Londoners
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
There is no bridge too far And no distance too long To tie the knot over the troubled waters The Millennium Bridge is the minimal symbol Of a longevity that love always bestow at the beginning May the happiness of that moment outlast the yellowing of a photograph Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Like a David Bowie crash-landed from his starship The redhead man who fell to Earth Standing by the corner poised for his next move The sign in the window says Hello Holborn But falls short of saying welcome A world frozen in the fears of its time Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Beyond the mysterious, evolution has meandering ways Since the Swedish born Majbritt Morrison incident back in 1958 When an mixed couple stirred the mainstream white gangs She was arrested for standing her ground against teddy boy mob attack Author of best seller “Jungle West 11” married to Raymond Morrisson Jamaican artist painter who later became […]
We need wheels to go back in time Walking over a sunbeam along the avenues The tightrope of our wavering memories Young beauties looking for an electric adventure Time now runs faster than our lives We need machines to catch-up Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Early morning is for aficionados only Whatever your attire who cares ? Joggers check their heartbeat Cyclists bend over the handlebars Dog walkers bribe their pets with treats And for a minute the originals own the world Until the ambulance comes to take them away Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
All we need to kick-start this dead-looking New Year Is a young rebel’s smile and twinkling eyes To make the Molotov, first you empty the bottles We are all here today, with a passionate headache Now we have to find the good cause to rock the year… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Summers of the past when buyers roamed the London streets free Two young shoppers out of steam but smoking Enjoy some respite for their sore feet in the shop till you drop frenzy Nowadays, masked fashion victims get sore fingers from web orders Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Young Black Beauty struts her strut along the Mayfair streets Armies at her command stand to attention in the windows Trooping the Color’s two hundred and sixty years are numbering A new parade is needed to make up for a lost Carnival Common wealth has long been hoarded by the few Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
We follow the prophets of our times But since men have been granted civilization Religion has passed through many different hands The same primeval mythology translated and adapted Let’s bring the accused at the trial of our faltering memory The spruce, pine or fir who masqueraded as the Christmas tree The plaintiff is the palm […]