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 …
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 …
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 …
Jennifer Fendya Response Olympic Skate By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Slide, glide, Twist and leap Ice crunches bends are deep Stepping free and music sings Skaters fly on cashmere wings Silken costumes sharp …
“Laundry Song in G” By Amy Rogers Nazarov Response Capo 4, C position Verse 1 C G D G That bulb burned out last winter C G D The dust is piled high C …
“Tower of London” (Click link for YouTube) Music by Amy Rogers Nazarov Inspiration piece Life and Art By Angi Lewis Response First, there’s this: a journey, a setting out Then the rhythm of walking Then some …
Betty Nichols Inspiration piece Vilomah By Ash Martins Response Aila knelt, weeping with the ancient willow tree. Her hands clawed at the musty soil. Gingerly, she lowered the tiny form, …
Jennifer Fendya Response AC Is Too Expensive By Jewel Beth Davis Inspiration piece I was sitting alone in the hospital ward with my Aunt Pauline. I say alone because Pauline …
Betty Nichols Response Shipwrecked Spaghetti By Ash Martins Inspiration piece What I wouldn’t give for one last family dinner with mom’s homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs Garlic bread toasted just right Chilled …
Jennifer Fendya Inspiration piece Mystery of the Peregrine Falcon By Jewel Beth Davis Response A dead bird lay in my path as I stepped out onto my wood planked porch. …
Sharon A. Murphy Inspiration piece Untitled By Dale Leffler Response She, half Madonna Negro, half Tara Buddha beauty personified in peaceful repose. Upon her head crown of flowers yellow and red though her golden eyes were closed all worldly compassion arose From below her center throat inscription read …
Juleen Johnson Inspiration piece This Old Bird Writes Something By Missy Lambert Response It’s not easy to write when I feel like an old bird that has to dip its …
Juleen Johnson Response Ragged Heart Song By Missy Lambert Inspiration piece Can’t see where you are now nothing familiar, lost in your own house. Your grip is slipping, no foothold to be …
Cristal Brawley Inspiration piece How the Heart Works By Amy Souza Response You hear tapping on hardwood like the dog still exists. Wind shattered the night – rumbled windows, swung porch …
Cristal Brawley Response Tourist Town By Amy Souza Inspiration piece They haven’t solved the murder, Judy tells me. No one knows what happened but they assume the boy rode out …
Jennifer Fendya Response Do You Know Hunger’s Touch? By Dale Leffler Inspiration piece Do you know hunger’s touch? Do you have an appetite that comes after watching mashed potato clouds drift over …
Jennifer Fendya Inspiration piece We Circle Words By Dale Leffler Response We circle, drawing lines of demarcation some cut straight to the heart of equivocation unsupported obtuse tangents deserve no attention others, right-angled …
Missy Lambert “Old Growth Fettered” Response (See video of Missy’s painting process here.) Braiding the Living By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Shocked in the reading of Braiding the Sweetgrass Grieved for the …
Leslie Grollman “Take Off” Response Rain Touched By Donna JT Smith Inspiration piece The drops tap on her shoulders puddlemuddling her toes, Still she dances in the rain where rosy garden grows. Sweet verdant vibrant …
Author: Amy Souza