Photo Hugh Ardoin
Mortal sins come in many combinations Sitting at the door of the candy store The hungry watch in awe at lewd acts of gluttony We all wait in line for our temptation time The Purgatory is full of wasted talents and sofa heroes Two gates stand side by side guarded by cherubs and succubi Photo […]
Under lockdown and social distancing for two full years Double Jabs and boosters celebrating newfound freedom Soca rises from its ashes and rattles the gentrified Nothing Hill The purpose of masquerade was to celebrate the slave’s emancipation Naked, smeared in molasses with horns and chains Simulating the Jab (The Devil in Creole) in a stern […]
What is photography but a stolen slice of the passing time The age of selfie changed us into witnesses and actors in the rush of life to its end How much time of our future shall we dedicate to look into our past Or rather focus on composition to eschew the meaning of life The […]
Surrealist pink and blue dawn at Chelsea Bridge The sun has been playing with fire and set the clouds aflame A pink airplane prepares the skies for a bright new day Brave new world full of words ensconced between closed pages While the commuters of the morning shift stay glued to their screens Writing essentially […]
The Saturday Night Private Rambo Best beef in town infatuated inflatable sommelier With a bottle of red wine to wash down the sorrows They won’t go, but at least they’ll sing along… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
Emerging from the frenzied crowd A couple of young visitors in tourist attire Strangers in Chinatown because the world has strange manners Everyday is a New Year as every red garland leads to a tourist trap Welcome to London, welcome… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
The fuzz racing at Embankment for an emergency Rigid Raider In The Night a taste of Apocalypse Now on Thames Blue lights flashing like portable thunder, riders in the storm Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
Lost in the crowd waiting for the arrow to strike Piccadilly beauty queen looking for the answer From the cast bronzeEros statue semi-god effigy on his pedestal But Eros aimless arrow remains jammed on the bow The moral of an amoral story… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the dire times of penury that befall us One single horseman shall suffice To announce the dawning of apocalypse Our high expectations of brighter tomorrows Under the itch of a green thumb on the red button… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
At the threshold of Little Macau’s three hundred and fifty free spins Three ladies not locked up but loose ignore the unfathomable promise Saturday Night won’t hold its breath yet dawn will come Maybe later or after one thousand and one nights Chinatown keeps its secrets close to its chest… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift […]