The Haunter: experiment in located literature (crowdsubbed)

Joe Flintham and I have been walking out into Hardy country with a small wooden box that will soon not only be able to play out geolocated sound, but will also capture a walker's thoughts and feelings as he or she progresses toward the grave of Thomas Hardy and his first wife, Emma.


Yes, I accompany him to places Only dreamers know,
Where the shy hares show their faces, Where the night rooks go;
Into old aisles where the past is all to him, Close as his shade can do,
Always lacking the power to call to him, Near as I reach thereto!
What a good haunter I am, O tell him, Quickly make him know
If he but sigh since my loss befell him Straight to his side I go.
And if it be that at night I am stronger, Go, too, by day I do:
Please, then, keep him in gloom no longer, Even ghosts tend thereto!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• hardy
• haunter
• thehaunter
• poetry
• dorchester
• geolocation
• literature
• walking
• stinsford
• poem

[timwright1964]

hi! It's from Purcell's Dido & Aeneas 'when I am laid in earth...'

It was either that or an Orpheus & Eurydice number ;-)

[futuresunfilm]

Intrigued by the choice of background music. What is it please?