London Poems

Question of the week: In light of this week’s mood, what is your favourite London poem?

"Oscar Wilde's 'Symphony in Yellow' is one of my favourites. It is a decadent picture of London, in one of the most picturesque times of the year; autumn. Though autumn has now gone, spring can be equally delightful, especially the first few weeks of warmer weather when the traces of winter slowly disappear and the colours of nature emerge gracefully. And there, in different spots of a blooming garden, the leaves of a revived tree, or the sparkling sunrise splashed across the Thames, you are sure to see yellow."- Christina

An omnibus across the bridge
Crawls like a yellow butterfly,
And, here and there, a passer-by
Shows like a little restless midge.

Big barges full of yellow hay
Are moored against the shadowy wharf,
And, like a yellow silken scarf,
The thick fog hangs along the quay.

The yellow leaves begin to fade
And flutter from the Temple elms,
And at my feet the pale green Thames
Lies like a rod of rippled jade.

* Photo by Ade46, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.