RC James
I work with words, sounds and images to come up
with combinations that hopefully do justice to Socrates’
maxim of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
I do believe that the voice is a necessary part of the
full poetic experience, along with music and movement,
even if it’s a movement of the hands or eyes.
Music, Poetry“I Once Was Lost…”
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james/friend I don’t know what to say, I’m stumbling lost in a foreign land you’re talking in a strange language but your tone…
Poetry and MusicRobert Johnson in South Rosedale, Mississippi, crossroads of Highways 1 & 8 – 1921
Click on the Red Arrow to hear the soundtrack. Lyrics and music written and performed by the author. https://soundcloud.com/rc-james/robertjohnson-in-southrosedale A beat-up guitar hanging over…
PoetryVisions of a Teacher Come to Mind
Her look was warm as summer dawn, there was a lightness as she stepped as if the ground was almost a cloud, her beauty…
MusicLove That Summer Rain
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james/sweet-summer-rain _______________________________________________________________________ [Lyrics to Love That Summer Rain] A light rain turned the alleyway into a slow blues dusk settled in but didn't make…
PhotographyNew Hampshire Winter – Series
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PhotographyParque Botero (Sculptures) in Medellin, Colombia
Editor’s Note: Photographs of bronze sculptures by world-renowned Colombian artist, Fernando Botero (1923-2023), in a park where twenty-three of…
PoetryInmates
The rust-colored brick tenements testify to the city's history, shifting masses of tenants absorbed with daily drudgery, jobs, errands, rendezvous. Inside each apartment, walls…
PoetryLi Po Embraces the Moon
Moon, I've lost my shadow. Three friends are here, ready to drink and dance, as Zhongba temple bells toll. My pilgrimage took me past…
Music, PoetryDone Gone Wrong
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/done-gone-wrong-ii Everything done gone wrong done gone wrong over the top down to the edge can't fix it baby I got nothing I got…
PoetryOde to a Hummingbird
Tiny twin fluttering fans dart up to hover just there, beak fronting and losing its length to bud inside. Wonder of airs elite sharp…
Featured, MusicAll She Left Me Was a William Burroughs Novel
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/she-left-me-for-a-william-burroughs-novel-1 Looking out a summer window wondering where it's all gone coming up with distances falling through a prism like a song Sunlight plays…
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