Author: helenlewis

Helen Lewis and Rachel Brown

Helen Lewis and Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown “Landscape in Silver (or close-up of pebbles on a rock)” Inspiration piece Outpost By Helen Lewis Response Captain Yang was on watch when exoplanet ZX159c came within view. The …

 

Helen Lewis and Michelle Vanstrom

Helen Lewis and Michelle Vanstrom

Untitled By Helen Lewis Response Old Money By Michelle Vanstrom Inspiration piece  When I bought the old coins my mother collected I always thought I’d give them back. She called it collateral for the mortgage money, …

 

Helen Lewis and Marilyn Ackerman

Helen Lewis and Marilyn Ackerman

Marilyn Ackerman “Moons” Inspiration piece A New Beginning By Helen Lewis Response It was during Adam’s shift that the ship came within sensor range of the next planet. As usual, he …

 

Helen Lewis and Kirsten Brady

Helen Lewis and Kirsten Brady

Kirsten Brady “Conductor” Inspiration piece Renaissance Man By Helen Lewis Response Giovanni Gabbiano was a true Renaissance man. Not that he ever used that term to describe himself – he’d never …

 

Helen Lewis and Anthony Valade

Helen Lewis and Anthony Valade

Helen Lewis Blood in the gutter Response   Anthony Valade Gutter Water Inspiration piece   Eyes caught a glimpse of nothing as everything turned black. Ran for days not thinking of the past. Lost fears …

 

Helen Lewis and Cynthia Pailet

Helen Lewis and Cynthia Pailet

Untitled By Cynthia Pailet Inspiration piece   Meditation on a mountain: five haiku By Helen Lewis Response   i sunrise paints the slopes in semi-precious colours pearlescent with ice   ii the wind carries the tang of fresh snow, sends …

 

Helen Lewis and Terah Van Dusen

Helen Lewis and Terah Van Dusen

Arms Wide Open By Helen Lewis Response   A Fortune Teller Once Told Me (True Story)  By Terah Van Dusen Inspiration piece Several years ago I had a psychic reading Not at one …

 

Helen Lewis and Pharoah Bolding

Helen Lewis and Pharoah Bolding

Pharoah Bolding Inspiration piece   Dead man falling By Helen Lewis Response Angelo’s going to die. Of course, we’re all going to die some day; it’s just a matter of when and …

 

Helen Lewis and Hildie S. Block

Helen Lewis and Hildie S. Block

Helen Lewis Too many ghosts Response   Hildie S. Block Palette Inspiration piece It is time to create, but every time I look around, the room grows more crowded.  I lift my …

 

Helen Lewis and Sukia

Helen Lewis and Sukia

Sukia Agave Inspiration piece   Helen Lewis Bloom Response Rose awoke to a gentle jolt, a pneumatic whoosh, and a rush of hot, dry air. She opened her eyes and looked out …

 

Helen Lewis and John Lewis

Helen Lewis and John Lewis

    Louisiana Highway John Lewis Inspiration piece (music) Louisiana Highway   Helen Lewis Response Mile 392 Head lights punch through the darkness. One of my hands grips the wheel, knuckles white. The other cradles a cigarette, lifting it …

 

Helen Lewis and David Ord

Helen Lewis and David Ord

Helen Lewis Untitled Response   David Ord Winchelsea Inspiration piece   We’d been following the shoreline for half an hour or so, stopping every now and then to stare up at …