Mermaid
Like an ornate carved figurehead from the prow of an ancient dreadnought A mermaid calling for the old mariner’s perdition at the ragged crags of Masquerade Drifting down Chepstow with the flow, throwing winks and glances at the drowning Wearing a heavily stained blouse as a negligee, is it blood or is it paint, who […]
Riding the waves of music, a mermaid swallows her cheeks A refrained smile or a secret message to the beholder Dancing Queen rocking at the threshold of a trance The Jab’s call at the blurred edge between Soca and Voodoo Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery
A sudden apparition at Shrewsbury Mews Like a Madonna flashing at her believers in a grotto An angel with invisible wings coming to rescue you A mermaid without the sea signing a lullaby You blink and she is gone leaving an ocean of loneliness Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
The threads of life will unravel themselves into our destiny The captain meets a mermaid at the shores of Notting Hill A blue-eyed wanderer and a gentlemen officers flirt away The parade is a ship, the captain at the helm and the mermaids in tow The end of the story remains untold Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
As in the Celtic legend of Connla and the Fairy Lady A young beauty appears before Connla and his father’s army She is heard by all present but can be seen by him only Suddenly a young beauty appears out of the milling crowd You can hear her reading aloud from the pages of Joyce’s […]
Toting a master-weave, a Jamaican girl gives her beauty pout A sophisticated hairdo for a sophisticated beauty In the legends of the sea, straight from the old mariner’s tales A mermaid caught in a lustful kraken attack The Great Cthulhu is in love again, hear him calling Don’t pick up your phone… Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
A young black beauty stands on the sidelines watching Like a mermaid at the shores of a waving purple sea Dressed in a see through fishnet web sipping at a cold drink Playing pretend that she doesn’t see the camera aimed at her But nonetheless she strikes the pose for the world to see Beyond […]
With an emoji smile and pierced tongue A shy and sly beautiful Princess beckoned me The mermaid is sending her waterproof invitations It is about a drowning party in a sea of rum and cola She promised to welcome you with her best kiss of death Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery