Bridget Fahey O’Brien I see you 2! Response . Hauntings By Annmarie Lockhart Inspiration piece . My little ones dream that the souls of dead ladybugs haunt their closets and lurk under their beds. . They are scared of ladybugs who fly away home, …
BR Belletryst Response A Soldier’s Life By Carl Rauscher Inspiration Piece Major Stephano loved war. He loved waking to the sound of gunfire, eating cold rations from a can with …
BR Belletryst Response Where Is Spring? –A Poem By Phyllis Weissman Inspiration Piece Calendar claims it is spring, Mother Nature disagrees. Cold winds blow, Come flurries and snow. Flowers take peeks, They play hide and …
Margot Eyring One Thing Collage Inspiration piece One Thing By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response One thing shimmering in the face of time The timeless infinity of space Swirling nothingness in the face of Endless exploration The …
Frank Gibson Balloons and Moon Inspiration Piece DJ Asson Shelter Response I stretched my legs and looked out over the retaining wall. I call it a retaining wall, but tonight …
Gwynne Mason Hoel Pond Canvas made of handmade paper, made by the artist, kakishibu dye,silk paper, mixed media Response Morning on Hoel Pond Elizabeth Cordes Inspiration Piece No sound but the gentle ripples against …
Jim Doran: One Inspiration Piece Robin Peace: Major Tom Response “Here am I floating Round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there’s nothing I can do.” – From …
Phillipp Mellon Inspiration Piece Stoic Eagle Jail-like suburbs crowd out your habitat You don’t care; again you come back Instead of moving on, you pair up and thrive Your usual two …
Amy Souza Inspiration piece Tom W. Lewis Response — — Horticultural Subjunctive I broke my bones on prophecy And ate the book she handed me. Just another piece of pie. I’m waiting For the …
oxen1 Tami Cohen inspiration piece ….. ….. brutal Joanna Lee response ….. A gasping daylight spends its penultimate dying ray on a pair pushed already into shadow by hanks of rough coiled rope strung out behind like breathless …
Kapulco “…cascade quenched in plunge pool’s kiss; fern-dappled dells where Magic sleeps.” Response Solstice By Myfanwy Fox Inspiration piece Come, climb dizzy, heated summer heights, while eagles soar through lapis skies; sun-drenched days melt …
Amanda Brainerd Response Indian Summer By Joanne Lozar Glenn Inspiration piece When you say you love me, say it on a Wednesday morning, after your fruit and cereal, after you have met your …
Jim Doran Rotten Fruit Oil on canvas Response Linger By Yolanda Palis Inspiration piece There’s the trash – old newspapers, shoeboxes, an avocado pit, me in family pictures at my mother’s knee. Lingering …
Jim Doran The Gray Lady Response Revelation By Rachel Evans Inspiration piece Beloved, when you come to me You must come to me in color, Bright in tortured contradictions, Bearing Baals of blue ablaze …
Tony Anthony The Visitor Response The Sweet Bye-and-Bye By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Several weeks ago back in early May, June was already busting out all over here in Connecticut …
Tony Anthony Petunia Petunia – Naked By Robert Haydon Jones A while back, I wrote a short story, “Saint Shannon’s Salute”, about what happened when the police in Greenwich, …
Michelle Wallace Home Sweet Home Response All the Way Home By Catie Jarvis Inspiration piece On the day Hugh returns home from the war, his mother looks so young. She stands …
The Form of Tree Part I. Rules of Poetree Two roots spring from the ground. Call them A and B. One …
Cheryl Leibovitz Unrequited Love Acrylic mixed media Response Night By DJ Asson Inspiration piece Quin knelt down by her chair, collapsed really. He knew he shouldn’t have drunk so much. But, it …
Music: Pavane for oboe, cello and harp by Mark Owen Martin They By Sarah Krouse A father and daughter sit across from each other at a table in the …
Cheryl Leibovitz Acrylic mixed media on paper Responses Music by Mark Owen Martin: Scherzo Inspiration piece . —————————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to …
Brian MacDonald untitled Inspiration Piece Irene Plax untitled Response Every night of vacation we smoke cigarettes and they light up when we inhale. In the heat of the summer night, the …
Rusty Lynn “Unpredictable Spring” Response The Coming Spring By Neil Ellman Inspiration piece It’s supposed to happen Every spring— The dead branches Come alive again Burst with emerald green And glitter in the sun Like petalous stones. Every …
Paula Lantz Response — Coffee Ritual Quentin Paquette Inspiration Piece — Coffee Shop Hey,…Hey wake up won’t you? There’s a hand on your arm that provides a stationary point …
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