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Featured Poem: All That Blossoms

By Virginia Nygard Vero Beach Branch Mom and I pause this April day to rest in the park where the flag on the pole flies free and tulips in ... Read more

Featured Art: Turbana

May 30, 2023April 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Turbana” by Diana de Avila, Sarasota Branch, Florida Fractal digital art

Fiction Submission Wanted!

May 18, 2023May 16, 2023 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Help! Pen Women nonfiction writers have been busy and submissions are varied and steady. But we need fiction from all you creative people. Excerpts from ... Read more

Featured Art: Beyond the Bend

May 9, 2023April 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Beyond the Bend” by Wendy Harris, Central New York Branch Pastel, 16 x12

Celebrate National Poetry Month

April 3, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

A Message from Claire Massey, NLAPW Poetry Editor April is the month to celebrate the power and potential of poetry to rock our world! Poems can widen eyes; broaden minds; ... Read more

Featured Poem: I Want The World I Used To Know

February 16, 2023February 8, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Jane Gates Lies Pensacola Branch, Pensacola I want the world I used to know The one that Was only mine, Of comfort, Of queens, Of dolls, And ... Read more

Featured Poem: Word Angels

November 30, 2022September 6, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Louise Kantro Modesto Branch Like a dancer beginning the dance lightly on your ballet slippers you float, swoop, glide on your magic carpet across lines and white spaces. ... Read more

Featured Poem: Pain

November 16, 2022September 6, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch ‘A number between one and ten?” He asks in flat voice as though that’s all it is. A number. Pain is more ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Step

November 2, 2022September 6, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral, Florida Branch She emerges from the rehab center like a wounded bird let loose into the sky after being nursed back to health. ... Read more

Featured Poem: Water Girl

October 20, 2022September 6, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Margaret L. Hanna Central Ohio Branch As tall as my viburnum bush Stone girl stands Empty water well at her side. She waits. Cement bucket at her bare ... Read more

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