Urban landscapes
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 […]
Low ebb London Beach at dusk Late Saturday wanderers pick up the flotsam and jetsam The pebbles of our lives scattered at the shores before St Paul’s bulging brow Miracles are kept under its tight lid of white carved stone Cranes at the ready for tonight’s curtain call Such are the ways of the mysterious […]
The rising sun hazy moment on Chelsea Bridge The commuter tide is just rising And the sun, almost palpable yet so distant red globe Slowly rises like a lantern in the morning mist Iron beanstalks grow from their reflection in the water Towers standing erect in their wanton nakedness To celebrate their master’s ephemeral might […]
Stormy morning on Chelsea Bridge The odd lost cloud chased away from the pack Beautiful differences will lead to our exclusion The river lays its silver bed for the fish and mermaid Locked in a distant tower a sad Princess watches from a window As wanton winds rise and scatter her fairy daydream Photo Hugh […]
Crossing the Rubicon in London Lambeth A small step for the Caesars of Roman Empires A short hike over one of the many River Thames bridges Adventure and destiny can wait, you won’t get your feet wet The wake of the city ferries push lazy waves to the shores Foretelling of troubled waters in the […]
Early morning view from Lambeth Bridge Looking West as the sun sheds its first light A brush of gold on the mirror towers Annunciation of a virgin day The newborn illusion that keeps us going As the river flows, we stand the tide Every day is a battle lost But we will stand again tomorrow […]
A barge sleeps on the riverbed holding its secret load As the Thames slowly sheds the last drops of the night The morning is made of cold air and mist Winter still sits on the shores biding its time Birds call their bird names and the city stirs The beginning of a new day Rewinding […]
The clash of civilizations seen from a pedestal Greek mythology meets the Zen art of archery Agincourt was about the loss of the middle finger Say it with red roses In war as in love all is fair… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Garden of Eden lost and found on a London street Imagine a bronze-skinned nude goddess appearance With a flute, a snake and a golden fruit An attempt at a virgin paradise without credentials Originally imagined by Henri Rousseau Daydreaming from his excise desk Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
The Shard on a stormy dusk A symbol of the lonely nights All is too quiet on this City night Is the storm gathering above A sign of some divine might A punishment to befall On the city of Sodom And its many sisters… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery