James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY "A camera teaches you how to see without a camera." Dorothea Lange and well she would know so I looked. #worldphotographyday #whatisee 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026LIGHTLY DYING UPON MY VINE It was my desire To harvest that metaphor Thought it well-rooted and secure To discover It was terra-fied Disengaging Lightly dying upon my vine I witnessed From a distance Beneath a cloud And a shade tree © jameshoustonarts 2026 #poem #poetry #eyewrite #inkthink 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 09/08/2026NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY Every day, but today in particular... Held, Anne Michaels #eyewite #inkthink #writeitdown #seeingisbelieving #read #nationalbookloversday 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026REGARDLESS The crane ascended A participle dangled I wrote regardless ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving ##ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #regardless #haiku #senryu 030
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 01/08/2026SELF-STIRRED Sure... I'm online. (You CAN see me, can't you?) But I write with a fountain pen On cotton and flax stationery I stir my own coffee And I learned To tie my own shoelaces A long time ago ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #poetry #poem #ollyollyoxenfree #writeitdown #eyewrite #inkthink 060
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This mornings' senryu... When the going gets Tough, the tough write poetry It's always been thus ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #senryu #haiku #houstonbc 040
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/07/11/1... #streetphotography #streetart #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #poetry #writeitdown #poem #forthelifeofme #ollyollyoxenfree #songwritingjameshoustonarts.blog1 IMAGE = 1 POEM/1 SONGONE IMAGE: ONE POEM: FOR THE LOVE OF A BOOK He discarded himselfAll that he possessedAll of the for-grantedsThat had been takenAnd all the chancesThat he took Strewn on the sidewalkRipped from carr… 060
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/07/11/1... #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #song #songwriting #streetphotography #streetart #vanspcjameshoustonarts.blog1 IMAGE = 1 POEM/1 SONGONE IMAGE: ONE POEM: FOR THE LOVE OF A BOOK He discarded himselfAll that he possessedAll of the for-grantedsThat had been takenAnd all the chancesThat he took Strewn on the sidewalkRipped from carr… 050
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026LONG/DISTANCE There is the moment There is the momentary And the long/distance ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving ##writeitdown #ollyollyoxenfree #streetphotography #longdistance #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #vancouver 0120
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 10/06/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/06/10/i... #poetry #poem #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #photographyjameshoustonarts.blogI FORGOT TO BOMB DRESDENI forgot to bomb DresdenForgot to learn my sumsA slide rule meantI could skip outOn a day of KindergartenFrom time to timeOn a fine days’ permissionsIf it suited meTo let the rule slide I for… 030
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 02/06/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/06/02/l... #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #lendinglibrary #annotation #writeitdown #eyewrite #inkthinkjameshoustonarts.blogLENDING LIBRARYIf you were blindfoldedAnd led silentlyInto a lending libraryWould there beAny sense of Doubt Among the sundry myriadSenses that would igniteIn such circumstanceKnowing exactlyWhere you now were Le… 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 31/05/2026REARVIEW REVUE Theatre Through the Looking Glass Vancouver BC #photography #streetphotography #vanspc #reflection #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #seeingisbelieving 050
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Amarillo/Comida y Charla Granville Island Marketplace Vancouver BC #photography #streetphotography #framing #juxtaposition #symmetry #balance #leadinglines #vanspc 080
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 24/05/2026STILL... LIFE Guitar, Dylan & Rocking Chair Sharing the day. #birthday #Dylan #rockingchair #May241952 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/05/19/b... #poem #poetry #writeitdown #ollyollyoxenfree #eyewrite #inkthinkjameshoustonarts.blogBEFORE THISI’ve been brokenBefore thisWandering the seas in meWashed up uponMy own shoresSand-time and saltIn my eyes, in my earsIn open woundsIn anything I forgotTo closeI’ll not be broken again … 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 18/05/2026In the months leading up to Trump 1.0 in 2015 I put forward the theory that what he desired was a position of power whereby he could initiate the maximum grift. Here we are... MORE of LESS of the SAME Promises proclaimed For more of less of the same Just whom do we blame ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Canadian Austerity Program Combatting inflation one "Canuck Buck" at a time. Face-value: $4.40 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/05/13/f...jameshoustonarts.blogFLASHLIGHTTodayIn these early momentsI am hours olderThan those attainedIn the lifespanOf my fatherIn addition toMalevolent sinusesAnd male-pattern baldnessI search afieldBy way ofFlashlight and feelAmongst … 110
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 06/05/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/05/05/d...jameshoustonarts.blogDEATH and TAXONOMIESThere is thatWhat one can nail downCogs and suchWhat one can meshMitres, joints and adherencesFirmly terra firmaLife in a viceBums in seatsDone deals, no failsWhat one can takeConfidentlyTo the ban… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/05/05/0...jameshoustonarts.blog04/14/14ThreeIn this diner-cum-barNot including meBecause I never doEven when it’s my storyAnd, it’s alwaysMy story OneMy wife, my palSipping awayAt one of the twoFreebie beersListening to song… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 03/05/2026AMBITION I could write entire Books about what I don't know Save for ambition ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #ambition 050
