“Treat Tuesday” Dale Hoffmeyer Inspiration piece Donuts By Marla Deschenes Response When I was very young My father would take us on Sunday morning walks to the local donuts shop. Bess Easton Donuts He would …
“Quiet Neighborhoods” Nancy Ramsey Response Sudden Storms By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece Bits of flotsam, truly all manner of bunkum, Surfacing after bonking around milder climes Of emotional whoevers, pile near, build …
Jay Young Gerard Response Awake By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Jimmy O’Hara had already said goodbye to the widow. He had wished her all the best and was almost …
Amy Souza Inspiration piece Green Branches By Juleen Johnson Response The wake is a testimony about being awake. The absence of being there or being three degrees removed in the safety …
Elizabeth Eby Response Angela Rimbey Inspiration piece powerful touch magnified when I look into your eyes and see that we are just the same and that love flows back and forth between us a circle a …
“Hope” Jay Young Gerard Inspiration piece Sad By Robert Haydon Jones Response It seemed as if she had kept practically every scrap of contact from both their lives. When he went into …
“Meat Dialogue” Susan Burton Inspiration piece Spinach Pickers By Naomi Ulsted Inspiration piece The day I learned about fear I was picking spinach in the fields. It was an unusually rainy …
Sandy Coleman Response Limen By Jennifer Fendya Inspiration piece Those glimpsing moments as light grows, when caneware walls begin a slight glow and my feet, restless at night, too eager, poke bare noses out …
Amy Souza Inspiration piece Night Flight By Morgan Fox Response The jangling woke her, how crickets or grasshoppers can sound like sleigh bells in the emptiness of summer, the …
“History” Nancy Ramsey Inspiration piece Accused of Lèse-Majesté when Writing By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response When accused of lèse-majesté, of distributing rough verdicts, of galvanizing rebels, Our princess endorsed, to the royal …
“Forested” Susan Burton Response Settling Down By Naomi Ulsted Inspiration piece “Well, what do you think?” my mom asked, turning around in the front seat. I was confused. We seemed to …
Elizabeth Eby Inspiration piece Reflected By Angela Rimbey Response Shadow box of forgiveness eyes that open close open close we are all on this path to discovery light in our eyes God in our fingertips lets walk and …
Sandy Coleman Inspiration piece Trance Music By Jennifer Fendya Response I hold negative space in high regard…totally, he sighed as he felt the thrumming pull him away from their constellation, his voice elongated …
Jennifer Fendya Response Poets Without Windows By Ray Sharp Inspiration piece I don’t think poets do well without windows, She said from her desk, watching the world go by. Here I am, on the …
Jennifer Fendya Inspiration piece left out By Ray Sharp Response little monster left me here again slumped in my wheelchair when she stepped into the gawping mouth of the big yellow noisy here on the …
Heitzi Epstein Response To Touch The Buffalo By Leslie Grollman Inspiration piece To touch the buffalo Is to touch the plains To touch the plains Is to touch the ancestors To touch the ancestors Is …
Heitzi Epstein “Golden With Aqua Hair” Inspiration piece I Remember By Leslie Grollman Response I remember there was a face in the sky and it grieved I remember the pillow, wet as …
Juleen Johnson “That Winter” Inspiration piece Straight Out Game By Amy Souza Response Fire ring of truth Burnt edges Crumbled into dirt Like words on White metal Tindered Don’t run closer Shake the touch That winter Before summer Didn’t matter ——————————————- Note: All …
Amy Souza “Lisboa” Response Miss Adventures (Travel Journal Selections) By Morgan Fox Inspiration piece July 8, 2014 1:17pm Prikid Café, 2nd level (Reykjavik, Iceland) Bus Driver: That’s our opera house. It’s ugly. (slight pause) Driver: And that’s …
Diane Mayr “I Try Not to Act Bitter” Response Sometimes I Lie By Amy Souza Inspiration piece I picked snap peas in the rain and Dan said I looked miserable No difference …
Matthew Levine “Rip Tide” Response By The Sea Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Jimmy O’Hara often wept as the crash boat banged through the chop Sunday nights returning him …
Matthew Levine “Post Tropical” Inspiration piece Fox Time By Robert Haydon Jones Response Jimmy stood behind a bush with his boys just outside the cage and waved and …
Lizzie Parker — Split — digital photo Response Jennifer Fendya Inspiration Piece Enantiodromia Even now a nation tumbles into old drama Religion offered mankind immortality, almost Each new atom – no! the …
Diana K Sharp “I’m Right Here” water color and mixed media Response The Lunchroom Hildie S Block Inspiration piece —————————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site …
Diana K Sharp Inspiration piece Stained Glass Hildie S Block Response The painting means something. What, I’m not quite sure. Something, the colors, the lines. It was just on …