Tora Estep and Ash Martins
Tora Estep, untitled, acrylic paint on paper Response Ash Martins Inspiration A Sorry Scoop You abandoned us like a stray ice cream scoop dropped on a picnic table at the park Sticky, …
Tora Estep, untitled, acrylic paint on paper Response Ash Martins Inspiration A Sorry Scoop You abandoned us like a stray ice cream scoop dropped on a picnic table at the park Sticky, …
Upasana Mitter “Negative (Black) – Watercolour and Pencil” Inspiration Piece Noesis By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Activity of the nous, that is, intellectual pursuits, seem Like davits forever reaching for belongings gone …
Channie Greenberg “Access Denied” Inspiration piece Just Trippin By Kamika Cooper Response i began a trip without a destination or clear direction criss-crossing highways navigating one way streets just looking for you i looked in churches and sat …
Stefanie A. Shilling Inspiration piece Dimpled By Angi Lewis Response Dimpled like goose pimples on flesh like the bumps on a dog’s snout where the whiskers sprout from like the rind of an orange or …
Angi Lewis Inspiration piece Handle with Care By Stefanie A. Shilling Response it’s forever been true that the land holds the sea and there’s no truer feeling than when your hands hold me —————————————————— Note: …
Quinzee the Artist “Wade” Inspiration piece Submerged By Darice Marcella Jones Response Submerged The earth was scorched And I couldn’t bare to look at our seeds Even though I was well aware of the …
Quinzee the Artist Response Clay By Darice Marcella Jones Inspiration piece Out front They called to me from their homes And asked if I would stand out front and face the world on …
Amy Souza Inspiration piece City Sponge By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response A big sponge—I slurp up the city Borne on concrete streets Shaded by looming skyscrapers The never-ending hustle and bustle Slinked into my …
KJ Hannah Greenberg “Pea Shoots” Inspiration piece one song supposedly about a cat (nothing more)(nothing less) By Upasana Mitter Response I’m prone to making cardboard dollhouses. the summer of 2017, pea shoots …
Tora Estep “Tribute to Lady Day” 18 in. x 24 in., acrylic on watercolor paper Response To Be a Singer By Andrea Dye Inspiration piece If I didn’t make myself cringe that …
Betty Nichols Response Middle By Amy Moffitt Inspiration piece They don’t mention the lists… the fluttering, cluttering memorials to obligations and dreams, the false hope of control… they don’t say you’ll be chasing and …
Eve Hyde Response Time and Its Kin By Amy Souza Inspiration piece High noon, no shadow: How you know when a duel begins A street lamp at midnight: How you know …
Quinzee the Artist “The Download” Inspiration piece In the Time of You As Me By Darice Jones Response The day I accepted that you were me, and I you The path broadened Power …
Quinzee The Artist Untitled Pencil Drawing Response 15 Horizons in Ultra Space By Darice Jones Inspiration piece These two beautiful beings prefer to be called my daughters In all their manifold non-binary …
Jonathan Ottke “Matteo” Inspiration piece Mateo Muchacho Words By Dale Leffler Response He waits for you like a lover attentively sad on the couch. His eyes convey his longing, loneliness, as his shoulders slouch. Never …
Jennifer Fendya Inspiration piece Footsteps By Marcela Kogan Response I spend most of my days alone peering out people’s legs from the wrought-iron window of my daylight basement room. The …
Amy Souza Response Listed Sh*t By Cristal Brawley Inspiration piece A few months ago, I wrote down all the things that are wrong with me. The notion came after a particularly …
Cristal Brawley Response Home Not Home By Amy Souza Inspiration piece A childhood surrounded by water Mayflower offspring, Azorean pioneers I didn’t belong (or did I?) to the city Of cobblestone streets with Widow’s …
Marisa Bevington Response Breeze By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece The Breeze like tiny wings lifts wisps of hair on end and Sips the heat from sun screened arms As the sea breathes …
Tora Estep Inspiration piece The Nocturnal Monk By Andrea Dye Response Sleepless nights led Monk outdoors to learn what the sun may never know. Feeling lost for his place in …
Marisa Bevington Inspiration piece Does She Step Out? By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Sleeping yurts dot the land plane As inhabitants step out Wondrous colors and sweet light stain All looking forward, looking …
Betty Nichols Inspiration piece Old Dominion Drive By Amy Moffitt Response The last time I drove this road, I was singing at the top of my lungs to the full moon, Singing …
KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece Colored Arrows By Jewel Beth Davis Response The archers lined up with their bows, their faces grim. The arrows flew through the air with feathers comprised …
KJ Hannah Greenberg Response My Small Skinny Self By Jewel Beth Davis Inspiration piece A film-like scene plays in my mind repeatedly. I see my mother as she was then …
Bianca Schrader Ojos de Dios Acrylic on wood Inspiration piece Eye of God Watch Over Me By Fernanda Valentino Response Along the path that is this life Our journey winds and turns As we …