Lambeth Bridge
On an early London morning stroll Looks like the London lions have been set free A young beauty runs as if her life was at stake But nowadays the beasts of Westminster are toothless And the dangers come under many other guise As far as we know the bridges still stand on the river Thames […]
Crossing the Rubicon in London Lambeth A small step for the Caesars of Roman Empires A short hike over one of the many River Thames bridges Adventure and destiny can wait, you won’t get your feet wet The wake of the city ferries push lazy waves to the shores Foretelling of troubled waters in the […]
Early morning view from Lambeth Bridge Looking West as the sun sheds its first light A brush of gold on the mirror towers Annunciation of a virgin day The newborn illusion that keeps us going As the river flows, we stand the tide Every day is a battle lost But we will stand again tomorrow […]
From my favorite dawn shooting post Daytime encounters on Lambeth Bridge Unfazed elegantes cross the bridge As the sign reads above In dayglo letters on blue Monday-Sunday at any time Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Lambeth Bridge view at high tide The river comes to a still just before dawn And the London Eye cyclops he sleeps Iron wheel of fortune, mechanical Narcissus You can hear the city whispering to the river Mirror, mirror, who is the fairest of them all ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Golden sunrise over Lambeth Bridge As the crow flies the eye peers beyond From the middle of the bridge Watching the sun spill its bullion The riches you will never own But that are given to you As long as you live and your eyes can see Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Just before dawn when the sky turns purple The cold mists of a yawning day spill into colors As beauty made by nature overwhelms the city From Lambeth Bridge Westminster at the East And the shard sinking its dagger into the sky While Vauxhall on the West catches fire Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes […]
The best yet the coldest hour Predawn offers its fast-changing color show Chameleon or the stripper, we expect the surprise And we get a master’s course on Vincent’s lights For a moment we can see through his eyes In the distance, the glassy pyramids have lost their sphinges Standing like empty temples Waiting for improbable […]
A prototype in disguise crossing the bridge We all have dreams hanging above our heads Some will fall and some will survive They are our life-vests when storms come down on us Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Turning my back to the London Eye and the City with its phallic gurkin The symbolic garden gnome of a long past Empire On the West side another skyline spreads and rises in the name of a Great Reset Where the US Embassy and Babylon on Thames’ New Mordor meet From the middle world of […]