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The night they broke the news Cataclysmic drama in the falling Roman Empire Panem et Circenses to keep the confined happy And to keep the ball rolling I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
The premonitory lockdown allegory The window dressing of Poshland The Oracle of Delphi back in 2018 No chained nude necromancer In the Greek grotto of legendary fame But tidy rows of safe boxes so discreet Squeaky clean like a Swiss bank vault To stash the monies we never will have We need no Pythia to […]
Symbolic rise of the shard to the sky A funeral disguised as a birth Human vanity on course to pierce a cloud And if it suddenly tears of blood will rain Who is to blame ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Londoners celebrate the minimalist freedom The pints follow the pints like a carrousel But this momentary elation comes with many ifs and buts The hangover may last longer than the inebriation As Frida Kahlo so justly said in her painful life ”I tried to drown my sorrows in alcohol But the bastards learned how to […]
Girls just wanna have fun The new City of London School Celebrating the end of curfew The spirits are high In all respects Obviously… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the ersatz of freedom granted by the grandees Londoners celebrate alfresco with a few pints This allegro ma non troppo may be short lived But at least it was heart-warming in spite of the cold Dancing in the wind I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
The moment of ultimate vanity When the heron spreads its wings In a seemingly effortless rise Does he contemplate his image Reflected in the mirror of a muddy river Does he think he is awkward or ugly Or, looking down at the crawling creatures Wants to cry aloud ‘here comes the king!’ If wasn’t for […]
The walks are all is left in London A world divided in essentials and expendables We push or pull our meek lives aimlessly Listening to the glistening on the telly Watching the web influencers flaunt their botox bodies As bubbles of champagne pop in the background Don’t worry, be happy… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates […]
Night is the realm of the dream The propitious escape from the straitjacket of reality Beyond the circles of light, darkness is the ultimate refuge Where the unknown, the unseen and the unmentionable Conspire about their next flight to the stars And in the distance, across the river and its drifting mists Lights and cranes […]
Stormy skies are a giant dramatic canvas Where the wind and rain paint the clouds in many shades of grey And in this open air museum of life, we must endure the drizzle To watch mesmerized the great artist that nature is, brush in hand An infinite canvas where planes strive to land their cargo […]