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Featured Poem: Progress

By Patricia Daly-Lipe Jacksonville Branch, Florida Progress is being made All over the world. So-called progress named technology. But there is another avenue of progress Being made all over ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Artist’s Way

September 27, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-large You can write into the air. You can speak upon a page. A painting can be a novel. A story can paint the perfect ... Read more

Featured Art: Let’s Swing

September 18, 2023August 14, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Let’s Swing” by Lolly Owens, Santa Clara Branch Acrylic, 32 x 24

Featured Poem: The Willful Words

September 7, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Thelma A. Giomi Yucca Branch Wild willful words Come sweeping across The page As if they owned My heart. Wild willful words Sometimes, Come more gently. As ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Artist

August 30, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Anne Bonner Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida A blank canvas Waiting for inspiration: “Paint me, Paint me.” She dips her brush in indigo paint And a brilliant ... Read more

Featured Art: Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

August 22, 2023August 14, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” by Ellen Cohen-Berman, Fort Lauderdale Branch Hand-built raku-fired ceramic sculpture, 14 wide x 10 deep x 13 high

Featured Poem: Late Summer Shower

August 17, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Lorraine Walker Williams Member-at-large, Florida and California I walk onto the balcony to smell the rain after three months dry, welcoming its musky scent. Rain drops blot their signature ... 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 Art: Alviso, Before & After

April 12, 2023April 5, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News

“Alviso, Before & After” by Bonnie J. Smith, Santa Clara Branch (California) Textile, 48×54 Artist Statement: “Looking at before- and after-drought photographs of the Alviso Salt Marshes really jarred my ... Read more

Celebrate National Poetry Month

April 3, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

A Message from Claire Massey, NLAPW Poetry Editor April is the month to celebrate the power and potential of poetry to rock our world! Poems can widen eyes; broaden minds; ... Read more

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