NLAPW Poem of the Week

a new weekly poem by the women writers of the NLAPW

Featured Poem: Anatta: The Key to Creativity

By Patricia Daly-Lipe Washington, D.C .Branch Sound and light, Flashes from the dark Penetrating the woods and streams within my shell As I lose the wall, my body, and ... Read more

Featured Poem: Painted Lady

June 18, 2022June 2, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch, California While searching for the perfect face I found suntan, beige, warm brown and brown They all looked the same Never the ... Read more

Featured Poem: Classic Blue

June 7, 2022June 2, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California It’s one of the last photos in our white Hallmark album – both of us running away from the church, heads down, smiling, ... Read more

Featured Poem: My Morning Routine

May 21, 2022May 20, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Megha Sood Member-at-large My fingers tracing those invisible unetched dreams on my table some skewed and some forgotten by the cruel bouts of merciless time Time ... Read more

Featured Poem: Sending Out

April 22, 2022April 23, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts “Nothing was remembered, nothing forgotten. When we awoke, the enemy attacked.” —anonymous Our windowsills were wet from ... Read more

Send Us Your Poems from the Biennial Competition

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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

Clouds

March 7, 2022March 1, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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

February 16, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Art, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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

February 11, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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

February 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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

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