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, PoetryBooda Wot Doddy
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/booda-wot-doddy nobody knows where it is I been but you can bet I’m goin’ back again booda wat doddy booda wat doddy wadda bop…
PoetryJust Another Dream Waking
An apple orchard; slim pathways on the hill in the near distance have turned blue in dawn light. I tell blonde Alice I’m going…
PoetryAnna and the Scourge
We memorized poems to pass them on, past the strident winds out of the Kremlin. When I walk the avenue lined with our history,…
PoetryAnna and the Scourge
We memorized poems to pass them on, past the strident winds out of the Kremlin. When I walk the avenue lined with our history,…
MusicWinter’s Come and Gone
A capella rendition of a song by Gillian Welch, in memory of poet Cheryl Leverette. https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/lb3
MusicJhonny Flaymz and Jadah Queen Dada
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/z0001186 Jhonny Flaymz wuz tha mos’ baddass rocah in da sevun sounze districk dountoun dadda. Cum bak to da flatt wun nycht hardon mynd…
MusicDown to the dust
Guitar and voice by RC James Ain’ nuthin’ left here ‘cep six uv us an’ dry stahks ‘a corn. We’re up ta movin west…
PoetryBuddha Man Blues
for Muddy Waters On the Mississippi bottoms West African griot rhythms filter through Spanish moss swaying over the river bank. Lovers find their own…
MusicDown to the dust
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/z0001070 Ain’ nuthin’ left here ‘cep six uv us an’ dry stahks ‘a corn. We’re up ta movin west soon as I sort out…
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