NLAPW Poem of the Week

a new weekly poem by the women writers of the NLAPW

Featured Poem: Echoes

By Sara Etgen-Baker, member-at-large (a haibun*) I opened the sewing basket, letting my eyes and hands run over the tools she had used — the scissors, the darning egg, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Complications

October 31, 2023November 1, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Judy Crystal Greenwich Branch, Connecticut Just a simple cataract surgery Well Maybe not so simple But successful Straightforward As expected Until Two weeks later On a sunny afternoon ... Read more

Featured Poem: Joy in September

October 16, 2023October 15, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch, Colorado (Published in Colorado Country Life, Sept 2021) Perched on my window frame so close I could touch save for the glass, a ... Read more

Featured Poem: Progress

October 4, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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 Poem: Kissing the Gym

September 13, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch, Florida Here I am many decades later trying to exorcise … I mean exercise away the accumulated pounds of flesh at the gym ... Read more

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 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

Featured Poem: Groom Day Rotation

August 8, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Lori Zavada Pensacola Branch, Florida It’s the perfect time to write, except for the tick, tick, ticking of the ceiling fan tossing an emptiness about. It’s only ... Read more

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