NLAPW Poem of the Week

a new weekly poem by the women writers of the NLAPW

Featured Poem: Late Summer Shower

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

Featured Poem: I Planted My Feet on the Banks of the Rhine

July 26, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Luanna K. Leisure Santa Clara County Branch, California As I stood on the banks of the Rhine gazing across to France, I wondered if my forefathers took ... Read more

Featured Poem: Mist on the Water

July 18, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Donna Puglisi Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida Steaming the cold lake’s shallow waters, Sheets of mist creep slowly over the glassy surface. Gray fingers stroke her face, barely touching, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Change

July 6, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Elvira Sisca Greenwich Branch, Connecticut I’ve been wondering Why certain people Appear in my life. Especially the annoying ones. It seems interesting and ironic Because I’m beginning to ... Read more

Featured Poem: Once More With Feeling

June 27, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Audrey McHugh Long Island Branch, New York When a comet from the clouds hurls a starfish to the sky; when the earth gives up its matter and the ... Read more

Featured Poem: Balance

June 13, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch, Florida How do we do it? How do we keep our balance in these trying times? Nowadays, it seems everyone is out ... Read more

Featured Poem: All That Blossoms

June 5, 2023May 23, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Virginia Nygard Vero Beach Branch Mom and I pause this April day to rest in the park where the flag on the pole flies free and tulips in ... Read more

Featured Poem: Connections

May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Patricia Daly-Lipe Jacksonville Branch, Florida Tap computer keys. Narrative is an art. Let words take over. Time passes, But, in the pockets of your mind, The past remains. ... Read more

Featured Poem: Polarization

May 15, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Jane B. Howard Vero Beach Branch Oh wonderful years — time presses on. What happened to those Slow, green days of summer When we loved and laughed together? ... Read more

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