Whims
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
Like a ghost, the skyline emerges from the monsoon mist Disappearing and reappearing at the whims of the squalls And the colors seem to wash into pastels under the rain Dreaming from the shore like a drunken sailor All horizons are lost, and the anchors aweigh Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries
Cotton Candy, heavy haulage, all tastes served The flow on Chepstow is a constant amazement You stand against the tide until you are carried away The crowd starts milling, and suddenly it binds all the bodies together It becomes a giant slithering snake, following the whims of its own Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Roaming the vast desertic spaces with his beasts A lone herder follows nature’s whims and his herd’s needs From one watering hole to the next grabbing the rare greens A long voyage to nowhere following the clouds They drift high in the sky carrying his dreams Seen from above humans are grains of sand in […]