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Featured Poem: Winter’s Arrival

By Bette Lafferty Tampa Branch (Florida) A blast of frigid Arctic air thundered into the Texas Hill Country during the night rattling the windowpanes. The trees danced to the rhyme ... Read more

Featured Art: Pot of Gold

January 4, 2024January 7, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Pot of Gold” by Fran Mann Goodman, Boca Raton Branch Acrylic with acrylic skins (36×36) Artist’s Statement My interest, when I paint, is “to build life” into the piece. I ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Back Nine

December 29, 2023October 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol Ehrlich Denver Branch I travel the back nine in a reverie, absorbed in the sweet reward of nearing completion, all the time sorry to see the game ... Read more

Featured Art: Close But No Cigar

December 21, 2023October 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Close But No Cigar” by Renee J Burnes, Fort Lauderdale Branch Watercolor, 22 x 15

Featured Poem: The Bald Eagle

December 14, 2023December 22, 2023 NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch Sailing out of Frenchman’s Bay, wind from the North snatches the sails, whipping out the wrinkles, starching the canvas in tight curves that point ... Read more

Featured Art: Ben Yehuda

December 6, 2023October 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Ben Yehuda” by Rosemary Fineberg, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic on wood, 20 x 24 Artist’s Statement: Although it is December on Ben Yehuda, despite the crisp, cool air, the ... Read more

Featured Poem: Shadow First

November 30, 2023December 22, 2023 NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch I see your shadow first, gliding above. You alight in the uppermost branches of a nearby tree. Then the conversation begins. A sound only ... Read more

Featured Poem: Kintsugi*

November 24, 2023October 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Thelma A. Giomi Yucca Branch Mended in the broken places With golden glue, So you embrace The pain and missing faces And make a work of art ... Read more

Featured Art: She Was Always the Life of the Party

November 15, 2023October 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“She Was Always the Life of the Party” by Janet Gold, Fort Lauderdale Collage, 7 x 9

Featured Poem: Echoes

November 8, 2023October 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sara Etgen-Baker, member-at-large (a haibun*) I opened the sewing basket, letting my eyes and hands run over the tools she had used — the scissors, the darning egg, ... Read more

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