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Featured Poem: The Bald Eagle

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

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

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