#inkthink
LIGHTLY 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
August 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY
Every day, but today in particular...
Held, Anne Michaels

#eyewite #inkthink #writeitdown #seeingisbelieving #read #nationalbookloversday
August 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
REGARDLESS

The crane ascended
A participle dangled
I wrote regardless

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026

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August 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
SELF-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
August 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This mornings' senryu...

When the going gets
Tough, the tough write poetry
It's always been thus

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026

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July 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
LONG/DISTANCE

There is the moment
There is the momentary
And the long/distance

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026
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June 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
AMBITION

I could write entire
Books about what I don't know
Save for ambition

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026

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May 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
April 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Train 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
April 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
ROTE

Repetition
Without the need of reason
Steps along the way

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026

#poetry #poem #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #rote
April 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
WAITING

Endlessly waiting
Upon wing-less doves bringing
Broken branches home

©️ jameshoustonarts 2026

#poetry #waiting #peace #olivebranch #eyewrite #inkthink
March 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I HAVE BEEN AWAY

I have been away.
It was good. I have returned;
To leave, once again.

©️ jameshoustonarts 2025

#poetry #writeitdown #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #ollyollyoxenfree #seeingisbelieving
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
AÑEJO

The glow of amber
Autumn knows the cost of time
In the age of days

@ jameshoustonarts 2025

#añejo #haiku #senryu #autumn #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #whatisee #ollyollyoxenfree #seeingisbelieving #poetry #poem
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
OPPOSITE END

Almost everyone
I know
Has exited
Or has been
Hustled
Out the door

And I...?
I am the stranger
At the
Opposite end

©️ jameshoustonarts 2025

#poem #poetry #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #writeitdown
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BOY OUTSIDE
"When I look at certain things, I find them attractive or interesting or beautiful, and I take pictures. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not so good..."

~ Saul Leiter

#streetphotography #streetart #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #ollyollyoxenfree
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
INTERNATIONAL

There is a switch on the dash
You can find in the dark
That will light your way home

©️ jameshoustonarts 2025

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September 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Did you miss 'Southasia's Youthquakes', our conversation with @ambikasat @zymaislam and @inkthink on youth-led protests in #Nepal, #Bangladesh and #lka? You can catch the discussion on YouTube now: buff.ly/SLhu5Ym
Southasia's Youthquakes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka—with Himal Southasian
#Nepal #Bangladesh #SriLanka: Three uprisings in three years. Where did they come from? Where are they going? What lessons do that have for each other? A panel discussion with Ambika Satkunanathan…
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September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION: Join @inkthink, @zymaislam @ambikasat as they analyse youth-led protests in #Nepal, #Bangladesh and #lka - and what comes afterwards, 25 September at 7 PM IST: bit.ly/4nI9Vsr
September 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM