Loud Music
Standing against the flow of the revelers, snapping portraits Catching the spirit as the mood comes from the sidelines, a trickle of the trifle An anchor still clinging to reality against a drifting dream ready to run amok A couple passes by, holding their beer cans like a compass, the flash of a tired glance […]
Young tropical dancer biting her nails The loud music, the substances and spirits Induce some kind of contagious euphoria And the prancing revelers spread in the streets Colorful shirts and wristbands identify each ‘mas’ They get food and drinks from the band’s rigs Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: 21
As the revelers scatter down the hill Girls pose for a quick melancholic picture Bright colors spill out of the of the flags They reflect in the eyes like faraway islands In the hazing of loud music and strong spirits Carnival is like a monster swallowing the crowds The Geryon of Dante’s Inferno Hugh Ardoin […]
As the mas bands and the floats move down the alleys The music is so loud that you lose your orientation You just follow the flow and drift into the oneiric experience Giant butterflies and bright hummingbirds heed the call of the vuvuzelas Big black debonair giants snatch the souls of the unawares Hugh Ardoin […]