Posts tagged Vanquished
Vanquished
Egyptian Kings and Queens once carefully prepared for the long sleep The voyage that would take their other self to some distant paradise Get the rude awakening in the window-case of a foreign museum Exposed and exhibited to crowds as war trophies of a colonial war There is no rest in peace for the vanquished… […]
They come in relentless waves like a sweet battalion Armed with the thunder of music and shrapnels of laughter Unfurling the flags on Chepstow Avenue to subdue the vanquished A stampede of soca dancers splashing in rivers of rum Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery