Train Leaving

(Cheryl Garner, 2013)

That lost, bewildered look she loved:

So why, today, was he a wreck?

“Forget the night”, she said again.

They fell in drops about her feet,

 

Those heavy tears, they fell inside.

She made her smile for one last time:

It formed a line about her lips

Which wasn’t there the day before.

 

The first he knew she’d walked away,

A rueful cast upon her frown.

So there he stood, alone and cold:

He wished he’d worn a better shirt.

 

He wished he had a clever line.

The platform span and she was gone.

 

Journal Entry (24/11/1998)

The rain is falling heavily today. We’ve had days of frost in the mornings, but today it’s grey and a little misty. The people are mainly huddled under the covers in the station. Even the ones who prefer to be on their own first thing. There is such a loneliness about the place today. I’m writing and my breath is steaming up the window so I can’t see out. Everything seems still (even on the train). I think things might be about to change in some way.

 

Photography by Cheryl Garner (2013)

Poetry by thecheesewolf (2013)

Train Journal by Gavin Jones (1998)

 

 

 

video poem for the piece Limestone Dales – one of the poems from the sequence The Song of Ondine.

This poem was filmed on location at various waterfalls around the Yorkshire Dales. The waterfalls of the Yorkshire Dales have long had associations with water spirits and elementals. It would be highly surprising if Ondine were not to be found hiding out behind one of these beautiful features of the limestone landscape.

 

 

 

The Things (Les Choses)

 

Video Poem: The Things (Les Choses).

Poetry by thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones), music by Joseph Kwasnik

Inspired by the writings of Georges Perec and Walter Benjamin, The Things (Les Choses) is a history of the everyday, of objects imbued with personal meanings and stories. The five poems together tell the tales of five objects which have formed part of my life (indeed part of me) for the last twenty or so years. The images were all filmed in my home on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border (in the North of England). The music, by Joseph Kwasnik, was recorded in the same room as the filming. In keeping with my other works, this poem looks at the central theme from a range of perspectives.

If you would like to read the poem, they are available at www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pen-y-Ghent and Language

A video poem for Walk Number 7 from thecheesewolf’s series Ten Walks. This piece was filmed on Pen-y-Ghent (The Hill of the Winds) in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, northern England. One of the main themes of this poem is language and naming – in this case the names of hills. Pen-y-Ghent is believed to be the Brythonic name for the hill – it is very similar to the Welsh for “Hill of the Wind”. Clearly there is a Celtic resonance in the name, and there are many remnants of the pre-”English” cultures of the Dales. Indeed, on nearby Ingleborough there are the clear outlines of ancient round houses, and just up the dale from Pen-y-Ghent itself are the remains of a small Roman outpost.  If you are ever in this neck of the woods, do try to check out Pen-y-Ghent, and the other hills around (Ingleborough, Whernside, Buckden Pike etc). It is a special place, and the food, wildlife and walking are all wonderful.

 

if you would like to read the poem, go to www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com, and look under the Ten Walks tab. Alternatively, click on the captions button on the video for a “sub-titled” version. this may not work on Kindles, for some reason.

 

A Breath (A Stream) – video poem

 

A video poem of the piece A Breath (A Stream). This video poem was filmed in the summer of 2013, and is of the upper reaches of the River Wharfe (Yorkshire Dales National Park, England). It is one of a series of video poems which I am making to accompany my 14 line poetry.

 

If you’d like to read the poem, the following link will take you there: www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

However, if you’d rather, you can click the youtube commentary box (bottom right of the video poem) and it will bring up the English “subtitles”. Just click it again to remove them. This facility doesn’t appear to work on Kindle, for some reason.

 

Enjoy!

 

a video poem by set around the site of a Roman fort on Mastile’s Lane, above Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.

The written version of this video poem can be found at:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

this video poem is copyright Gavin Jones 2013

Suburban Sylph of Crying Owls is a video poem for thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones)’s poem of the same name. This video poem features the artwork of Carine Brosse.

 

For the written version of this video poem, follow the link:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

 

this video poem is copyright Gavin Jones 2013

Carine Brosse is an incredibly talented multimedia artist, living and working in the Yorkshire Dales. This is a detail of one of her artworks (part painting, part sculpture) based on my poetry.

alchemy

The Alchemy of Rains by Carine Brosse

The text for the poem can be found at:

http://thecheesewolf.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-alchemy-of-rains/

The website of Carine Brosse is:

http://www.onceuponatimeetc.com/

 

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

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

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

 

the video poem For the Crossing 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

 

The Minotaur’s Freedom is a video poem by thecheesewolf (aka Gavin Jones) it was written for The Grassington Festival 2012. The written version of this video poem can be found at:

www.thecheesewolf.wordpress.com

This video poem is copyright Gavin Jones 2013

 

The Song of Ondine is a video poem by film maker Rowan Minnis 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 Rowan Minnis and 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