Shooting from the sidelines Capturing the candy and the candid The minutes of self-indulgence and vanity And all that would be consider lesser mortal sins Become overwhelming virtues When blessed by the angel of beauty Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
A pretty young thing smiles with her eyes Staring into the cold mirror of the lens As if there was some kind of soul inside But it is just an arresting net for fragments of time Meanwhile, her friend looks intently at the girl behind Emotions dance like fireflies in the air, almost tangible While […]
Temperatures rise and twerk lines start on the sidelines A feverish craze like an irresistible urge to rub their bodies Be it a tree, aman or another woman, to twerk is primordial The frenzy follows the music and the dazed individual’s whims Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The sidelines are abuzz with all forms of life A quasi-jungle habitat with its peculiar fauna Mom takes her young one for a lesson of life Close review and dual controls for a first flight Solo will come soon enough Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Standing slightly disoriented on the kerbside Two young black cuties in spotted outfits and ears Like the elegant and shy ocelot from the Americas On the lookout for a prey ready to pounce or scamper Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
On the sidelines and further away Whites mostly stay with the whites But they do share the taste for the booze A girl’s group stick together At least, unlike others, not behind barriers Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
What happens on the sidelines remains on the sidelines Like the proverbial Las Vegas motto, anything may happen Black cutie and her little helpers show some new moves Blame it on the music, the spirits and also the moonlight… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Waiting on the sidelines for the Prince Charming Who knows under which guises he may appear The frogs and the toads are the said to be the best choice Young black beauties devise and dream in waiting Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The sidelines outdo the parade, sometimes.. The odd twerk contest taped by wannabe Kim And the Selfie Queen unseated the Cash King As the crown rolled in the gutter the crowd was signing Bye, bye, Miss American Pie Drove my Chevvy to the levee but the levee was dry… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Beholder beware as you may get an eyeful at your own peril Endowed divas gather on the sidelines and you better step aside Probably devising some cunning happy strategy of their own Fun comes in all shapes and sizes, the sea is vast and fish aplenty Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery