Traveller

(Cheryl Garner, 2013)

The seats are broken, nothing fits,

The angle of the light is wrong.

I wonder why the rain is dry,

I wonder why the words are wrong.

 

I left the station weeks ago,

Now float between two points, alone.

I feel the rail beneath my hands.

I taste the metal of the earth.

 

The sky has opened, slit its mouth,

And spilt its meaning on the dawn.

Its nether life has split my soul,

Down here between the buckled tracks.

 

I float between two points alone,

Between two worlds: there’s nothing more.

 

Journal Entry – 24/11/1998

what makes a journey worthwhile? Arriving at one’s intended destination, roughly on time? Well, that’s the last couple of seconds taken care of. But what of the journey? The whole Journey?

Of Ithaka…

Engagement… being in a time (not a place)… to live as a verb, to be and to do.

 

Photography by Cheryl Garner (2013)

Poetry by thecheesewolf (2013)

Train Journal by Gavin Jones (1998)

 

 

 

Trailer for the video poem “The Things (Les Choses)”. Music by Joseph Kwasnik. The Things (Les Choses) is a work in five parts, inspired by the writings and ideas of Georges Perec, Walter Benjamin and Gaston Bachelard.

 

 

The Apple Trees is a video poem for thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones)’s poem, the written version of which can be found at:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

 

this video poem is copyright Gavin Jones 2013

Ariadne’s Ritual is a video poem for thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones)’s poem, first written for The Grassington Festival 2012. The written piece for this video poem can be found at:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

 

this video poem is copyright Gavin Jones 2013

 

 

Thesmophoria (Song of Autumn) is a video poem by film maker Josh Parker to accompany the poem by thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones). The written series for this video poem can be found at:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

 

poetry copyright Gavin Jones 2012
video poem copyright Josh Parker and Gavin Jones 2013