Sunset
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By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Darkened palm trees spread their fingers against the pale pink of the sky Ripples skip across the water reflecting a spiritual ... Read more
Send Us Your Poems from the Biennial Competition
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By Karen Morris Poetry editor Did you enter one of the Biennial Letters poetry contests this year? In the latest Biennial Letters competition, there were 350 submissions (a record!), and ... Read more
Wind
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By Autry Dye Pensacola Branch, Florida Goddess Dogoda is my name in one culture. In others I am called Rashabar, Zephyr, Sirocco, Haboob and Pali, Rolling off the tongue ... Read more
Brown Man
Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured PoemBy Diane Rabideau-Wise Jacksonville Branch, Florida Brown-Down. Knee-Neck. Neck-Closed, Air-Where? Brown-Down. Momma’s where? There is no air. Son’s-Down. Momma cares. Momma’s where? Not a sound. Life-Gone. Brown-Down.
Read moreClouds
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By Sherrill Geer La Jolla Branch, California They ride across the sky like mythical beasts just pretending to be clouds. Their gray wisps of form are soon scattered, leaving ... Read more
Featured Poem: NLAPW
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By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida A vibrant sisterhood creative souls supporting caring sharing with one another the world. Writing inspired literature poetry stories novels plays ... Read more
Featured Poem: Not to Worry
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By Lois Batchelor Howard Palm Springs Branch, California I wonder if God made many of us very tired as we reach our last years, so tired we won’t be ... Read more
Featured Poem: My Dog
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By Elvira Sisca Connecticut Pioneer Branch My kids say My dog loves me Because I feed him, Makes him feel good. I feed my husband all his favorites So ... Read more
Featured Poem: Rosemary
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By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida When I think of my dear friend Rosemary, I want to call her, as we chatted every day Maybe about our ... Read more
Featured Poem: There’s Beauty in a Woman
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By Susan Zerweck Santa Clara County Branch, California There’s beauty in a woman, There’s music in her soul, There’s beauty in a woman, that soul that makes her whole. ... Read more