Shades
A reveler stands bemused and dazed on the sidelines His gaze lost behind the reflection in his shades Is it the continuous flow of semi-naked dancers in the street Or the joy enhancers that fill the happy balloons Combined with the compulsive beat erupting from the music rigs ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Strolling on Chepstow, casting his nets to catch glittery fish Joe Cool behind shades and under Stetson the invisible-visible man Cutting through the crowds scanning behind his North Korean Ray-Bans Carnival is the sweet battlefield where fairies search for the lost souls Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: 18
The Masquerade turned into Carnival, now it is a catwalk But who would complain to see such a beautiful assembly All the shades of black to brown all sizes and shapes Fashionistas steal the show for the pleasure of the eye But the chains and the molasses still rule Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2011 […]
More fans than they can handle, as the sign says No Two young black beauties in Carnival attire More skin than silk and more skills than meets the eye The shades of the shades, but no gray, full colors ahead Like flags unfurling in the wake of the parade They will disappear from our vision […]
A diva passing through the crowds all golds and shades The beast machines give way and politely salute her highness The hairdo resembling the traditional African heritage The Hopi women also had a similar ageless tradition Resemblances are not fortuitous, they date from the African Empire’s era When Africans crossed the Atlantic to settle in […]
Advertising the hamburgers with hot buns and mustard If this is too hot you can apply to the vegan mission We all have a taste and a soft tooth, this is the canvas of life We paint with our colors and the vision of our own Garden of Eden You don’t need to be a […]
The colors have gone blind but they still burn our eyes We grope for the light and run our fingers on a burning switch But the light will not shine until the dark settles in our minds The black is the other white, the black is black Star studded commandos walk down the Hill Are […]
A tall black beauty queen in golden boots white an blue feathers Watching behind her shades clutching her phone like a crucifix We pray to all beauties here we are the cathedral of desires The sun shines high in the sky and the passing clouds play with the birds The rhinestones, the feathers the claws […]
The sun cuts the street like a knife slicing the shadows away from the lights A tall beauty toting white brimmed shades an free-bouncing cleavage Struttting along, treading over the glances and the stares as they meet eye to eyes The stilettos knives nervous and sharp in a imaginary street-fight The café touts falafel “wreps” […]
Many hands and just a few wheels available for deliveries and other chores Carrying goods and things of all sorts across the city is a flourishing business If you have wheels this means even more serious business Walking straight, a man with a wide brimmed hat and shades is on a mission Have pushcart, will travel… […]