Tracey Riehl Inspiration piece Sometimes By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Sometimes, a sea is just a sea, water caged by intertidal shores, Is nothing more than pools and waves, perhaps estuaries …
Tracey Riehl Response Leftovers By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece Abby: “Let’s go back.” Barbara: “Why?” Abby: “For leftovers.” Barbara (She holds up a plastic container): “I have mine.” Abby: “Not me. I’m going …
Jan Irene Miller “Freedom’s Lure” Inspiration piece three dreams (a work-in-progress) by Leslie Grollman Response i tonight’s dream you are standing in an empty space. a little boy gives you …
Brigitte Nowers “Seen/Hidden” Response Seen/Hidden By Terah Van Dusen Inspiration piece My emotional makeup is running. fushia-colored need blossoms falsely on my cheeks while neon strikes of pencil glow in a most unfavorable way on …
Diane Mayr “Double Meaning” Response Fury Is a Crisis By Amy Souza Inspiration piece It’s said that in relationship we anticipate another’s needs. We understand things about them that they can’t …
Karin Edgett Response Bird of Paradise, San Francisco By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Joyful explosion of color To welcome each day So exotic you might Come from Mars Squeeze my hand & Urge me toward …
Karin Edgett Inspiration piece When I Go By Amy Souza Response Streaks of gray across Green and yellow sky I lift my pen and let the ink Drip out like blood Never know what …
Greg Lippert Inspiration piece Mentoring By Robert Haydon Jones Response The three 12-year old Latina girls were holding up matching bracelets and smiling at the camera like they really cared …
Marilyn Ackerman Response Taxue By Daniel David Watkins Inspiration piece One morning, quite a while ago, before Hong Kong became what it is, a horse appeared on the beach, …
Amy Souza Response Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You By Paulette Beete Inspiration piece A slow burn of tone no shoulderwailing or headjerks, the fight’s tight tween figners and keys, which isn’t to …
Jonathan Ottke “Nothing Happened, Everything Happened” Inspiration piece The Grass War By Jewel Beth Davis Response Sarah sat on the grass where it bordered her garden. She threw down her trowel …
Tora Estep Inspiration piece Carnival By Amy Rogers Nazarov Response Down the midway we flew As if tossed by an unseen hand We tallied our coins, then spun and stretched and tossed …
Jonathan Ottke “Banana and Two Nectarines on a Plate” Brush Markers on Paper Response First Stop By Jewel Beth Davis Inspiration piece Our first tour date is in a tiny town in …
“Untitled” (in progress) Tora Estep Oil on canvas Response My Post Adoption Depression By Amy Rogers Nazarov Inspiration piece The vision always began the same way: I’d be leaving my house cradling …
Brian MacDonald Inspiration Piece The Bone Coin By Anne Nowselski Response Mida had found the bone coin in a secret slot of the small desk of the room. She should …
Jay Young Gerard Breathing Lessons Response Lisa Nielsen Dropping Back Inspiration Piece That rare expanse of city landscape offered a concrete welcome mat. You use the room to stretch your feet and stare at …
Jay Young Gerard Shadows Cool Inspiration Piece Lisa Nielsen The air we breathe Response The air we breathe calculates wind patterns While the dust of twilight and the remains of sunrise coexist between the …
Bridget Fahey O’Brien Rock Climbing Response ABCs By Annmarie Lockhart Inspiration Piece You gave me a sheet of green lined paper with my name ranged across the top and a lopsided heart halfway …
Bridget Fahey O’Brien Beginning/End Inspiration Piece Star-Crossed By Annmarie Lockhart Response Summer finally remembered to check the calendar. She’s a few weeks late and I can relate. Who can resist the pull of …
Tracey Riehl “Survive and Thrive” Response Not Noticed By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece It’s funny how miseries go unnoticed by authorities. Such was the case when my family moved and …
Amy Souza Inspiration piece The Door By Paulette Beete Response On the other side of the door the heart is not an open wound. On the other side of the …
Tracey Riehl Inspiration piece Yoheved’s Celebration By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response She imagined giggling before tripping and falling face first in the sand. It would be a perfect birthday. Ima …
Donna JT Smith Inspiration piece Dandelion Stroll By Alyscia Cunningham Response Glimpses of time pass by, birthday candles multiply. As aging increases I can’t deny, desires to be my own ally. Fire dims …
Alyscia Cunningham Response Imperfect Perfection By Donna JT Smith Inspiration piece In imperfection, A perfect beauty abides Drawing us inward. ——————— Note: All of the art, writing and music on this site belongs …
Emily Clark Inspiration piece Lisa Kilhefner Response This day looks like chrysanthemums have smeared across the windshield, lending bloom to my inertia. Red on sky, as it appeared like liquid in the …