Jonathan Ottke and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Jonathan Ottke
Spring Moondance
Ink on Paper
Response
Raining Paint
Kathleen Finn Jordan
Inspiration
It’s raining paint
on this dark February day
As social media splashes me
with photos of sea, dolphins, art and news
Friends …
Anya Mayer and Amy Souza
Anya Mayer
Response
You’re tough // You can handle it
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
Blackberry brambles
are impossible to kill
But the fruit they bear
hangs tender on the vine
You’re tough someone
told …
Jennifer Fendya and
Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya
“Jenny con mala“
Response
Jenny Forrester
Inspiration piece
“Jimmy Si Malo” is at the mic. Gen-X. Claims he’s a millennial. White. CIS man.
He says, “The black man on …
Amy Souza and Anya Mayer
Anya Mayer
Inspiration Piece
Something Else
By Amy Souza
Response
We used to be something else
Jagged edges tucked together
Beauty in the wear
I dreamed of more
But needed to survive
When you folded …
Amy Souza and
Lisa Kilhefner
Lisa Kilhefner
Inspiration Piece
One Time or Another
By Amy Souza
Response
Feathered energy
Whirlwind of white sky
Listen for what the page wants
And then oblige
What wasn’t there now exists
Lonely anger, yellow …
Channie Greenberg
and Ash Martins
Channie Greenberg
Response
Final Call
By Ash Martins
Inspiration piece
“Oh, isn’t it divine?” Beatriz queried, her eyes bright as always, despite the perilous finality before them.
“Why yes, yes it’s …
Jenny Forrester
and Jennifer Fendya
Jennifer Fendya
“And then…”
Inspiration piece
Jenny Forrester
Response
She had her way with me in ways I didn’t want but agreed to via silence and acceptance.
Acquiescences. Resignations.
You know. You’ve …
Susan B and Kamika Cooper
Susan B
“Dreaming”
digital photography
Response
You Did
By Kamika Cooper
Inspiration piece
thank you
for all the things you taught me
for all the smiles you brought me
stopping to say hello even though
didn’t …
Kamika Cooper and Susan B
Susan B
“Portal”
digital photography
Inspiration piece
Rendezvous
By Kamika Cooper
Response
i never understood how love could be forbidden
as if what exists between you and me
is anyone else’s business or concern
as …
Kathleen Finn Jordan and Jonathan Ottke
Sun and Flower
Jonathan Ottke
Inspiration
Earthy Lapis
Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
The seeds sleep
Closeted in cold, damp soil
Recovering strength sapped by red-hot days
Of summer sun snorting their fragrance, licking their …
Ash Martins and
Channie Greenburg
Channie Greenberg
“Bewildering Shopper”
Inspiration piece
Bewildered Shopper
By Ash Martins
Response
Farm-fresh flowers and
what else? Damn forgotten list.
Ah! Bark, twigs and grass.
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Rusty Lynn and Ray Sharp
Love’s Journey Takes Me Thru a Dark Forest, Painting by Rusty Lynn
Response
Barn Dance, Poem by Ray Sharp
Inspiration Piece
You told me
Rilke described love
as a winding path
through …
Ray Sharp and Rusty Lynn
High Tech Head, Painting by Rusty Lynn
Inspiration Piece
Xavi at the Mall, Flash Fiction by Ray Sharp
Response
Xavi 248.655.ESP was seeing two Annas, Anna 176.323.RUS and Anna …
Elizabeth Steinglass and Elisabeth Mazzilli
Elisabeth Mazzilli
Inspiration Piece
night crossing
fireflies signaling
the moon
Elizabeth Steinglass
Response
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Dominic Mazzilli and Diane Mayr
Dominic Mazzilli
Response
Diane Mayr
“New England Beach”
Inspiration piece
New England Beach
Icy waters steal one’s breath.
Every surface shimmers.
Pier fries in a paper cone
splashed with cider vinegar.
Sloshing cups of chunky …
Diane Mayr and Dominic Mazzilli
Dominic Mazzilli
Inspiration piece
Diane Mayr
“Collateral Damage”
Response
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Smoke obscures the reality.
The illustration
of human creativity
and factual narrative
is released from its
paper and board covers
only to disperse,
as ash–the end
product of
incomplete …
Lisa Kilhefner and Amy Souza
Lisa Kilhefner
Response
You’re tough // You can handle it
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
Blackberry brambles
are impossible to kill
But the fruit they bear
hangs tender on the vine
You’re tough someone
told …
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine
“Looking Up”
Response
The Trigger
By Robert Haydon Jones
Inspiration piece
Jimmy had come a long way. He came all the way in from Connecticut to Grand Central on …
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
Matthew Levine
“By Last Light”
Inspiration piece
Last Game
By Robert Haydon Jones
Response
Jimmy O’Hara lived in Connecticut and like most people in the state, he battled Winter tooth and …
MM Panas and JoAnn Moore
MM Panas
“Let Things Happen”
Response
Both Sides Now
By JoAnn Moore
Inspiration piece
The season has shifted again.
The afternoon sun sets quickly:
nature prepares for its darkness.
It was about this time …
JoAnn Moore and MM Panas
MM Panas
“Take Me for a Ride”
Inspiration piece
Reverberations
By JoAnn Moore
Response
Rivers amble
sunshafts streak
leaves rustle
fog wisps escape.
Stellers’ dart
moss shimmer
squirrels scutter
children shriek.
Colors rouse
hearts alight
redwoods soar
the sky dances with song.
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Note: …
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
Matthew Levine
“Central Park, Fall”
Inspiration piece
The Next Stop
By Robert Haydon Jones
Response
Looking back from 68 years away, Jimmy O’Hara could not figure why he had elected to …
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine
“The Decision”
Response
Not Solitary
By Robert Haydon Jones
Inspiration piece
Sarah Moran, a willowy, red haired, beauty in her early-forties, fainted and fell face down on her eggs …
Tisha Carter and Kate Gilronan
Tisha Carter
“leaving 7 suns of cypress”
Mixed media
Response
Dickman Bold
By Kate Gilronan
Inspiration piece
We join our valiant hero kilovairs in the outer ring as he dauntlessly pursues galactic …
Rusty Lynn and Channie Greenberg
Rusty Lynn
“If Memory Serves”
Response
Summer of 1971
By Channie Greenberg
Inspiration piece
They arrived at dusk. The mother carried in a sleeping child, while the father dragged a wheeled …