Sarah Byrn Rickman Pikes Peak, Colorado Branch   Fog shrouds the wings; dawn, but a shard of light. Twin engines labor, eager to unbridle the horses. Toes, hard on brakes, ... Read more

Barbara Clarke, Atlanta Chapter   Life’s journey is played out beginning on the upper part of the canvas bright colors are intermingled at the entrance of a new soul. Love ... Read more

Patricia Dennis Santa Clara, N. California Branch A gust of wind The soft swirl of leaves Autumn red and gold Turning Whirling Swirling So gracefully through the air Thoughts of ... Read more

Calder Lowe Modesto California Branch   Hurling himself against the confines of the picket fence, the chained dog yelps, its cry piercing my car windows at the stop light. The ... Read more

Barb Whitmarsh, Bayou City II Texas Branch (Happy Veterans Day – and God Bless America)   It was late and there was a nip in the air when he went down ... Read more

Christine Horner Alameda/Diablo Branch, CA   This place is different every time we come, new, wind-washed, sea-beaten. Old woods are eaten larger in every pore, the grain exposed more deeply. ... Read more

Margaret Leis Hanna, Central Ohio Branch Written after reading the historical novel, Widow’s War, by Sally Gunning   She walks the shore Stripped of her husband she searches solace on sand. Breathes ... Read more

Nancy Haskett, Modesto, CA Branch President   Dakota, Choctaw, Wampanoag, Comanche – names that echo off canyon walls, blow in the wind over prairies, rise fiercely from flames of burned ... Read more

Christina Laurie, West Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA Cape Cod Branch, president   (Genesis 2:18 – on the eve of my 50th birthday)   Seven times seven I have replaced each cell ... Read more

Sheryl L. Nelms, Member at Large, Clyde, TX   she unwraps herself from her stack of blankets   folds each over her left arm   and hobbles into the Fort ... Read more