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Featured Poem: My Dog

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

Featured Poem: Rosemary

January 26, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida When I think of my dear friend Rosemary, I want to call her, as we chatted every day Maybe about our ... Read more

Featured Poem: There’s Beauty in a Woman

January 20, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Susan Zerweck Santa Clara County Branch, California There’s beauty in a woman, There’s music in her soul, There’s beauty in a woman, that soul that makes her whole. ... Read more

Featured Poem: First Snowfall

January 12, 2022January 3, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Donna Puglisi Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida The quiet, the hush of a first snowfall. Delicate snowflakes cover my hair, kiss my eyelashes, melt on my tongue. Each ... Read more

Featured Art: Sepia Tree

January 7, 2022January 3, 2022 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Sepia Tree” by Susan S. Buzzi, Fort Lauderdale Branch (Florida) Large-format film, 24 x 30 inches Artist’s Statement: I see myself as a social barometer with the goal to ... Read more

Fetured Poem: Cave

December 14, 2021January 3, 2022 NLAPW

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida He was an Army warrant officer in Vietnam, often assigned reconnaissance, the scary, dirty work on the ground. When darkness ... Read more

Featured Art: Phoenix Song

December 9, 2021November 2, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Phoenix Song” by Kat Heckenbach, Tampa Branch Mixed Media Tampa Branch member Kat Heckenbach started doing mixed media art after a friend and fellow artist spent an ... Read more

Featured Art: Ahh, North Rim Grand Canyon

November 17, 2021October 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

Ahh, North Rim Grand Canyon by Risa Waldt, member at large Watercolor (20 x 20) A native Tucsonan, Risa Waldt grew up in the desert and soaked up visions ... Read more

Featured Poem: November

November 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Donna Puglisi Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida November exhales her chilly breath, blowing hard, a prelude to December’s icy grip. Teasingly, she blends with fall’s sunshine and warmth, ... Read more

New Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Joins The Pen Woman

November 2, 2021November 3, 2021 Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger Greetings from new Fiction and Nonfiction Editor Sarah ‘Sally’ Honenberger. Over the last decade, the talented and creative Virginia Pen women have inspired me to reimagine ... Read more

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