Borders Merged By: Thelma Snyder	During the Olympics I was so thrilled to see all the athletes working in harmony as if they all came from the same world.  I imagined the five Olympic rings as the borders of one united country.  Alas, at the end of the competition, my dreamed of border crumbled.
B. Russel Sprout By: Lorraine Vail	With all the controversy over illegal aliens, I decided to use the metaphor of a fairly unpopular vegetable to look at attitudes toward illegal immigrants. Satiric humor borders on the ridiculous in this poem. I hope this gets people thinking. Click the link to the left to read my poem.
Kinda-Sorta Wallpaper "Borda" By: Kathy Nichols	Considering the assigned topic "borders" led me to a lot of really heavy topics.  Wanting, instead, a more whimsical  treatment.  This is a book of not-so-serious wallpaper borders for the workplaces of serious professionals. Click the link below to see the pages.  Sample Kinda-Sorta Bordas
The Puzzle Of Immigration By: Kerry Treasure	The more I learn the less certain I am about how or even whether we should close our borders and/or enforce the current immigration laws.  Was Robert Frost correct that "good fences make good neighbors"?  Or is this a human rights issue that should recall the "never again" promises of the Holocaust?  Or both?  As answers to my puzzle reveal, the situation is complex and very, very large.    To see the puzzle and test your immigration IQ, click the link to the left.
Under The Border By: Mabel Hanscome	While working on my garden border of impatience, I found a pair of eyeglasses that my husband lost two years earlier and, hence, my inspiration for this piece.  Embedded in the glass core "under" my garden are a spoon, glasses, a key, a poker chip, cigarette butts, glass, stones, a toy, a pencil, a starfish, shells, money, dice, buttons, a nut, earrings and a bracelet, a marble, and string.
Bordering On Insanity By: Theresa Palermo	What is sane and what is insane goes beyond our conventional ideas and is often depicted in art.  This piece is done with color photographs of paintings on canvas.
Southern Borders By: Sarah Groff	This piece represents the border between Mexico and the United States:  California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.  The wire spring  will either ensnare the immigrants crossing the border, or be their spring board to a future in America.    Awaiting north of the border are the Border Patrol agents.
Many Borders By: Lois Adam	Our most important borders are our seashores where the water meets the sand and the sand meets the grass.  As a paper collagist,  I had many papers on hand to depict this precious resource including, what else, sandpaper.
Inside Outside By: Wanda Kline	In this painting, the picture is on the border and the mat (normally the border) is on the inside.