NLAPW Poem of the Week

a new weekly poem by the women writers of the NLAPW

Featured Poem: Punctuated

By Joan Kantor Sarasota Branch, Florida Mornings elude me. I don’t come alive till noon, but today, rising at 6AM, I headed to the marsh for a glimpse of ... Read more

Featured Poem: Arctic Summer

July 6, 2024May 28, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Lynn Hansen Modesto Branch, California When brilliant light is dancing in Arctic summer skies kittiwakes bathe in icy pools, green or aqua blue in the land of midnight ... Read more

Featured Poem: Reflections

June 28, 2024June 29, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch In the mirror I call out to her. Her reflection, so youthful. Eager, hopeful. I call to her, warn her. It goes ... Read more

Featured Poem: An Event of Astronomical Proportions

June 12, 2024May 28, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California One summer night over twenty years ago a once-in-a-lifetime meteorite streaked across the entire sky over Yosemite Valley, creating the illusion of daylight ... Read more

Featured Poem: Fruitless Attempt

June 6, 2024May 28, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Megha Sood Member-at-large Thin corridors of silence cave in as I walk through them— my elbow grazing old memories and reshuffling feathers of time. I know this ... Read more

Featured Poem: Poetry is Medicinal

May 28, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California (a trimeric) Write a sonnet! You will forget your ailments as you struggle to rhyme, while maintaining the prescribed meter. You ... Read more

Featured Poem: Topical

April 27, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida Topical methods of applying medications to the skin are used by practioners all over the world to alleviate pain. What ... Read more

Featured Poem: Buttons

March 26, 2024February 27, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch An old round tin, perhaps once filled with candy, is slightly dented by years of use, the lid printed with a scene of palm ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Long Winter of Cancer

March 13, 2024February 27, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Martha Steger Member-at-large The sun’s brightest rays fall on another hemisphere. I lie trapped in long frozen night as wakening quail summons its might to chip through icy ... Read more

Feature Poem: Widow

March 7, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch (Florida) You are no longer suffering, “in a better place.” I’m glad for that. But that place is not with me anymore. ... Read more

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