Stephanie Ross Response Paper By Darice Jones Inspiration piece I made myself thin, malleable and lightweight The shape of some happiness that little kids find while they’re sniffing their crayons A piece of paper with …
Stephanie Ross Chrysanthemums in a sumi-e style Inspiration piece Portal Pink By Darice Jones Response In earth year, 60,000 BC, chocolate colored earthlings (our ancestors – and yours ) were busy …
Anya Drapkin “Rain Dance” Ink & crayon on paper Response Piqued on Ashby By Darice M. Jones Inspiration Piece Ayele heard the “bop, bop, bop” of the drums as she drove by From …
Anya Drapkin “Nesting” Inspiration piece Leaping Through Elements of You By Darice M. Jones Response Limbic Ikande was a curious African child born the heart of the often sunny but much …
Darice Jones “Y’all Be Tryin’ It” Response Our Turn By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Say their names—you don’t know them But the world is aghast; As each death repeats We hope it’s the …
Liz Ness Another’s Shoes Response Splayed By Darice Jones Inspiration piece Today sitting in the groove of her lush and looming backyard ash tree Where the roots wound down invisibly into the cinnamon-colored earth …
Liz Ness Inspiration piece Unfolding By Darice Jones Response Queeta found herself sitting in baggy, worn, lavender sweatpants and an over-sized theme park tee, her butt totally numb from the unyielding …
The Galaxy and The Fall by Evelyn Ihrke Response Our Fated Fall written by Darice Shatteen-Jones Inspiration Piece I am a climber Epicurean by nature And also by choice Thick, curvy, thewy …
Evelyn Ihrke “Horizon from Angola to Canada” Inspiration piece Sonje Lavi By Darice Jones Response We landed here, back here I suppose, on a Sankofa vessel. Sankofa vessels are made of …
The Match outer photographs and collage by Darice Jones (model: Teondre Newman) Response Excerpt from Boundaries of the Wind a memoir by Urmilla Khanna Inspiration Piece The following week, …
Today photographed by Darice Jones Inspiration Piece The Bench written by Urmilla Khanna Response “You mind if I share the bench with you Henry?” she asked. The word Henry …
Diane Mayr Inspiration piece The Water That’s Left By Darice Jones Response Killer in child’s pose with angel wings and belly tight with venom. The rest of the world would still …
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