Memory
One more shot of this rare marshmallow moment The sun lazily rises to the horizon setting the haze afire A young cyclist stops in her stride amazed by the show The seconds it lasts sink into our memory but the colors won’t last If it was not for the pictures the the spectacular show would […]
It was the year of the Hackney riots Protesting the ‘lawful killing’ of Mark Duggan At the hands of the Met’s snipers East London ablaze and quickly spreading What is left today of a Carnival legacy And the memory of Mark Duggan and Kelso Cochrane And all the others… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Two girls in their best outfits in the colors of New York checker cabs But they are no taxi-girls, and this is no disguise Accidents of fate happen even on Carnival days Sometimes I wonder which is faster of the brain or the eye And if the image that finally rests in our memory is […]
Sometimes silence is more powerful than words The delight of the eyes is the soft music of a heartbeat Somewhere deep in the African jungle the drums are calling They call for the rituals and the dance around the bonfire The pombe goes to the head and the rum takes you away Memory is a […]