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Featured Poem: Balance

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch, Florida How do we do it? How do we keep our balance in these trying times? Nowadays, it seems everyone is out ... Read more

Featured Poem: All That Blossoms

June 5, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Virginia Nygard Vero Beach Branch Mom and I pause this April day to rest in the park where the flag on the pole flies free and tulips in ... Read more

Featured Art: Turbana

May 30, 2023April 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Turbana” by Diana de Avila, Sarasota Branch, Florida Fractal digital art

Featured Poem: Connections

May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Patricia Daly-Lipe Jacksonville Branch, Florida Tap computer keys. Narrative is an art. Let words take over. Time passes, But, in the pockets of your mind, The past remains. ... Read more

Fiction Submission Wanted!

May 18, 2023May 16, 2023 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Help! Pen Women nonfiction writers have been busy and submissions are varied and steady. But we need fiction from all you creative people. Excerpts from ... Read more

Featured Poem: Polarization

May 15, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Jane B. Howard Vero Beach Branch Oh wonderful years — time presses on. What happened to those Slow, green days of summer When we loved and laughed together? ... Read more

Featured Art: Beyond the Bend

May 9, 2023April 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Beyond the Bend” by Wendy Harris, Central New York Branch Pastel, 16 x12

Featured Poem: Grief

May 4, 2023May 24, 2023 NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Andrea Walker Pensacola Branch, Florida Yesterday, an old friend died, big brother to several of us when we were teens. This morning as I walk, I am warmed ... Read more

Featured Poem: Trails of Kindness

April 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Megha Sood Member-at-large I count the years as I walk past the trees lining my courtyard, counting them one by one neatly on my soft supple fingers. ... Read more

Featured Poem: We Gathered in the Garden

April 18, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch “The ladies,” we were called by the neighbors, our husbands, even our children. Noontime chores over, kitchens cleaned up, an hour welcome respite ... Read more

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