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Featured Poem: I Can’t Breathe

By Carolynn J. Scully Member-at-large when I watch a man struggle from another’s knee pressed hard on his neck squeezing his windpipe against the pavement when I imagine the broken ... Read more

Featured art: Order of Life, Gen. II

August 10, 2021August 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Order of Life, Gen. II” by Tomi La Pierre, Member-at-Large, Las Cruces, New Mexico Cast stone (11×16) From the artist: Sometimes I create a sculpture that gives me multiple ideas ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Hospice Butterfly

August 3, 2021August 8, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Crossing a covered bridge over a pond With waterlilies and goldfish flitting between the rocks A tranquil setting to visit those ... Read more

Final Quest

July 28, 2021June 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Judith McGinn Central New York Branch I’m quarantined in Middle-earth on a cold, wintry day. If Bilbo Baggins happened by, I wonder what he’d say about his quest ... Read more

Cacti

July 21, 2021June 23, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Cacti” by Susan S. Buzzi, Fort Lauderdale Branch (Florida) Film photography, 30×40 From the artist: “As an arts educator and coach practitioner working with at-risk youth struggling with depression and ... Read more

Close to Home 2004-2021

July 15, 2021June 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Mary L. Gardner Central New York Branch We went to war to find them. The search was costly, an obsession born of fear and stubborn certainty robbed of ... Read more

The Ocean Beckons

July 6, 2021June 23, 2021 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Cyndy Falcoff Diamond State Branch, Delaware Sunlight bounces off the water sparkles like tiny jewels ripples of waves lap lazily onto the shore leaving behind ... Read more

Convergence

June 30, 2021June 23, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Convergence,” by Anne Price Yates, Portland Branch (Oregon) Acrylic (12×12) From the artist: “My 12-by-12-inch acrylic, Convergence, waited years to be painted. Every spring, my front yard explodes with ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Creative Heart

June 16, 2021May 26, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Donna Puglisi Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida The creative heart will heal the world through Art, Poetry, Music. A Creative Heart will rule the world with love and ... Read more

Featured Poem: By Whose Hands the Broom Swept

June 8, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Brenda Layman Central Ohio Branch Do you remember the hands of another An aunt or a sister A father or mother Soft warm feel of flannel that washed ... Read more

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