Sidelines
While the noise and the glee spread through the streets A young expectant black beauty waits on the sidelines A peaceful, almost remote expression in her vague gaze Something like a deep connection with her inner future The quiet Black Madonna standing still on the Hill Her eyes see us all, her lips say nothing […]
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 […]
On the threshold of a dream, so said the Moody Blues Two ladies squeeze in a doorway watching the flow From the sidelines, the Masquerade looks bigger and brighter Like the city lights seen at night from an airplane window The living memories of the first Carnival, the first crush The first heartbreak… Photo Hugh […]
Life on the sidelines where the crowds mix and mill The laughing ones, the laid back and the hurried all meet The dress code is no code and every girl is free to flaunt her advantages The competition is tough and the bright oranges stand for their chances Like the golden apple from the Hesperides […]
Standing on the sidelines of the mainstream A kind of balancing act between grunge and punk A cryptic message running like a rune for your eyes only The body becomes a telegram from the soul for the world to read Fingers are numbers for the mathematical minds to add the odds Piercings are passages opened […]
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 […]
Two young exotic smiling beauties waiting for the tide on the sidelines Abiding by the Miami’s South Beach colorful dress code Soon the beach-boys will beckon them to the shores Surf’s up at the beat of the drums and the roar of the crowd Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: 13
The unexpected always happen in the last instant of reason Strangers feel urgent friendships and start behaving strange Meet my little friend all dressed up in expensive trendy garb Pretty girls look askance as they evade the clasping hands Love at first sight preferably with binoculars Taking the walk on the wild side The wildlife […]
The halfway revelers promenade in their original attire Carnival of sorts within the Carnival, a show on the sidelines The mask reveals more about the personalities than the face Three girls break their own rules in a very mild manner A chain and a bustier here, an alluding T shirt there In the end, the […]
Here comes the Mitochondrial Eve strutting on the alleys of the Hill The fool sits on the sidelines gawking at the giant swirling planets Is it the reincarnation of Mae West or Jane Mansfield Fantasies are the roller coaster of the brain the safety valve and cut off switch Looking in the eye of the […]