Lisa Nielsen and
Jay Young Gerard
“Sun Moon Play Me”
Jay Young Gerard
Inspiration piece
Chaos
By Lisa Nielsen
Response
I keep bringing you upon myself:
tectonic plates rumbling
with turn of the century pipes and ancient tree roots.
The …
Pippa Possible and Amy Souza
“I Exist”
Pippa Possible
Response
Nasturtiums
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
Certainly vines had been creeping forth in the days prior to my noticing, but it was as if the nasturtiums …
Pippa Possible and Cathy Stevens Pratt
“Flowers Abstract”
Cathy Stevens Pratt
Inspiration piece
Mom’s Bouquet
by Pippa Possible
Response
The sun is already warm and bright by eleven in the morning, and the blue of the sky …
Diane Mayr and Jonathan Ottke
Jonathan Ottke
Galileo
Inspiration piece
Diane Mayr
In the Wood
Response
In the Wood
Diseased and dying
it leans southward
ruffled with brackets
laced with molds.
What was once vitally
green now has a
vividly colorful life
of another …
Angi Lewis and Azro Pratt
Azro Pratt
Inspiration piece
It Was Not a Dragon
By Angi Lewis
Response
It was not a dragon
whose spine I climbed along
though it was jagged
like a dragon’s back
and had a …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Anya Drapkin
“In Mutual Empowerment”
Anya Drapkin
Inspiration piece
Outside In
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Eyes peer out from seaside scape as
Wholes consume the unity of earth
The fish are swimming as the …
Amy Souza and Pippa Possible
“Shatter”
Pippa Possible
Inspiration piece
Plain Sight
By Amy Souza
Response
After my father died, my mother stopped opening mail. Cards, bills, magazines, junk—all of it sat untouched for months until …
Jenny Forrester and
Victoria Nessen
Victoria Nessen
Inspiration piece
There Are No Bubbles
By Jenny Forrester
Response
A tiny black dot moved onto the page I’d just turned to. It appeared at the edge, handed …
Amy Souza and Victoria Nessen
Victoria Nessen
“Green”
Inspiration piece
White Space
By Amy Souza
Response
Chalky overlays
Blur what’s hidden
In plain sight
The house is not mine
Family gone
Hum of small plane
Overhead
Rush hour buzz
Inside so quiet
Not even breathing
Rings …
Marilyn Ackerman and
Kamika Cooper
Marilyn Ackerman
Response
So Long
By Kamika Cooper
Inspiration piece
it’s been a while since you’ve been gone
i’ve got a little more room to breath
some extra money in my pocket
a …
Gena Stutzman and
Alyscia Cunningham
Alyscia Cunningham
“I Am More Than My Hair” (video)
Inspiration piece
Navigate
By Gena Stutzman
Response
be the thorn and the rose.
be the oak and the lilac.
put down your pen
throw away …
Jonathan Ottke and Amy Moffitt
http://getsparked.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/What-you-dont-say-2-2.wav
Amy Moffitt
Inspiration piece
Jonathan Ottke
Response
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Sharon A. Murphy and Lisa Kilhefner
Sharon Murphy
“Finding Myself”
Response
Lisa Kilhefner
Inspiration piece
He looks like
something
I
want:
Sunset balloon ride in Cappadocia.
Buttery glide through a moonlit Venetian canal.
Tranquil slide down the Napa countryside.
But the sky is …
Kamika Cooper and Victoria Nesson
Victoria Nesson
“Green I”
Inspiration piece
Envie’s Ivy
by Kamika Cooper
Response
Envie didn’t drive a sleek, black luxury car or live in a swanky community with manicured lawns. She didn’t …
Tora Estep and Rissa Miller
Tora Estep, untitled, oil on canvas
Response
Rissa Miller
Inspiration
Stargazing
You’re considering a tattoo on your shoulder
in what I like to think of as the Orion system,
located between here …
Rissa Miller and Tora Estep
Tora Estep
Response
Beach Drift
By Rissa Miller
Natalie glanced nervously around the waiting room. Beige walls with framed posters showing smiling women and tranquil beach scenes hung over …
Alyscia Cunningham
and Gena Stutzman
Alyscia Cunningham
Response
Lost Threads
By Gena Stutzman
Inspiration piece
lost threads from your old coat
chosen and carried through the air
by that hope-filled sparrow
contain memories of you
particles of you-
smiles, loving …
Alyscia Cunningham and Brian MacDonald
Brian MacDonald
Inspiration Piece
Spark
by Alyscia Cunningham
Response
At first you grasped me tenderly,
Caressed my core vivaciously,
Piece-by-piece, created me,
To light our cosmic galaxy.
Formed my inner soul perfectly,
And topped my …
Victoria Nessen and Amy Souza
Victoria Nessen
Response
Wound Pocket
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
Days shrunk like desiccated fruit, a corn husk doll from seventh grade. For the bicentennial my mother dressed me in …
Kathleen Finn Jordan and Martha Harris
Martha Harris
“Mary’s Little Angel”
Inspiration piece
Angelic Feline
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Angelic feline floating in the sky
That women hold up half of
Independent – apart from
The hosts of clouds …
Jewel Beth Davis and
KJ Hannah Greenberg
KJ Hannah Greenberg
Inspiration piece
Endless Conversation
By Jewel Beth Davis
Response
Patti Lorde <patti.lorde860@students.nhu.edu>
1/30
Professor Mavis Jules
Dear Professor:
Hi! I am writing to introduce myself as one of your students in …
KJ Hannah Greenburg
and Jewel Beth Davis
KJ Hannah Greenburg
“Star Child”
Response
Star Child
By Jewel Beth Davis
Inspiration piece
One night,
Late at night,
In the blackest velvet of the dark,
I was in a field. Alone.
Walking. Just walking.
The …
Lisa Kilhefner and Sharon Murphy
Sharon Murphy
Inspiration piece
The Flourish
By Lisa Kilhefner
Response
You’re getting lost in her again, her lush
and ruby layers, sensual perfume
revealing more than you had sought. A blush
is coming …
Jennifer Fendya and Donna JT Smith
Jennifer Fendya
“motherfatherdaughter”
Mixed media collage
Response
Full Cold Moon
By Donna JT Smith
Inspiration piece
.
Full Cold Moon
bewraps my shoulders;
Coolness for
these inner smolders.
.
Short the days,
and night be-lingers;
All slip through
my phantom …
Jennifer Fendya and Donna JT Smith
Donna JT Smith
Inspiration piece
Red Roses
By Jennifer Fendya
Response
I don’t like red roses
well, I don’t like getting them
from men and I never
know what to say if
I do. …