Sophia Hewitt
  
• By Roding’s waters - Ray Stebbing
  
• The City in August - Ray Stebbing
  
• Doggerel In A Bus-Queue - Christine Kugele
  
• Early Evening, Manor Park - Ray Stebbing
  
• First Person Sinister - Robert Earnest
  
• Flight of Fancy - Ray Stebbing
  
• The Garden (Trinity Hospice, Clapham Common) - Ray Stebbing
  
• In a Pickle - Paul Chown
  
• In The Lonely Moonlight - Stephanie Thomas
  
• Join the Brethren - John Merriman

• Love Objects - Gerry Blick
  
• Lust and Intrigue (on the Bakerloo Line) - David Oldman
  
• Moving In Together - Andy Hudson
  
• Nightmare City - Henry D. Robertson
  
• October dawn, London - Ray Stebbing
  
• The Olympic Spirit - D. E. Edwards
  
• Open air concert - Kenwood - Ray Stebbing
  
• Our Lady of Clerkenwell - Domenica de Rosa
  
• Railings - Jo Huntly
  
• Rain Down - Erin E. Lippincott
  
• Sanctuary - Zarlasht Halaimzai
  
• Snapshot, Upton Park - Ray Stebbing
  
• The Spirit Of London - Zannie Volpe
  
• Urban spring - Isle of Dogs - Ray Stebbing