luxury
Riding like an emperor on a triumphal chariot The self-drive joy of an almost pimped ride Taking masters of the night to a ride of pride Such are the perks of our sinking world The Titanic of all our dreams Comes in a shiny setting of luxury Deck chairs for an impending catastrophe… Photo Hugh […]
Blackfriars Bridge by night Going purple with episcopal dreams A red double-decker hurries across the river Taking his load of dazed workers to distant Peckham And London slips into her evening gown To strut the streets in her tireless quest Luring the gawker she calls Milord To the luxury treat of a fish and chips […]
Street photography is the record of what did not happen The seen and the unseen meet in the middle of the road So to speak in a muted tethered world Under the spell of the Big Browser fears Where only the smartphone speaks So to speak… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The beauty of luxury cannot be left to a silver spoon As for the Bamba it is a matter of grace Pump up the volume, switch on the inner lights And let’s glide away on the wing of a dream Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the deserted London Streets some windows stayed dressed The Fortnum & Mason London tea flagship exhibits its wares A kind of irony owing to the circumstances where many will forgo luxury The shop is closed but if you have the lolly, luxury will lap at your door Breadlines are for the new poor and […]
A taste of the redneck pleasures on the Thames River shores The Brit quaff a few gin-t’s in the luxury atmosphere of a concrete mix plant Fine sands as fine as the finest cement , blue waters and turquoise polystyrene furniture Painted oil drums to match, the brand new brave new world has just arrived […]
The love message on the wall will self-destruct After the breakfast at Tiffany’s the gold turned blue Luxury in spray cans will be delivered by glossy droids Art is safe in the safe box tucked under a huge price tag The visible has been replaced by tacky propaganda posters Paint my life in red again, […]