Bridget Fahey O’Brienand Annmarie Lockhart
Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Getty’s Top Hat and My Fake Flower
Response
Annmarie Lockhart
Moonlight Dance, After the Wedding
Inspiration Piece
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green eyes, sea green
see every thing eyes some
times blue
.
blue-black, deep dark …
Annmarie Lockhart andBridget Fahey O’Brien
Bridget Fahey O’Brien
The Magical Place
Inspiration Piece
Annmarie Lockhart
Second Honeymoon
Response
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Alright, hold on. No peeking. I want it to be a surprise.
You’re going to love it baby. Hold …
Bonnie Lebesch and Cat Ross
Bonnie Lebesch, “Ed McMahon Said ‘Yes,’ But I Said No”, acrylic on panel
Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman
Moondust
Janet Yandik
Response
Equinox
Phyllis Weissman
Inspiration Piece
In a far off planet called Equinox, Yvette Autumnal Silver Moon quickly dressed in her beautiful attire. Her ‘Warrior’ husband Adam would …
Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman
Carousel
Inspiration piece
Dreams Do Come True!
Phyllis Weissman
Response
Drea Carnes woke up terrified, her heart pounding out of her chest, her body drenched in sweat, her blond …
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Amy Souza
Dahlia, San Francisco
Amy Souza
Inspiration Piece
City Dahlias
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Response
I walk along the sidewalk
staring sideways at a railing
spotting dahlias by the dozen
darting out through every …
Sylvia Light and Lené Gary
Lené Gary
Inspiration piece
Getting right with the seasons
By Sylvia Light
Response
Who doesn’t love California’s sunny climate? Hundreds of thousands of people move to California expressly for the …
Amy Alley and Jane Hulstrunk
Jane Hulstrunk, photographer
Poem created in response to art:
Children
Amy L. Alley www.panpanstudios.com
Children
will drift away suddenly
like seedlings lost
to a gust of wind.
We will try
to hold on
We will …
Brian Eugenio Herrera and M.G. Switalski
Brian Eugenio Herrera
They …
Amy Alley and
KJ Hannah Greenberg
Amy L. Alley
Methods
Response
Accessing Social Desperation: Here, We Bloom*
By KJ Hannah Greenberg
Inspiration piece
A rose reaches, buds, blooms, dries. Anhingas, too, hatch, grow, fledge.
Still, as concerns …
Sindee Ernst and Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee
Intranquil
Inspiration
Memories of Water
by Sindee Ernst
Response
Splash. Andrea stands at the edge of the diving board, hovering high above me. Her arms form a point over …
Helen Whittaker and Quentin Paquette
Helen Whittaker — Tap and Soap
Inspiration piece
Quentin Paquette — At The Basin
Response piece
The overhead light hesitates a few seconds before finally lighting. Even then, it …
lori B (Bloustein) and Frank Gibson
Frank Gibson
inspiration piece
lori B (Bloustein)
response
I
it begins with a crazy almost –
a tenuous testing from above, from below,
the inside, the outside. then a sudden unanimity
produces the …
Hildie S. Block and
Brian MacDonald
Brian MacDonald
Inspiration Piece
Strength of 102
By Hildie S. Block
Response
“To Nana!” Gabby took a passionate lick at her ice cream. We had left the dorm after Gabby …
Brian Eugenio Herrera
and M.G. Switalski
Brian Eugenio Herrera
Thumbnail Perspective (Colcha Embroidery)
Response
M.G. Switalski
Landlocked
Inspiration
I wish you could take me to the ocean.
Her head is on my lap, my fingers knotting up her …
BR Belletryst and Tom Lewis
BR Belletryst
Eidola
Response
Untitled
By Tom Lewis
Inspiration piece
Crème anglaise. Crime
Against humanity deepens
The soul’s Black Arts. So
White as dairy dessert.
Or fondant. Fond to think
We …
BR Belletryst and Jozelle Dyer
BR Belletryst
Strays
Response
Lena (coda).
By Jozelle Dyer
Inspiration piece
Lena wanted a baby. It was a problem. Heather didn’t want children and—more—she didn’t understand Lena’s desperate desire to have …
BR Belletryst and Urmilla Khanna
BR Belletryst
Offering
Response
Tropical Memories
By Urmilla Khanna
Inspiration piece
The ten-month-old infant had become very agile. He could crawl across the room and go rolling off the steps before …
Tom Lewis and BR Belletryst
BR Belletryst
Photograph
Inspiration piece
La nuance qui a siffle ses yeux
By Tom Lewis
Response
The nuance that whistled its eyes
Crossed the bell shade
That night. Time was delayed.
Passions like a …
Urmilla Khanna and BR Belletryst
BR Belletryst
Fallen
Inspiration piece
An incomplete story
By Urmilla Khanna
Response
The sheaths of fallen leaves rustled under her feet. The weather was balmy, and yet there was a chill …
Rachel Morton and
Elizabeth Cordes
Rachel Morton
Response
End of an Era
By Elizabeth Cordes
Inspiration piece
The smattering of red and orange
crunch under my feet as I pass
the nearly bare maple tree.
I pause to …
Cat Ross and Bonnie Lebesch
Bonnie Lebesch
Blue Undersea Garden
Inspiration Piece
Tugboat
By Cat Ross
Response
Keeping time with all the rest,
we dive into the world we made.
No map, tense, or chaperone,
just apprehensive, sweaty hands.
We give …
Meghan E. Hunt and Dani Harris
Meghan E. Hunt
Autumn Ballet in Red
Nikon CoolPix Digital Camera
Response
a dance of autumn
By Dani Harris
Inspiration Piece
the leaves giggle,
rustling to cover the sound
as they glide through …
Paula Lantz and Rebecca Harris
“Baby DIshes” was inspired by Paula Lantz’s bold and brilliant “Red Rumor” — while the inspiration piece conjured so many images and thoughts, the focus on one relatively meek and mild experience/ritual — although certainly bold in it’s own way– or seemed a perfect juxtaposition.
John Lewis and Helen Whittaker
“Be Like Jesus”
Song by John Lewis
Be Like Jesus
Response
Group
By Helen Whittaker
Inspiration piece
Hey, buddy, is this seat taken? Mind if I sit down? Thanks. Is that the …