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Featured Poem: Plant

Lorraine Walker Williams Southwest Florida Branch To place, slip seeds into moist soil, shutter from light, incubate and wait. To plant is the first lesson in patience. Plant, ... Read more

The Future is WITA and NLAPW

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Latest News, NLAPW

In August, community members from diverse backgrounds gathered at Pen Arts, NLAPW’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, for “The Future is WITA: A Pen Arts Benefit Interest Meeting.” This call-to-action campaign ... Read more

Featured Poem: Lost Forever

September 3, 2019July 13, 2019 NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Jane Gates Lies Pensacola Branch, Florida My thought escaped Into the dark abyss Of my mind, A fugitive, Hiding somewhere, Only once in view, A slice of a moment, ... Read more

Featured Art: Vintage Trucks in Sedona

August 20, 2019July 13, 2019 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Vintage Trucks in Sedona” by Gloria Sampson, Columbus Branch (Georgia) Watercolor, 18.5 x 28.25 Gloria Sampson’s goal is to paint every day. She works mainly in watercolor, pen, and ... Read more

Featured Poem: In Turn… In Time

August 17, 2019June 10, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Susan Bassler Pickford Member-at-large, Portland, Maine Turn: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, ... Read more

Featured Poem: The American Dream

August 7, 2019September 18, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Karen L. Kirshner Long Island Branch, New York We pay for the choices we made in youth, actions stemming from a presumption of immortality, which, once played become crimes ... Read more

Featured Poem: I Wonder

July 27, 2019June 10, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Scottie E. McDaniell Member-at-large Today as I walked through a parking lot I gazed at the people I passed, but not one fixed his or her eyes upon me ... Read more

Featured Poem: Write in the Night

July 17, 2019June 10, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Bette J Lafferty Tampa Branch I write in the night without a light, my pad on my stomach does lay. With a finger I guide ... Read more

Featured Art: Twin Creek Vineyard

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

Chella Gonsalves, Modesto Branch, California Twin Creek Vineyard, oil, 9×12 inches Known mainly as a plein air artist, Chella Gonsalves portrays rural landmarks, rivers, architectural structures, and historical homesteads ... Read more

Featured Poem: Together, 1955

July 11, 2019June 9, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

Janet Fagal Central New York Branch My grandparents’ summer place, country kitchen with green cast iron cookstove. Pantry room to right of sink unit. A tableau to explore. ... Read more

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