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Featured Poem: Finding Where I Belong

By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch This poem was inspired by “Urban Edge,: oil on linen, an abstract piece by Linda Bigness-Lanigan, longtime CNY Branch arts member. Memories ... Read more

Featured Poem: Anatta: The Key to Creativity

June 23, 2022June 2, 2022 NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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 Art: Hocking Hills

June 6, 2022June 7, 2022 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Hocking Hills” by Robie Benve, Central Ohio Branch 12×16 paper and acrylic on canvas Robie Benve is a mixed media painter working with acrylics, paper, ink (and more) to create ... 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

Introducing Claire Massey, New Poetry Editor

May 14, 2022May 9, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Claire Massey It’s a great honor to join the editorial team of The Pen Woman as your new poetry page editor. Former editor Karen McAferty Morris contributed much to ... Read more

Who Am I?

May 6, 2022April 26, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Vera Ripp Hirschhorn Boca Raton Branch, Florida I am the toddler jumping up and down, waving my arms and shouting Da! Da! in my playpen upon seeing my ... Read more

Sunset

April 19, 2022March 27, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Darkened palm trees spread their fingers against the pale pink of the sky Ripples skip across the water reflecting a spiritual ... Read more

Networkshop #1: Firsts Author Credits as Promised

April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger The Pen Woman fiction/nonfiction editor As the new fiction/nonfiction editor for The Pen Woman, I posted earlier this year several first paragraphs for critique and feedback. This ... Read more

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