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Featured Poem: The Long Winter of Cancer

By Martha Steger Member-at-large The sun’s brightest rays fall on another hemisphere. I lie trapped in long frozen night as wakening quail summons its might to chip through icy ... Read more

Feature Poem: Widow

March 7, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch (Florida) You are no longer suffering, “in a better place.” I’m glad for that. But that place is not with me anymore. ... Read more

Featured Art: Bermuda Rooftops

March 1, 2024December 22, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Bermuda Rooftops” by Norma Sumner, Fort Lauderdale Branch Watercolor (20×16)

Featured Poem: Sea Oats

February 22, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch (Georgia) Tall and slender the sea oats bow to one another without breaking. Something in their sandy shoes allows them to tilt from their ... Read more

Featured Art: A Joyful Noise

February 15, 2024December 22, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“A Joyful Noise” by Dorothy Atkins, Santa Clara County Branch Acrylic (9×12)

Featured Poem: Treading Water

February 9, 2024January 29, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch (Florida) One of the first things we learned way back then in Camp Tioga was how to float, front and back and how ... Read more

Featured Essay: How I Found My People

February 4, 2024January 30, 2024 Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am an artist, writer, entrepreneur, storyteller, and a Pen Woman. I had been preparing for this all my life. As a youngster, ... Read more

Featured Art: Queen Elizabeth, Age 14

January 31, 2024January 29, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Queen Elizabeth, Age 14” by Pauline Runkle, Fort Lauderdale Branch Pastel (20×26 framed)

Featured Poem: When Day Dies

January 25, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City Branch (Texas) When day dies and shadows are no longer shade Now silhouettes and things Of which imaginations made And the wind ordinary by ... Read more