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In the twilight zone between all the shades of shadow The black odalisque dances, oblivious of the outside world Surrounded by yellow feathered showgirls Dancing dandelions, dancing with the lions Photo Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: 12
A couple of revelers prance and dance The girl wears a “one love” shirt symbolic of the inseparable pair They wave their arms with phones and drinks like the Hindu deity Shiva the creator, reproducer and dissolver, the destroyer and benefactor A four-armed living statue the image of the creative and destructive power of love […]
The angler throws a line to catch the glittering gold fish Attracted by the flash of a rhinestone the feather of the lure Young swimmers call the aspiring sinners, like distant mermaids To catch their victims in fishnet stockings and drag them down into the deep Hear them sing, hear them wail Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
Columbus the non-commissioned admiral, the Genovese adventurer set sail with three ships and the blessing of the Queen and the Bishops of Spain in 1492 It all started with a series of errors at times when the shape of Earth was still uncertain, before Galileo recanted his theories in 1633 So Columbus discovered the Americas […]
Every year, nature provides its recurring sweet manna At the very gates of the Eden Garden Along the edge of the infinite sand waves Under the shade of a roadside tree The gatherers sell their catch of the day The bright yellow fish from the trees A cornucopia of golden mango, the forbidden fruit Photo […]
The city spreads its railroads like tentacles deep into suburbia To catch fresh commuters in the morning and drag them to work To disgorge them exhausted and hollow on the platforms of evening From the Junction, London is like a T.S. Lowry painting, poetic but hopeless The blue collars have long been swallowed by the […]
You will spend a thousand and one nights looking at the stars Her smile will shine like the diamonds of the Southern Cross It will lead the caravans carrying the salt across the desert The spice the silk and the precious incense are no cure to your longing Time will come riding a sandstorm and […]
In the American night of the London High Streets Remembering the halcyon days and the good fortunes The cards were dealt with a sleight of hand Your winning streak went like a flash Now you hope for better days to come To hold again the golden hand of your love lost Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Like Aphrodite born from the sea a young black beauty emerges from the waving crowd With a necklace of feathers resembling water lilies that escaped from Monet’s brush The ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, the Lady of the Southern Sycamore She waits at the sacred tree to greet and give a present to those leaving this […]
Let’s dance to the silent music in the virtual windows of material desires Like dummies rubbing their tummies under a golden rain Reality in the background is just a surrealist reflection To the many, luxury is the Everest, cold, distant and unattainable Soon they will charge the dream by the hour Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]