JAMES HOUSTON ARTS

  • DEATH and TAXONOMIES

    There 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 bank In truth, thoughThe worldIs a fleeting thing © jameshoustonarts 2026

    JAMES HOUSTON

  • YESTERDAYS (Not Even) NEWS

    Yesterday, I stoppedPosting social mediaToday, I am not © jameshoustonarts 2026 I am certainly not alone in eschewing the rank files of social media. Though I never did twitter, I carved out a piece of my space and frog-leapt that platform to book face and “gram” instantaneously. When all that innocence of luminiferous ether began,…

    JAMES HOUSTON

  • ANATOMY of a JARANA

    Hernán 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 resulted in the introduction to the indigenous Nahuatl people stringed instruments such as the vihuela and baroque guitar, adapted and adopted into the folk-poetry…

    JAMES HOUSTON