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Cargoes project by Paul Farmer - Guadeloupe containers

Cargoes - poetry directory

Here you can find links to the poetry and short prose I wrote during the journey. There are almost 150 pieces here altogether and they include most of the voiceovers for the films on the site.

Click on the title and you will be taken to the appropriate work. You can also see the context of each piece, because they are all presented alongside the log entries for the day they were written and other works composed on that day.

 

A
ALREADY WITH OUR BACKS TO THE SETTING SUN
ALL THE WORLD'S A CAGE
...AND GOODNIGHT
AND THERE IS GAZING AT THE SEA
AT THE BOW
AZORES
 
B
BANANAS
BAR, PRIDE OF LE HAVRE, 0.00 BST
BEETLE
BLEACHED BONES
BINNACLE MESSIAH
 
C
CAFE SOCIETY
CAN'T STOP....
CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO WITH THOSE BINOCULARS
CLOUDS
“COMMUNICATION”
CROW COME HOME
 
D
DETOUR
DREAM WORTH INVESTING OUR LIVES IN, A
DRILL
DRIVE INTO WINTER
 
 
 
 
 
 
E
EACH, TIRED OF WAITING
EARLIER I FOUND….
ENGINEER'S WORLD, AN
ENGLISH
ENGLISH FUNNEL, THE
EVERLASTING AFTERNOONS
EVERY NIGHT DREAMS OF SHIPS
EXCEPT THAT
EXPERIENCE
 
F
FAITHS
FOCUS OF THE WORLD, THE
FORSAKING ALL OTHERS
FORT DE FRANCE EST FERMẾ
FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
FROM THE HEART
 
G
GIVES UP, SHUTS DOWN
GOD OF TRUSTS, THE
GOES ROUND AND ROUND
GUADELOUPE
 
H
HALF AN INSPIRED MINUTE
HEALTH AND SAFETY
HELPLESS IS JUST AN EXCUSE
HUZZAH! HUZZAH! QUEEN, EMPIRE, BOAT RACE

 

 

I
I KNEW IT....
IMPERIAL WALLET, THE
IT HAS COME TO THAT
IT'S NOT SIMPLE
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CAPTURE THE DAWN
I'VE LOOKED IT UP SINCE I GOT BACK AND IT IS CALLED 'REVENGE - A BALLAD OF THE FLEET' BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
I WAS BACK….
 
J
JUST A THOUGHT, BUT....
 
K
KING SCURF OF IRON
 
L
LAND RATS AND LONGSHORE SHARKS
LET IT UNFOLD
LIES OF SIGHT
LIGHT FILLED
LIKE YOU NEVER LEFT. SHAME
LOOK AT HE SMILING HAPPY
LOOK AT ME MOMENT, THE
LOVE FOR THE SEA OF THE SKY, THE
 
M
MAIN PROBLEM, THE
MAKE TURKEY
MAN AND HIS SKIN, A
MAN CAME IN, THE
MATTER OF HOURS, A
MENTAL SEASICKNESS
MINDS BECOME CONCENTRATED
MIXED SIGNALS
MOBILE DRECKLY
MOON LEADS OUR WAY HOME, THE
MOTION
MUSEUM
 
 
N
NEW MARTINET, THE
NIGHT BUSINESS
NIGHT SEA 1
NIGHT SEA 2
NO MAROONS
NO SLEEP 'TIL PLAYING PLACE
NOT SO HOT
 
O
OH BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE DARLING
OLD SONG, AN
ONE DAY ON A SEA LIKE A MIRROR
ONE-WAY BAY
ON THE SIXTH FLOOR….
ON THE WIND 1
ON THE WIND 2
ON YESTERDAY'S GERMANS
OPENING TO SOMETHING
OR, HOW I MOURN THE WILDERNESS WITHIN
OUTERMOST SPACE
 
P
PARADOX
PARKA
POINT TO HOLD, A
POOP WORLD
PORT SIDE DECK….
PRIDE OF LE HAVRE, LE HAVRE
PRINCE EX MACHINA
 
 

 

 

Q
QUEUE OF SEABIRDS, A
 
R
REALLY?
RIGHT SIDE OF THE MENISCUS, THE
RIGHT TO BE WRONG
 
S
SAILING UPHILL
SEA IS A COLOUR THAT REVEALS NO SECRETS, THE
SEA LOCKED
SEASCAPES
SHIP'S FEAR OF PORT, THE
SKIN COMPLAINTS AND TROPICAL DISEASES
SOFT AND WHITE
SO MUCH
SO SHUT UP THEN
SOUTH WEST WINDS
 
T
TEA AND BEER
TEASY TIME
THANKS HANKS
THAT CHASE
THAT'S ALL
THERE COULD BE DIAGRAMS....
THIS IS THEIR SHOP FLOOR
THIS THEN THIS THEN THIS
THREE WEEKS
TIME AND SPACE
TOO SHORT TO HAVE A TITLE
TROPICAL ARCH, A
TWIST AND BREATHE
 
U
UH OH
UNDER HOT STARS
UNDER VENEER
UNVISITED CITIES
UP SPAR
 
W
WAR COUNTRY
WE ARE WHY WOMEN WON’T
WE CITIZENS
WE WITHDRAW
WHAT IS THERE IN THIS OF THAT?
WHAT THE F...?
WHY I DON'T LIKE POEMS THAT RHYME EXCEPT WHEN WRITTEN SO WELL THAT I DON'T NOTICE
WHY SAILORS DRINK
 
Y
YAWN
YEAH YEAH YEAH
YES BUT DO YOU LIKE IT
YOU HAD TO BE THERE....
YOU’LL GET OVER IT
YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, MR MILLER?
 
 
 
 

 

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