Original Poetry: 'Alight'

Each week I try to share some original poetry here on New Grub Street. This week and next, I will be posting poems on our environment, one set in London, the other in Northern Ireland. This week’s poem records a journey into and through the UK capital, and seeks to count the cost of the way we live our lives.

A car is alight in Thamesmead. On our
final ap…