Night shift
Under the towering chimney of Tate Modern power station of arts The London beach appears at the River Thames’ low ebbs Aficionados gather here on Saturday nights to watch the fire-eaters Would-be daredevils provoking Saint Paul’s pregnant dome… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
In the middle of the bright Soho Nights Barefoot princesses walk in the streets In the quest for a deep and humid moat To squeeze and kiss some frog or toad Before dawn comes, settle for the tadpoles High hopes lend big bright eyes to the future Even if its tongue is stale and sticky… […]
The city at night is never totally dark It lies like a sleeping dog ready to rise and bark And the river full of stars and reflection of the lights Like a blade cuts endlessly into the city’s flesh It is dark inside and out Desperate souls cling to the bridge railings Waiting for a […]
A view from the London beach A foggy early morning glory As the clouds caress carelessly The erect towers of human vanity Hiding for a moment the urgency The dream of an ephemeral eternity Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
The dark blue hours just before dawn Under the harsh glow of sodium lights On a stormy night where rain is queen The subjects hurry and hide but to no avail We must accept our fate since we are not made of salt Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
In the jungle of Soho nights Little tiger alights from a black limo Dean street on a rainy Saturday night All you get is a cold chill and a wet rump The neons gleam and play with the dreams In a little girl’s wide open eyes… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
London Waterloo bridge at low ebb Venturing on the muddy shores Lovers take selfies at the light show Life is a blank-addressed postcard That never returns to sender You probably wish it was a golden retriever… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The Guy Fawkes predawn illumination We do save energy and we need a scapegoat Some fall Guy for this new war of religions We all go green but there are always exceptions… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
Saturday Night fever gets caught in a space-time warp The fried morning glory may be too late for the evening menu Young Cinderella on a Halloween night would rather have pumpkin While the blaring master’s voices on MSM want us all to have cake… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
As Halloween reluctantly leaves the streets to Guy Fawkes You can see R2D2 in his London disguise, low on battery While a beautiful Dragon Lady in mini spews her smoke Leaving the fires and furnaces to our imagination… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery