Birds of paradise and other beauties Walking on the Royal Parks alleys To soothe our weary eyes from the city sores Diamonds and pearls craftily enshrined Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
As the day grows hotter and wilder Birds of stranger paradise start a mating dance A flutter of colors and polyester feathers Very rare sight for the old ornithologist I am Could easily provoke the viewer’s cardiac arrest Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
Birds of Paradise sometimes venture to the gates of hell To twerk the stewards and the occasional demon And exorcise the surge of irresistible passions They flirt and flutter oblivious to the chime of heaven’s bell Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery