Garden of Eden
Stalls crumbling under an avalanche of fruit and greens The Garden of Eden’s open gates and a wireless social network Seen from the Western colonial pedestal, Africa was the beggar in rags Now they enjoy the freedom and the food that Europeans queue for Imagine Southbound boatloads of asylum-seekers crossing the Mediterranean As The Book […]
Like tropical storms that run on faraway horizons In the tales of old mariners who survived many a wreckage About islands with enchanting names and mermaids unafraid Drowning slowly in crystal blue lagoons Drinking the milk from the coconut The forbidden fruit of a new garden of Eden Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 […]
Seen from above as we came to land in Guangzhou A perfect line-up of cubicles in a square plot next to a factory Like a sandbox abandoned by a disciplined god’s child Or the servant’s quarters in a discolored Lego Garden Of Eden Photo Hugh Ardoin ‘Les Enfers Pavillonaires’ Gallery
Through Heaven and Hell we follow our dreams Looking for a demon, an angel or a bird of paradise They say birds of same feather flock together But why are the gates of Hell so close to garden of Eden And the divine creatures we see flying in the sky Come swooping over us in […]
Adobe walls line the streets like bastions of some ancient fortress Streets of an empty kingdom signalled by a small flag waving in a burning wind Power lines hang over the street casting the shadows of their dreams of power And I wonder as we drive away, what kind of secret is kept behind such […]