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Morgan Fox and Amy Souza

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 …

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Nancy Ramsey

“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 …

Susan Burton and Naomi Ulsted

“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 …

Angela Rimbey and Elizabeth Eby

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 …

Jennifer Fendya and Sandy Coleman

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 and Ray Sharp

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 …

Ray Sharp and Jennifer Fendya

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 and Leslie Grollman

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 …

Leslie Grollman and Heitzi Epstein

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 …

Amy Souza and Juleen Johnson

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 and Morgan Fox

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 and Amy Souza

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 and
Robert Haydon Jones

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 …

Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine

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 and Jennifer Fendya

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 …

Gabby Holden and Hildie S Block

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 …

Hildie S Block and Diana K Sharp

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 …

Karen Lee Lewis and Tora Estep

TORA ESTEP, BLINDED BY THE GODDESS Inspiration piece KAREN LEE LEWIS Response Ground Truth after Tora Estep’s “Blinded by the Goddess” We are one, after all, you and I, together we …

Jennifer Fendya and Lizzie Parker

Lizzie Parker – Narrow Lane Inspiration Piece Jennifer Fendya Response The Anthropocene They came and knocked on our doors this morning, each one asking, “Will you rise and fall in with us? …

Nancy Ramsey and Channie Greenberg

Nancy Ramsey Protect Response Trust © KJ Hannah Greenberg drkarenjoy@yahoo.com Inspiration I signed out AMA, against medical advice. At thirty-five weeks, the baby’s lungs were mature. My phobia of hospitals and of …

Channie Greenberg and Nancy Ramsey

Nancy Ramsey Freedom Inspiration Piece Umland © KJ Hannah Greenberg drkarenjoy@yahoo.com Response In a habitable attic, a grey woman looks at albums. Her candle flicks light and shadow on yesterdays. Under the circumstances, her …

Jennifer Fendya and Terah Van Dusen

Jennifer Fendya — “that kind of girl” — digital photo Response Terah Van Dusen Inspiration Piece The Way of a Woman Once, early on in our relationship I shared a hotel room with my …

Terah Van Dusen and Jennifer Fendya

Jennifer Fendya Inspiration Piece Terah Van Dusen Response Bird Song I drove myself far down the Requa way I wanted to see myself fly I shooted right there from the seat in my car I …

Seth Leamer and Jacob Kawecki

Rising by Seth Leamer Inspiration Piece Ascendent by Jacob Kawecki How terrible the sight of two red winged Star gods flying from the sea; Breaking asunder the ocean surface, …

Tracey Riehl and Alyscia Cunningham

Tracey Riehl Response Secretly Satisifed By Alyscia Cunningham Inspiration piece Between these lips, holds secrets of times she creeped it. Bored of repetitivity, she freed herself of captivity. Silenced yet free, as she, satisfies her …