Chelsea
From my new Londoners Un-Portrait Gallery The rear-view mirror looking forward Getting used to the regression In the dull post Christmas days Observing the proud Londoners Parading their Christmas presents King’s Road is no match to the Emperor’s Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The Knightsbridge Easy Riders Roaming from Chelsea to Westminster and back As the vintage song once went on ‘Looking for adventure’ Fortunately there are no pilgrims’ offspring here Aiming a twelve gauge at the wild ones from a stepside van The benefits of the remnants of civilization on the Ole Island I presume… Photo Hugh […]
The Man who paints murals on the Chelsea walls All dressed up like a ‘sapeur’ after duty Haphazard meets of my roamings No names exchanged but through the lens Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Volunteer for a guide dog cosplay Young beauty crossing at a Chelsea red light Photography is the arrest of all time in a small pixel box What remains is encased like a worshipped saint’s relic But never to fade like a desiccated mummy We turn into silver or into gold with old age This is […]
Nostalgia weaves into slow traffic Waiting for the rainy days In an obscured necromancy Lost in the Pythia’s empty eyes Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The Harley aficionados keep on riding The posse of the past parades in Chelsea Beautiful thundering knuckleheads Other prides from other times Not extinct but under threat Remember the WLA 45’s all sirens wailing Nostalgia always looks better on wheels Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency 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 lapis-lazuli moment past sunset On a perfectly windless day at high tide The River Thames is a mirror of golds and indigo In its Christmas tree livery, the Albert bridge Seems in charge of an important connection Between the the shores of Chelsea and Battersea Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery