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

Featured Art: Momentum

June 2, 2021June 23, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Momentum” by Linda Larsen, Golden Gate-Marin Branch, California Oil, 14 x 14   From the artist: Influenced by years in the “field,” translating the color and light of Northern California into ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Fallen Bird

May 26, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

  Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch (a true story) Looking out the large glass window Thoughts so very far away Sunlight dancing on the flowers A carpet of grass ... Read more

Featured Poem: Blue Hues

May 18, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

  By Dorothy Kamm Vero Beach Branch, Florida   How many names exist For all the hues of blue? Is azure the sky blue Of mid-day, Cloudless and intense?   ... Read more

Featured Ekphrastic Art and Poem: Leap Across Rooftops

May 13, 2021April 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

This art and poem are a collaboration by poet Louise Kantro and artist Vicki Boese, whose works were part of Modesto Branch’s ekphrastic show, “Women in America: An Artistic Celebration ... Read more

Featured Poem: Lost

May 4, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Sillery Cape Cod Branch   Lost: Big Girl Panties. If found return to bawling woman in closet.   Fair Warning: If unrecoverable, naked woman may roam the streets. ... Read more

Featured Poem: A Cent’ry from Now

April 29, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

  By Inger McPhail Washington, D.C. Branch   A cent’ry from now It will not matter What kind of car I drove What kind of house I lived in, How ... Read more