Piccadilly
Life is an unread scroll because we already know the end Like Jack Kerouac we rush on the road hoping to escape time It is the wind that sings the lullaby to soothe our fears And a budding rock band pushes the music rig on a skate Who cares about tomorrow if it ever comes […]
Pushing the Saturday Night fever beyond the dial To make the Genie on the pedestal quaver Three young Graces at midriff On their way to the famous contest I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners 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
Tuxedo and evening gown on a Saturday night Going to a stiff starched formal venue Young beauty red lipstick and matching purse Dragging along her beau or vice-versa The image of our boring twenties Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Two young beauties take a rest from the selfies fever Along with the pack of souvenir hunter-gatherers Snapping at the semi-god’s anatomy Flashing from the top of his pedestal Brandishing his mass destruction weapon Sending his wanton message to our war-torn world Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Westminster to Whitehall and back The Naughty Bus takes you to the underworld tour Walking distance for the proles, but sleaze needs ease Not the same league Yet makers and breakers meet halfway down Business as usual… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Piccadilly’s Eros Statue induced frenzy Like a witches sabbath in full daylight Young ladies in the role of Saturday night jaywalkers Run wild while fate, driven by a blindfolded destiny, Looms under the guise of a big red bus Photo Hugh Ardoin The London Londoners Gallery
Two young beauties throw an improvised party on the sidelines In dire times the show is on the smartphone and the drinks from the can We can still pretend that Ziegfeld was here In a moment of past folly we will be back in the thirties Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
As Saturday Night grows dimmer Who needs an ANPR anyway Follow the money… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Fast and Curious Gallery
The night is long and it is only the beginning And at the beginning there was the music and light A budding rickshaw romance or the end of a burning story We can only imagine the lines of many destinies unravelling A bright and loud chariot ride as an allegory of the passing of time […]