Matthew Levine “Central Park, Fall” Inspiration piece The Next Stop By Robert Haydon Jones Response Looking back from 68 years away, Jimmy O’Hara could not figure why he had elected to …
Matthew Levine “The Decision” Response Not Solitary By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Sarah Moran, a willowy, red haired, beauty in her early-forties, fainted and fell face down on her eggs …
Tisha Carter leaving 7 suns of cypress, mixed media Response piece Kate Gilronan “Dickman Bold” Inspiration Piece We join our valiant hero kilovairs in the outer ring as he dauntlessly pursues …
Diane Mayr A Scheme of Green Response Kathleen Finn Jordan Cabin Time Inspiration piece Cabin Time Kathleen Finn Jordan Opening the chalet door The forest looms encircling all And I dot like in …
Digital Collage All Night Long Diane Mayr Inspiration Piece Cat Rap Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Grandma Pussy cat in a straight-backed chair Playing guitar meows fill the air all night long since she’s …
Let Things Happen mmpanas Response Both Sides Now By JoAnn Moore Inspiration piece The season has shifted again. The afternoon sun sets quickly: nature prepares for its darkness. It was about this time last …
Marilyn Ackerman Inspiration Piece What If? by Elizabeth Steinglass Response What if the Earth was small as a beach ball, light enough to toss and catch and tuck in your lap? What if it was so …
MM Panas “Take Back the Night” acrylic paint, charcoal, collage on paper 22” x 30″ Inspiration piece Keep the Night By Kamika Cooper Response cannot take back what was not mine to begin …
Isabella Cassini “Orbit” Response Orbit By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Everywhere is here and there and nowhere and nowhere you can be at once You must choose a path— calendula scent of the sea Like those signs with seven arrows pointing every which …
Brigitte Nowers Response Faith Poem By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Between resistance and faith lies the bulk of human existence. I don’t trust anyone who spends all their time on …
Greg Lippert They Shoot Horses, Don’t They Response The Derby By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration Jimmy O’Hara had bet more than fifty Kentucky Derbies from afar. However, he had never seen …
Greg Lippert Reflection Inspiration piece WW11 By Robert Haydon Jones Response Jimmy O’Hara was a couple of months shy of turning four when World War 11 began about three weeks before …
Seth Leamer Still Still Life Inspiration Piece Faceless Independence by Jules Rolfe Response Daddy, I thought you created me to be small. A small and faceless doll to serve masters who only craved …
Jane Hulstrunk Inspiration piece Jenny Forrester Response You should’ve seen me when I first bloomed. All the colors and the strength against the storm. I had it all. And then …
Seth Leamer “Wayward Bound” Acrylic 10″ x 16″ Response Feel Fetter (Found Poem) By Jules Rolfe Inspiration piece System clear. Conversation choices Far is the same time next year I repeat. We both provide choices. The A …
Holly Hinkle “Surfing the Internet, Drinking Coffee on a Dreary Rainy Morning” Oil, 12″ x 12″ Response Slide Journey By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Slide journey from the tawdry to the …
Jay Young Gerard “Aerial: Take No Prisoners” Response Reconciliation Baby By Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece A misshapen attempt at reconciliation Brought you here I can’t possibly tell you this, your existence Borne of not …
Jay Young Gerard “Another Door Opens” Inspiration piece One Door Closes By Lisa Nielsen Response Parched tobacco shreds crumble in my little fingers as I rummage through handbags, carefully translating loose …
Holly Hinkle Inspiration piece Woman Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Piece What anger in these eyes or perhaps indignation not a first world problem me thinks her shoulders suggest an argument that is weighty a …
Channie Greenberg Inspiration piece Baby Bird By Melisa Peterson Lewis Response Poppy’s hands cupped the naked baby bird as it rolled, unable to brace itself in her shifting grip. Her …
Channie Greenberg Response Café Lizard By Melisa Peterson Lewis Inspiration piece It was a hot summer. Rust-colored rocks and dirt met dark green cactuses and brush. Sal’s staff enjoyed the …
Anne Nowselski Response District Taco By Amy Souza Inspiration piece We got tacos at 7 and by 9 asked, Is this it? The dog slept on the floor, back pressed against …
Jay Young Gerard “Detritus Has No Soul” Response I Stood, Longing By Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece I stood on the edge past the yellow line and the train’s rush daring your anger to push …
Jay Young Gerard “My Rock and My Redeemer” Inspiration piece Loneliness on a Bitter Sunday By Lisa Nielsen Response I, drifted between gravestones and angel statues, fingering the carved wings; my chest stretched by …
Greg Lippert “Summer of Jimmy” Inspiration piece The Good Humor Man By Robert Haydon Jones Response There were 83 children under 16 living in 17 houses on Jimmy O’Hara’s lane. Jimmy …