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Featured Poem: The Making of a Widow

Mimi Paris Boca Raton The Emergency Room numbers on the screen keep on going down. I head for the nurse. She’s talking, laughing. I tell her, “Look!” Her ... Read more

Featured Art: Backyard Sunrise

September 25, 2019September 18, 2019 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Backyard Sunrise” by Lisa Rose, Vero Beach Branch (Florida) 18 H x 24 W soft pastel “Backyard Sunrise” was created from an actual sunrise seen from the artist’s backyard in ... Read more

Featured Poem: Plant

September 19, 2019July 13, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

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