reflection
The fading day hangs to the lazy clouds Mesmerized by their reflection in the river Time lies still in a narcissistic spell Looking into the water you may see a smile Like the welcome call from a watery grave But ripples change the smile into a sneer You wake from the daydream As time quickly […]
The lull of all things When the waters of River Thames Reach the point of no return of their low ebb Like a petrified Narcissus the city drowns in its own reflection While the widows of our umpteen deaths cry a river Wailing sirens at the dusk of our lives Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban […]
The air was thin and cold as I walked to the edge of the night Dew in a procession glowing pearls runs along the iron bridge An hour of gray and purple when dawn stirs the sleepy sky And every lamp is a Narcissus in love with its own reflection A stroll in the silent […]
Supermario and friends gather for Halloween in Chinatown Heroes of all kinds offer sweet views yet hold more tricks As the night will quickly burn from both ends Like vampires we shall avoid mirrors in the morning Lest our face may have forever changed Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
The aimless night walks Like a moth attracted by the perils of life And the lethal burn of the candles As the river comes to a standstill At the moment tide and flow will match Reflections of a melting doppelgänger Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
Young fashionista hurries to join her gang The street dances in the reflection of her shades Her body swinging like a soft ship on high seas All the street’s eyes are on her in this Venus moment Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
A young woman walking the bridge over the River Volta Carrying her business fortune of the day on her head Clouds float lazily in the sky, crossing the river without a drop Ethereal Narcissuses contemplating their reflection in the water Photo Hugh Ardoin Africa by any Means Necessary Gallery
The reflection of a reflection on a metal plate Silent scream on a silent screen, a secret writing on the wall Unreadable but somewhat imperative about an imminent peril Or is it just the subtitle with an arrow that tells you to go Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery