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Featured Poem: My Morning Routine

By Megha Sood Member-at-large My fingers tracing those invisible unetched dreams on my table some skewed and some forgotten by the cruel bouts of merciless time Time ... Read more

Introducing Claire Massey, New Poetry Editor

May 14, 2022May 9, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Claire Massey It’s a great honor to join the editorial team of The Pen Woman as your new poetry page editor. Former editor Karen McAferty Morris contributed much to ... Read more

Who Am I?

May 6, 2022April 26, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Vera Ripp Hirschhorn Boca Raton Branch, Florida I am the toddler jumping up and down, waving my arms and shouting Da! Da! in my playpen upon seeing my ... Read more

Featured Art: Rhythm of the MRI

May 2, 2022March 27, 2022 Art of the Week, Featured Art

“The Rhythm of the MRI Scanner” Digital art by Diana de Avila, Sarasota Branch (Florida) From the Artist: “Ba-da-da-da-da-da-dahhhhhhhh, click, click, click, click, click. Waaaaap, waap, waaaaap, waap, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Sending Out

April 22, 2022April 23, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts “Nothing was remembered, nothing forgotten. When we awoke, the enemy attacked.” —anonymous Our windowsills were wet from ... Read more

Sunset

April 19, 2022March 27, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Darkened palm trees spread their fingers against the pale pink of the sky Ripples skip across the water reflecting a spiritual ... Read more

Send Us Your Poems from the Biennial Competition

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Karen Morris Poetry editor Did you enter one of the Biennial Letters poetry contests this year? In the latest Biennial Letters competition, there were 350 submissions (a record!), and ... Read more

Networkshop #1: Firsts Author Credits as Promised

April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger The Pen Woman fiction/nonfiction editor As the new fiction/nonfiction editor for The Pen Woman, I posted earlier this year several first paragraphs for critique and feedback. This ... Read more

Featured Art: Irises in Vases

April 5, 2022March 27, 2022 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Irises in Vases,” by Jean Dodd, Jacksonville Branch, Florida 16×12 acrylic Jean Dodd, happily retired art museum director, educator, and Episcopal clergy, is writing stories and still teaching ... Read more

Wind

March 30, 2022March 1, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Autry Dye Pensacola Branch, Florida Goddess Dogoda is my name in one culture. In others I am called Rashabar, Zephyr, Sirocco, Haboob and Pali, Rolling off the tongue ... Read more

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