Poem of the Week: That Kind of Friends
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Rachael Ikins Central NY Branch Only you showed up 3 days in a row last September a year ago. The heat, the 3 flights of stairs, weight, furniture we lifted ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Can We Regain What Has Been Lost?
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Linda K. Bridges, Pikes Peak, Colorado Branch Unsuspecting, a quarrel hits without warning! Angry words fly—well-aimed missiles—hitting their mark. The shards and debris of broken relationships land here and ... Read more
Poem of the Week: I Just Kissed My Husband Goodbye
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M. J. Putnik, Boca Raton, Florida Branch I just kissed my husband goodbye. I watch him walk toward his marked police car and get inside. I stand at the window ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Scylla and Charybdis
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Susan Bassler Pickford, Member-at-Large in Lyman, Maine Navigating the dangerous passage of old age Between rocks and eddies One side covered with indifferent, defeatist attitudes Devil- may- care, rock hard, ... Read more
Online now: 2016 Biennial Highlights
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Read more2016 Biennial Installation of Officers
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The new national board members, left to right, Jane Maclean, fifth vice president; Sheila Byrnes, second vice president; Ronnie Miller, fourth vice president; Virginia Franklin Campbell, president; Lorna Jean Hagstrom, ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Green Vase
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Brenda Layman, Central Ohio Branch Bright morning balcony sun Me, arranging flowers in the old green vase That was my mother’s Kept in a cabinet over the refrigerator Where ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Control
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Cleo Griffith, Modesto, CA Branch The pest control man came today, the first encounter, and I wanted to hug him, cry on his shoulder, pat his back, say I ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Pain
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Mary Joan Meagher, Minnesota Branch Once there was a light – But it was hidden. Sometimes a gleam showed, But hardly anyone knew it was there. The light ... Read more
Poem of the Week: Forever By My Side
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Anne Marie Vale, Ph. D., Sarasota Branch My mom, Rita, was born in 1920. Money was scarce and troubles were plenty. But her faith was strong and her spirit ... Read more