KJ Hannah Greenberg and Connie Begg
Connie Begg, Inspiration Piece
Yerida, KJ Hannah Greenberg
Soldier Boy,
Was it not enough
To don khaki, salute with guns,
Roll around the hills in camouflage?
There were funds;
Government. Army.
Private philanthropists.
Offering …
Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart
Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Silhouette
Response
Fan Dance
By Annmarie Lockhart
Inspiration Piece
.
coy Kyoto breeze
paper-thin wood backbone
plum fabric blossoms
folding and unfolding
light and air move
through its leaves
stirring summer senses
hiding and revealing
in hitched …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Amy Souza
Amy Souza
Untitled Abstract Acrylic Painting
Inspiration piece
Blue Mood
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
The times challenge, flummox, knock your feet in the air
Longing for grounded and earth and joyful …
Annmarie Lockhart and Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Bridget Fahey O’Brien
All the World Loves a Clown
Inspiration Piece
Join the Circus
By Annmarie Lockhart
.
I’ve never been a fan of clowns.
Nor stilt walkers, fire breathers,
or sword swallowers. …
Jack Hernandez and Barbara Bever
An Apple for an Eye
Response
ATC-Format (Mixed Media, Gel Image Transfer)
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The Apple of His Eye
Inspiration
By Barbara Bever
Night time is the worst…the only sounds in the kitchen …
Linda Rhinehart Neas and Sandy Coleman
Untitled
by Sandy Coleman
Inspiration piece
Your Eyes
by Linda M. Rhinehart Neas
Response
Your eyes –
In them, beauty
Spoke volumes long before I heard
Your voice or noticed that you
Held yourself regally …
Robert Haydon Jones and Matthew Levine
Matthew Levine
Deserted Pier
Inspiration piece
Bridge Back
By Robert Haydon Jones
Response
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Grass
By Carl Sandburg
PILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo,
Shovel them under and let me work —
I …
Matthew Levine and Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine
Only Coffee
Response
The Genesis of My Astonishing Rise to Fame & Fortune
By Robert Haydon Jones
Inspiration piece
First, because I know you will wonder, I have it …
Bob Moore and Bonnie Lebesch
Bonnie Lebesch
Transparent
I was married once, to Maxine, she died of cancer seven years ago, after just five years of marriage. After enduring the empty …
dani harris and Ainsley Allmark
Ainsley Allmark
Passionflower
Inspiration Piece
dani harris
passionflower
response
.
two tiny sparks
made of stardust
and comets’ tails
drifted aimlessly
…each alone and lonely…
time did not exist
…existed endlessly…
until the moment
when they chanced
upon one another
consciousness
took shape…
life …
Ainsley Allmark and dani harris
Ainsley Allmark – “Hiding”
Response piece
dani harris
Inspiration piece
moonlight sonata
.
she gives off no light of her own
merely reflecting that of another
yet her warm glow
brings comfort to many
as …
Judy Weinberg and Grace Burns
Judy Weinberg
Iron Woman
Response Piece
Grace Burns
Deja Vu
Inspiration
You have returned as
someone other than you
to smash any semblance
of peace and balance.
You bring fear and the unknown,
fear of the …
Grace Burns and Judy Weinberg
Judy Weinberg
Door Latches
Inspiration piece
Grace Burns
Mr. Gorbachev – A Double Cinquain
Response
I have
been excluded
again. How many times
can one recover from perceived
cruelty?
You built
this wall around
you. Only you can …
Bobbie Troy and Amy Souza
Amy Souza
Acrylic with alcohol dissolve on paper
Inspiration piece
Peace Pond
By Bobbie Troy
Response
I watched from the gate
while a calligraphy of fish
stroked through the pond
as if trying not …
Jane Hulstrunk
and Charisse Cecil
Jane Hulstrunk
Response
Blues
By Charisse R. Cecil
Inspiration piece
My music, my mood.
Billie and Miles.
Melancholy and mellow.
The berries
in my morning muffin.
His bow-legged, boot-cut,
denim-clad swagger.
The funky-sweet blend
of sweat, liquor, tears …
Lisa Eldridge and Kristi Conley
Kristi Conley
Purple Moose
Inspiration Piece
Haiku on a Purple Moose Head
Lisa Eldridge
Response
I.
Big Purple Moose Head
You are more than just your head
But that’s all I see.
II.
Why are you purple?
I have …
Sukia and Amy Souza
Sukia
Response
In the kitchen
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
a drip of honey
falls to the burner &
hardens instantly
sending out a warm
sweet scent
of crystallized
sugar
so out of line
with the charred spot
left …
Dorothy Bendel and Sukia
Sukia Inspiration piece
What to Look Out For When Cutting an Old Man’s Hair By Dorothy Bendel Response
She warned me not to go outside
to cut my …
Kristi Conley and Lisa Eldridge
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Kristi Conley
Response
The Perils of Optimism
by Lisa Eldridge
Inspiration
Bitsy Schmendelsohn floored the stiff gas pedal on her 1994 Dodge Bladder. …
Lisa Lipkind Leibow
and Charisse Cecil
Charisse Cecil
Unperceptive Glances
Collage/Acrylic, 8 x 10 inches
Inspiration
New Eyes
By Lisa Lipkind Leibow
Response
Get ready
to see the world through
new eyes. Get ready to shed
senses and notions like a …
Annie Perconti and Charisse Cecil
Annie Perconti
Looking Back
Response
Lottie
By Charisse Cecil
Inspiration piece
Dedicated to the memory of “Mom” Lottie Mae Burrell
Lottie never smiles.
Her husband is dead, sons lost to wars
in arid, sandy, …
Sandy Coleman and Charrise Cecil
Sandy Coleman
Response
Charisse Cecil
Inspiration
Farewell, stairwell
I’m ready.
I’m standing in these slotted
shadows, leaning against this
cinderblock wall that is coated in countless layers
of paint vainly attempting to cover generations
of …
Robin Peace and Charisse Cecil
Charisse Cecil
Inspiration piece
Schizo
By Robin Peace
Response
“The eyes are the windows to the soul.”
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
“An eye for an eye; a tooth …
Margaret Mair and Charisse Cecil
Margaret Mair
Leave Me
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Response
Metro Outlaw
By Charisse Cecil
Inspiration piece
I am an outlaw.
If you ride the Metro rail,
you understand me.
I have to …
Michael Mineiro and
Charisse Cecil
Blues
By Charisse R. Cecil
Inspiration piece
My music, my mood.
Billie and Miles.
Melancholy and mellow.
The berries
in my morning muffin.
His bow-legged, boot-cut,
denim-clad swagger.
The funky-sweet blend
of sweat, liquor, tears and …