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Featured Poem: memories in seasons

By Nancy Keats Benson Central New York Branch across the lake Highland Forest beckons, yellows, green and burnt orange, clustered together, small houses dotted ups and downs ... Read more

Featured Art: Meditation

February 18, 2025February 20, 2025 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Meditation” by Carol Doenecke, Sarasota Branch (Florida) Pastel on Canson paper (25 x19)

Featured Poem: Rainy Days (Haiku)

January 30, 2025December 20, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-large rainy days are slow reflections, introspection soul’s quiet voice speaks

Featured Art: High Rollers

January 21, 2025December 20, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“High Rollers” by Susanne Schuenke, Jacksonville Branch (Florida) Oil on linen, 36×72 From the artist: Speculation and betting, charades, intrigues, and manipulations characterize the global financial world. An ... Read more

Featured Poem: A Box of Lost Letters

January 13, 2025December 20, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Annette Galiardi Des Moines Branch, Iowa Words fight and scratch to escape, make my fingers bleed with their urgency to slip out without ink — ... Read more

Featured Poem: A Wing and A Prayer

January 2, 2025December 20, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch It is below zero. The scene outside the window a hub of activity. First one, now three, then six, wee birds at the feeder. Hungry ... Read more

Featured Art: Sand, Surf, and Sky – Rehoboth Beach

December 27, 2024December 20, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Sand, Surf, and Sky — Rehoboth Beach” by Mary Lou Griffin, Diamond State Branch (Delaware) 24×20 pastel

Featured Poem: By Hand

December 16, 2024December 10, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Lorraine Walker Williams Member-at-large Worked by loving hands, the quilt hangs on the wall next to my bed. Precisely cut and sewn, a mélange of intense blue ... Read more

Featured Art: In the Mountains of Mexico

November 28, 2024December 10, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“In the Mountains of Mexico” by Barbara Gurwitz-Hall, member-at-large (Arizona) India ink and acrylic (24 x 30)

Featured Poem: Autumn Afternoon, Hawaii

November 14, 2024November 12, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Patrice M. Wilson Honolulu Branch Long thin palm leaves throw shadows like darkened fingers on hungry ground awaiting winter rain to feed our summer-dried souls

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