clouds
The fading day hangs to the lazy clouds Mesmerized by their reflection in the river Time lies still in a narcissistic spell Looking into the water you may see a smile Like the welcome call from a watery grave But ripples change the smile into a sneer You wake from the daydream As time quickly […]
A view from a bridge on a stormy day As clouds weave menacing shapes in the sky And the sun sends cryptic warnings At the tips of its long fingers of light Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
The wind in its invisible hands Builds a wall in the sky Made from the ether of clouds An ephemeral performance For the poet’s eyes Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
A hawke’s eye view of the city of London From the vantage point of Millennium Bridge The sleepy city slowly wakes to an early morning call Lazy clouds and fogs drift away in the skies Jumping like smoky Marvel Superheroes From glassy towers to cathedral’s spires Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Like Mordor in steel and glass Churning the skies with its evil eye But we have other demons to fight And our surrealist eyes well up water As we watch the sun disappear in flames To let the night bring its dark promises Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
The sky is a theatre for the angels Of incomparable beauty, they go naked and invisible So we make death wishes that go unanswered Like Oedipus blinding himself in the hope of eluding his fate But the Oracles were nowhere to be found Nowadays Internet make things faster From liked to unfollowed, or banned Things […]
Clouds hanging in the summer sky Like a barrage of anti-aircraft balloons Under the trails of an imaginary blitz The River Thames and its changing tides Hardly reflects the blue skies in its muddy face We wait for a shooting star in the middle of the day We wish we could make a wish Photo […]
The horizons of the Red Planet are so vast That the passing of time becomes imperceptible Nights follow days in their long slow caravans And as days follow days the wind from the skies Chase the cloud’s shadows on the ground And steal the footsteps from the sands Photo Hugh Ardoin The Red Planet Gallery
High winds wrap a long bandage of clouds Over the festering wounds of the megapolis And the windows, in their shining arrogance Threaten your precious neck with their guillotines Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
The Leman lake is like a landlocked sea Gusts of wind whip the flags and run the clouds What kind of monsters may lurk under its tranquil face ? Signs and lights are here to warn us of some unknown yet terrible danger Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries