Freedom
Freedom of expression reduced to a post-it In the almost normal world which is just a play of words Saturday night ramblers have not much to do Protests are now prohibited on sanitary grounds I suppose a license to live will be the next phase Photo Hugh Ardoin the Night Shift Gallery
We look into the spotlights until we blink In this American Night that swallows London The old stone ruins and the glass-to-the-metal towers Vanity has no age, it is the mirror staring back at Narcissus And the seed of revolution grows into a tree The call for independence, the claim for freedom So light may […]
Strutting the strut, looking for adventure Flashing signs and beaming smiles at strangers In a moment of rare freedom, all barriers are down Time will carry us away like a tidal wave, never to come back And for two days, winds of change will turn the pages of the book of love Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
In a culture-deprived world there can be no cultural appropriation The self-proclaimed leading society is reduced to a 280 character rule there is no wonder about the side effects of the social media diktats Freedom of expression comes self-locked into its own cage The Houdinis of tomorrow have been left in a quandary To be […]
Playing sharpshooter with a stealth sniper gun Lagos style Young man enacts the independence day in his own right This is all for fun but freedom is a serious matter I will let send you selfies of my trip into afterlife later “A hack in hell” will be the attention-grabbing title Probably hotter than running […]
Carnival is more than an addiction it is a liberation Year after year the come there to inebriate themselves on the spirit of freedom A young mother carries her own little Jesus to the celebration of black culture Complete with cap and ear protection but sure he gets the message Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
On the Bridge of Freedom coming from Paraguay’s duty free zone A biker called Jesus will give back to Caesar what belong to Caesar Or does he cross the bridge to get a handful of nails While the son of Simon drives all the way to the other bank Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Walking around the Hill blowing the vuvuzela The banned African trumpet in fear the white walls crumble But every prohibition brings its new violations, in the name of freedom Invisible walls are built around the people with razor wire and CCTV Fear inside of the fear outside, every home has its own lock-down Mad […]
Riding high into the battle of Shrewsbury Mews on her steed Fending off the crowds and holding back the crumbling walls The spirits and the smokes fuel the illusions as the world starts spinning round An enthralled black man called horse, blinkered with pink heart-shaped glasses Night is coming to our mind as we grow […]
Nothing serious, it is just a twerk meet The pretense of a minute physical rub The rush and the blush, the instant forgotten Like butterflies bumping on each flower The inebriating spirits race to the head Dancing to forget and dancing to remember The celebration of a new freedom at every sunrise Hugh Ardoin The […]