Diane Mayr “Crepuscular” Inspiration piece Twilight By Vicki VanArsdale Response In the twilight of my memory we met once more there, in the garden just before dawn you feasted on me petal by petal until you exposed my fiery …
Tora Estep Inspiration piece Jone Rush MacCulloch Response I watched as the flames stretched upwards in the brittle night Wondered who would save the books The ancient, the sacred, the magical, all …
Jay Young Gerar “It Was Never A Dream” Response It’s That Dream By Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece It’s that dream where you fly and the world is neither small nor large, angels …
Jay Young Gerard “Rutherford” Inspiration piece Glass Houses By Lisa Nielsen Response Resolutions delayed and thinned by fatigue Fatigue stalled by breathing in the dust That lines the mirror Shadowed and necessary edges sharpened Everyone is …
Lavina Blossom “Witnesses” Inspiration piece Wanderer By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Sure as primal formations placed, I’m a wanderer. True as heaven’s dear clemency, it’s my lot to seek: Clarity, a right way, …
Lavina Blossom “Blame the Wind” Response On Hanging Laundry By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece On hanging laundry, it’s possible To grasp endemic societal concepts, Remember necessary detailed instructions, Stand upright during intermittent maelstroms (“Sunbeams” of transformation, …
Cheryl Lavoie Response Creating a Poet By Anne Nowelski Inspiration piece I’m taking a nap while swinging it’s very relaxing so relaxing Sure, take a nap, just don’t let go. so relaxing the swinging …
Marcia Russell Response Little Rituals By Morgan Fox Inspiration piece That night the old woman told me to hug her and then we went to bed and woke up …
George Anastos Inspiration piece Lisa Kilhefner Response The night stands still; horizon rolls along the fog. You’re hiding, crouching low, it feels like light may not be yours to hold for …
Donna JT Smith “Bahadur, the Servant Boy” Response Urmilla Khanna Pankha-wala Inspiration piece Whereas the world is engrossed in Hitler and Churchill and Roosevelt and the Second World War, Mother wakes …
Alisa Laska “Moment of Zen or His and Hers” Inspiration piece Percolated Date By Donna JT Smith Response When we first met Routine was set Our late night splurging For pocket purging Drive into town, Was …
Marcia Russell Inspiration Piece When Pigs Fly By Morgan Fox Response Rodney Curran turned off the television at 11:47pm, even though the movie was only half over, because Rodney did …
Jane Hulstrunk “Wall of Windows” Response Cecilia Driscoll “My House” Inspiration My house is pastel pink and ivory like the inside of a seashell like new skin and pale blushing. My house is made of wood a …
Diane Mayr I’m Not Due Yet Response We Go Out for Ice Cream on a Warm Night By Amy Souza Inspiration piece There’s mostly summer people, a few townies. It’s the …
Amy Souza “Round the Bend” Digitally manipulated photograph Response The Hidden Waterfall By Jules Rolfe Inspiration piece Over the log Before the wooden bridge You’ll find the hidden waterfall Listen closely can you hear it all …
Linda M. Rhinehart Neas “Best Friends Forever” Photo enhanced with Faststone Response Friend By Heitzi Epstein Inspiration piece Two in the morning you and I would email “Go to bed!” Tonight three o’clock …
Monthly Archives: December 2015