Category Archive: SPARK 47

Work from SPARK 47: February 24 – March 5, 2021

14 Mar

Margaret Simon and Betty Nichols

Margaret Simon and Betty Nichols

Betty Nichols Inspiration piece Sit With Yourself By Margaret Simon Response The chicory radicchio is said to be the ultimate crunch in your daily salad, rich in vitamin K. This red dagger isn’t …

 
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13 Mar

Amy Souza and
Cathy Stevens Pratt

Amy Souza and
Cathy Stevens Pratt

Cathy Stevens Pratt Inspiration piece Here to There By Amy Souza Response Can you get from here to there? Abandon that tree limb For the next phase Grass to sky to building to …

 
By Amy Souza
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13 Mar

Cathy Stevens Pratt
and Amy Souza

Cathy Stevens Pratt
and Amy Souza

Cathy Stevens Pratt Response Mind of Bees By Amy Souza Inspiration piece You must have a mind of bees To keep you company on quiet days That stretch unending toward decades alone Your …

 
By Amy Souza
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13 Mar

Betty Nichols and
Margaret Simon

Betty Nichols and
Margaret Simon

Betty Nichols Response Egret Blues By Margaret Simon Inspiration piece It’s a tryin’ time to be a symbol of peace Tryin’ during this time to be peace full of a sad song …

 
By Amy Souza
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13 Mar

Jenny Forrester
and Jennifer Fendya

Jenny Forrester
and Jennifer Fendya

Jennifer Fendya “Going Somewhere” Inspiration piece Jenny Forrester Response I’m leaving. You, throngs of people who’ve become The Man under the guise of sticking it to Him. ‘Twas ever thus …

 
By Amy Souza
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13 Mar

Jennifer Fendya
and Jenny Forrester

Jennifer Fendya
and Jenny Forrester

Jennifer Fendya “Cuspy” Response Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece A millennial/gen-y cuspy ecology graduate who should know better, wipes off the baby goats with towels. The mother goat in the video …

 
By Amy Souza
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10 Mar

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Cathy Stevens Pratt

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Cathy Stevens Pratt

Cathy Stevens Pratt Inspiration piece If You Call Me Again By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response “If you call me again, I will report you,” I say with impatience, as I …

 
By Amy Souza
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10 Mar

Cathy Stevens Pratt
and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Cathy Stevens Pratt
and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Cathy Stevens Pratt Response Herr Mittemeister By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece A bird whistles. Herr Herman Mittemeister hums an accompaniment. His voice shines. Likewise, his hair and nails are neatly …

 
By Amy Souza
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09 Mar

Jonathan Ottke and Kamika Cooper

Jonathan Ottke and Kamika Cooper

Jonathan Ottke “We” Pen, ink, paper Response Ancestral Mantra By Kamika Cooper Inspiration piece we hope you live we hope you thrive we hope you find the strength to fight and speak your mind we hope …

 
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09 Mar

Darice M. Jones and Anya Drapkin

Darice M. Jones and Anya Drapkin

Anya Drapkin “Rain Dance” Ink & crayon on paper Response Piqued on Ashby By Darice M. Jones Inspiration Piece Ayele heard the “bop, bop, bop” of the drums as she drove by From …

 
By DJ The Griot
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08 Mar

Anya Drapkin and Darice M. Jones

Anya Drapkin and Darice M. Jones

Anya Drapkin “Nesting” Inspiration piece Leaping Through Elements of You By Darice M. Jones Response Limbic Ikande was a curious African child born the heart of the often sunny but much …

 
By DJ The Griot
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08 Mar

Darice Jones and Kathleen Finn Jordan

Darice Jones and Kathleen Finn Jordan

Darice Jones “Y’all Be Tryin’ It” Response Our Turn By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Say their names—you don’t know them But the world is aghast; As each death repeats We hope it’s the …

 
By DJ The Griot
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08 Mar

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Darice Jones

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Darice Jones

Darice Jones “Setting with Verve” Inspiration piece Mind Screen By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Since Covid blasted into my space My mind screen’s been the same A sparkling sea … a warming sun A …

 
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07 Mar

Kamika Cooper and Jonathan Ottke

Kamika Cooper and Jonathan Ottke

Jonathan Ottke “Cherry Petals on Water” Photography Inspiration piece Abandoned By Kamika Cooper Response you heard what they said about me and you believed every word shook me right off your tree like the fruit …

 
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06 Mar

Alyscia Cunningham
and Marisa Bevington

Alyscia Cunningham
and Marisa Bevington

Marisa Bevington Inspiration piece Im·pen·e·tra·ble By Alyscia Cunningham Response Time flies Years go by Her insight intensifies. Though tired and worn She passes the locust thorn Unadorned Grown accustomed to hurdles Her soul sets and fertiles And visions …

 
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06 Mar

Diane Mayr and Lisa L. Leibow

Diane Mayr and Lisa L. Leibow

Diane Mayr “If We Go Any Slower, We’ll Be Going Backwards” Digital collage Response Girls Are Flyers By Lisa L. Leibow Inspiration piece It was so cold, Chapman Pond had frozen over. …

 
By Diane Mayr
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06 Mar

Diane Mayr and Anne-Marie Ross

Diane Mayr and Anne-Marie Ross

Diane Mayr “Beasts” Digital collage Response I Know Where the Bodies Accrue Freezer Burn By Anne-Marie Ross Inspiration piece One eye sees one eye remembers. The mouth tears flesh flashes back to when it reached only …

 
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