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Featured Poem: Echoes

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

Featured Art: Nature’s Patterns

November 3, 2023October 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Nature’s Patterns” by Chandana Srinath, Diablo-Alameda Branch Acrylic, 31.5 x 21.5 Artist’s Statement: My work expresses native folk art from different parts of India. It showcases nature intertwined with humans. ... Read more

Featured Poem: Complications

October 31, 2023November 1, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Judy Crystal Greenwich Branch, Connecticut Just a simple cataract surgery Well Maybe not so simple But successful Straightforward As expected Until Two weeks later On a sunny afternoon ... Read more

Featured Art: Three Goils Are Thee

October 24, 2023August 14, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Three Goils Are Thee” by Phyllis Elrich, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale branches Acrylic, 30H x 24W

Featured Poem: Joy in September

October 16, 2023October 15, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch, Colorado (Published in Colorado Country Life, Sept 2021) Perched on my window frame so close I could touch save for the glass, a ... Read more

Featured Art: Flip Flops

October 9, 2023August 14, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Flip Flops” by Sharron Demarest, Fort Lauderdale Branch Photography, 16 x 20

Featured Poem: Progress

October 4, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Patricia Daly-Lipe Jacksonville Branch, Florida Progress is being made All over the world. So-called progress named technology. But there is another avenue of progress Being made all over ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Artist’s Way

September 27, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-large You can write into the air. You can speak upon a page. A painting can be a novel. A story can paint the perfect ... Read more

Featured Art: Let’s Swing

September 18, 2023August 14, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Let’s Swing” by Lolly Owens, Santa Clara Branch Acrylic, 32 x 24

Featured Poem: Kissing the Gym

September 13, 2023August 9, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch, Florida Here I am many decades later trying to exorcise … I mean exercise away the accumulated pounds of flesh at the gym ... Read more

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