David Truman Ties That Bind Inspiration Piece Encircling as Wrapping: Misread Six Autistic Rotating among Angels KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Piece I spin, (six) propeller arms on the playground, Encircling again to …
Sukia Response TO SEE THE BLACK ANGEL at the time of the war in Gaza, 2008-9 Adam Cornford Inspiration To see the Black Angel not descending from heaven but risen still incandescent out of …
Marybeth Carshaw- Healing Angel Inspiration Piece The Last Wish I Made Before Midnight by Elizabeth Stelling Response A latent snow flake began to sparkle on my window sill. March’s rushing …
Sukia Response ETERNITY AT THE DRIVE-IN abridged novel excerpt, DOUBLE OUT AND BACK by Lisa Lipkind Leibow Amelia Schwartz’s sister Judith arrived for a special night out – just the …
Marybeth Carshaw – Growth Response Twenty Minutes From Galway To Dublin by Elizabeth Stelling Inspiration Piece Dublin is calling our names Remember how funny it seemed To be on the wrong side …
JENNIFER BREWER Crocus, Coleus, Succulent, Begonia Susan Gordon Response Crocus, coleus, succulent, begonia Slam bam, thank you, mam. The colors punched me out: pink; yellow; magenta; yellow, again; red, blue, …
Cat Ross Inspiration piece Gary Hewitt Response piece Journey’s end I see tone of ethereal bells, Dangling beneath Jagged Rawkie, Who sings tune of golden thunder, I float away on legs electric, Holding on …
Lauren B. Flax Response Anne Welch An Offering Inspiration Piece wise ones rest high upon the jeweled tree breaking the silence only to whisper the words ‘write everyday’ so let this one small poem be an offering to …
Lauren B. Flax Response Appreciate Time Amaryllis Holloway Inspiration Piece Caught up in the day to day routine life is so busy, so frenetic there is no time, no time to visit friends no …
Nancy Claeys Direction Inspiration piece . Wind’s Gift By Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Response One evening every weathervane from ancient barn to little church released a rooster into dusk from high upon its metal perch. Farm wives tossed …
Annie Welch “Girl in a Box” Inspiration Piece _____________________ _____________________ What You Cannot Change Is A Cage With No Key Amy Moffitt Response Piece _____________________ At night, laying in her bed she watches the shadows …
untitled, charcoal & acrylic on canvas Julia Latein-Kimmig inspiration piece ….. Girl’s Daydream in Cross-Section Joanna Lee response All I wanted was a cat. Something both fluffy and self-reliant. But that needed …
A cabin, a net, and a bush ease the way for Cass’s journey.
Blade for Blade Cat Ross, response piece Douglas Pugh, inspiration piece *Learning* it is the fold of walls, straight-backed, lined in assemblage there will be mumbled prayers, words that mean nothing – …
Christina Brockett Response Twenty Minutes From Galway To Dublin by Elizabeth Stelling Inspiration Piece Dublin is calling our names Remember how funny it seemed To be on the wrong side of the …
Self Portrait, St. Louis 1 Cat Ross, response piece Gary Hewitt, inspiration piece House of Six At the house of six I spotted a steroid mouse. He ran furiously away …
Christina Brockett Inspiration Piece If I Take the Wings of the New Morning By Elizabeth Stelling Response I know we said no one would leave this place, until we were …
Lynne Heiser Inspiration Piece By the Window — Quentin Paquette Response “Where are you coming back from?” Watching the dawn break. (Sorry, by the way. I thought for sure you’d be …
Brian McDonald, Durick Library Student Inspiration Piece Flesh and Blood by Amanda Miska Response 1. Flesh Jane was always larger than life: big blue doe eyes and a heart of gold. …
Lizzie Parker Inspiration piece Metro Outlaw by Charisse Cecil Response I am an outlaw. If you ride the Metro rail, you understand me. I have to sit there: in the designated seat for the disabled. Those …
Womb Heart Response piece to Inspiration Piece: Valentina and Valentino By: Phyllis Weissman Valentina Love didn’t always hate February 14th. Her Bah Humbug attitude began almost two …
Diana in France with Dandelions Response Piece Inspiration Piece: To walk Annette McLeod My throat feels seared, like trying to breathe in the devil’s own sauna. In …
Nancy Claeys Inspiration Piece It Has A Face Priya Chhaya Response I’m standing at the corner of a field Transfixed Her face, framed by—off set eyes Holding a promise of a once-fulfilled life Now …
Amanda C. Brainerd Response Untitled by Irene Plax Inspiration piece Beneath the grey winter light from the enormous overhead window, Nadine felt many things cease to matter. It …
Cat Ross Inspiration piece Gone fishing by Douglas Pugh Response there are no scales in the blue there is only perspective, the soar of a cranked wing, the spill of therms and pressure, wind and lift mechanics …