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Did not enter the premises as food and beer are readily available elsewhere. #twooutofthreeaintbad #food #beer #nogolf #streetsigns #granvillestreet #vancouver 110
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I don't tend to dwell upon reminisces from my youth but this, photographed on Bowen Island, could be one of hundreds of corner stores or roadside stops along the way to the here & now. #childhood #youth #cornerstore #roadsidestop #reminisce ##bowenisland 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.” ― Mary Oliver #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #whatisee #serious #alive 020
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026HEARTS and MINDS Vancouver Street Photography Collective @vanspc PhotoWalk, Granville Street ~ ~ ~ ~ I wanted To be alone Not forgotten Nick Tosches 051
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 20/04/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/04/20/y...jameshoustonarts.blogYESTERDAYS (Not Even) NEWSYesterday, I stoppedPosting social mediaToday, I am not © jameshoustonarts 2026I am certainly not alone in eschewing the rank files of social media. Though I never did twitter, I carved out a piece… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 19/04/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/04/19/s...jameshoustonarts.blogSELF-INFLICTEDIf you took meI would be ungratefulBalking at each turnFinding insipid reasonsTo lag behind Had you assignedThe requirementsI should certainly findTime for otherwiseOf and on my ownNot to be consig… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 18/04/2026A PAEAN to HIATUS #poetry #seeingisbelieving #writeitdown #poem #ollyollyoxenfree #eyewrite #inkthink #hiatus #paean 020
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Train tracks and train lines is what I see No obvious sign to stop me One line crossed, Another one stepped over One gone right, The other gone left Lost in direction ~ Hannah Field Train Tracks & Train Lines #poem #poetry #whatisee #trains #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown 040
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026JACKIE ROBINSON DAY & NO. 42 Image: Aggassiz-Harrison Museum Today is "Jackie Robinson Day." On April 15, 1947, he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, an event referred to as "breaking the color line." In 1997, his jersey ("42") was retired across all of baseball. 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026It is my opinion that the human condition is not set up to receive updates from the world's most unctuous, vile, sociopathic cretin every 13½ minutes. 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 12/04/2026ROTE Repetition Without the need of reason Steps along the way ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #poetry #poem #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #rote 050
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 10/04/2026"S" Curves Main & Broadway #streetphotography #streetart #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #blackandwhite #streetpoetry 050
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 05/04/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/03/25/h...jameshoustonarts.blogHOW FAR AWAY IS AWAYDo I wish I still had itThat old Martin D-18How far away is awayAnd just how long has it been Do I still hear it ringDoes it still strike a chordIs it in someones’ handsIs it still as adored … 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 05/04/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/04/02/p...jameshoustonarts.blogPRESSUREBend. succeed, resignConform, work, abandonSpend, marry, dressAttend, accept, concedeRepent, end, denyConsume, kill, drinkSign, withdraw, reviveConclude, eschew, abdicateApply, act, quitPerform, de… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 30/03/2026WAITING Endlessly waiting Upon wing-less doves bringing Broken branches home ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 #poetry #waiting #peace #olivebranch #eyewrite #inkthink 010
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026jameshoustonarts.blog/2026/03/25/a...jameshoustonarts.blogANATOMY of a JARANAHernán Cortés landed in what is now Veracruz, México in February 1519 igniting, in addition to wars, indoctrination, pestilence and such, an immigration wave into that part of the Americas. This re… 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026PERSPHONES' ANODOS from the PITHOS Vancouver Art Gallery By happenstance, I married this exhibited vase with a short film sequence recreating the Greek mythology of Persphone, goddess of Spring, and her rise from a cleft in the earth. I am, personally, overjoyed with the change in season. 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Antigua Estacion de Tren Primitive Rendering No. 78 Watercolour & Ink ©️ jameshoustonarts 2026 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 02/03/2026R.I.P. John Hammond Jr (IYKYK) 13/11/42 - 28/02/26 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 18/01/2026LOCKING IT DOWN Son, can you play me a memory? I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes ~ Billy Joel #streetphotography #street #whatisee #eyewrite #ollyollyoxenfree 070
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"The question is not what you look at but, what you see." ~ Henry David Thoreau Squamish River Brackendale, BC 000
James Houston @jameshoustonarts.bsky.social · 12/01/2026RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM with POPCORN #whatisee #ruggedindividualism #ollyollyoxenfree #reflection 010
