Kathleen Finn Jordan and Rusty Lynn
Rusty Lynn
“Surprise”
Inspiration piece
The Cycle and the Circle
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Draping blues with shocks of starlight float to earth
Punctuated by drill like shooting edge sharpened branches
Reaching …
Erika Cleveland and Channie Greenberg
Erika Cleveland
“No More Pink Sea Cucumbers or Frilled Sharks, Please”
Goauche and pencil in altered book
Response
Owmapow and the Unsolicited Request
By Channie Greenberg
Inspiration piece
Dr. Own Brownstone:
I’ve read …
Channie Greenberg and Erika Cleveland
Erika Cleveland
“Unlikely Partners”
Gouache and pencil drawing in altered book
Inspiration piece
The Bearded Lady and the Garbage Truck Driver
By Channie Greenberg
Response
Aya sighed as she pulled up yet …
Diane Mayr and Paula Lantz
Paula Lantz
Out of My Window!
Inspiration piece
On the Bay
By Diane Mayr
Response
What was she thinking
inviting me along on
the Sunfish that day?
She, all of fifteen,
was a practiced sailor.
I …
Paula Lantz and Diane Mayr
Paula Lantz
Response
Petty Theft
By Diane Mayr
Inspiration piece
They come to pilfer
this house where the
door is always open
to petite larcenists.
They flit through halls
looting then leaving, tiny
pockets full, pants …
Susan B. and Donna JT Smith
Susan B.
Rest of My Life
Mixed media, digital photograph
Response
Rest
By Donna JT Smith
Inspiration piece
I sit,
yet
life flows;
I will catch up
but
please don’t ask me
to pedal
yet;
I sit.
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Note: All of the …
Liz Ness and Darice Jones
Liz Ness
Another’s Shoes
Response
Splayed
By Darice Jones
Inspiration piece
Today
sitting in the groove of her lush and looming backyard ash tree
Where the roots wound down invisibly into the
cinnamon-colored earth …
Darice Jones and Liz Ness
Liz Ness
Inspiration piece
Unfolding
By Darice Jones
Response
Queeta found herself sitting in baggy, worn, lavender sweatpants and an over-sized theme park tee,
her butt totally numb from the unyielding …
Donna JT Smith and Susan B.
Susan B.
Collage
Inspiration piece
Pressed for Time
By Donna JT Smith
Response
Near the end of the book
A blossom
Waiting
Between words and time
Has petals
Fading.
A time marker now that’s
Patiently
Sleeping,
Dreaming of dancing, its
Limbs …
Donna JT Smith and Amy Souza
Donna JT Smith
Hearts Never Part
Response
A Whole Is Worth More Than Its Parts
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
A stranger on the lawn
Wears pandemic gloves to
Pick through my mother’s …
Amy Souza and Donna JT Smith
Donna JT Smith
Inspiration piece
But Salt Water
By Amy Souza
Response
Where salted wind ruffles seagrass
And rose hips line a hot sand path
The bridge is open means open for …
Kamika Cooper and Urmilla Khanna
Kamika Cooper
“my healer”
digital photography/illustration
response
Art and Science in Medicine
By Urmilla Khanna
Inspiration piece
“Jonathan has an earache?” I said in a half-angry voice as I took an emergency …
Shalini Rana and Diane Mayr
Diane Mayr
“Risible”
Inspiration piece
Failing Sunburst
By Shalini Rana
Response
The first laugh I loved
galloped in a broken body:
Brother’s silent open-mouthed grin, ready
to swallow me whole in a sea
of small …
KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Seth Leamer
Seth Leamer
Inspiration piece
Kaorog’s Companion
By KJ Hannah Greenberg
Response
Kaorog regarded his tentacles. They were turning purple. Whereas that hue was lovely, it was, simultaneously, an indicator of …
Jennifer Fendya and Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya
“Unmasked, and kisses”
(digital photo, 2020)
Response
Care and Concern in the Time of Quarantine
By Jenny Forrester
Inspiration piece
You ask, “Can I get you anything at Costco?” and …
Jenny Forrester and Jennifer Fendya
Jennifer Fendya
“HIHOWRU”
(Digital Photo, 2013)
Inspiration piece
A Friend Flattened My Narrative
ByJenny Forrester
Response
We’re walking along the creek. He’s just had chemo. He never complains, mid-western, older white man. …
Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen
Jay Young Gerard
“Golda”
Response
Another walk, alone
By Lisa Nielsen
Inspiration piece
I saw a rose half buried in the sand
and it still haunts me
was this a love letter to …
Lisa Nielsen and Jay Young Gerard
Jay Young Gerard
“Threadbare”
Inspiration piece
thoughts while twirling angel hair
By Lisa Nielsen
Response
it’s been a long time since
i’ve let anything marinate overnight
soaked in garlic, parsley, lemon
intoxicating the house
is …
Marilyn Ackerman
and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Marilyn Ackerman
Response
Flatten the Curve
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Inspiration Piece
This dark and cloudy day in time of isolation
Mimics the inward – outward silence
As all stay in to …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Marilyn Ackerman
Marilyn Ackerman
“Covid Cat”
Inspiration piece
Covid Cat
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Covid Cat – copiously churlish
The haunting harmonies of the chanting birds and rustling trees
Usually his music of the …
Dominic Mazzilli and Amy Souza
Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
Dominic Mazzilli
Response
Mad, Crazed, Insane, a hundred whispers surround the painter, but he does not listen, there is no time. He dashes and rubs …
Amy Souza and Dominic Mazzilli
Amy Souza
Response
Prologue
By Dominic Mazzilli
Inspiration piece
“The Tinkerer made the Irons, at least, that’s what everyone says, but I’d reckon it’s the Irons that made the Tinkerer.” …
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
“Gray’s Creek Disturbance”
Matthew Levine
Inspiration piece
Doctor Feelgood
By Robert Haydon Jones
Response
Eustace Trelawney was 22, married for two years and a red-hot advertising copywriter, when he first developed …
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
“Worth Something Someday”
Matthew Levine
Response
The Robinson Ball
By Robert Haydon Jones
Inspiration piece
Robinson struck the baseball so savagely that it felt more like an execution swipe than a …
Diane Mayr and Shalini Rana
Diane Mayr
“The Right Tool for the Job”
Response
Sister, the Fly That’s Never Near Walls, and Other Things We Are
By Shalini Rana
Inspiration piece
She’s a splash of red …