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Featured Poem: The Wild Promise of My True Nature

March 8, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Lisa Scott-Ponce Santa Clara Branch Scrambling over gritty granite boulders Hiking upward, mile after mile on a never-ending dusty trail Catching my breath, crying over bloody blisters ... Read more

Featured Poem: Minus One

February 26, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Rosalee J. Tithof Palm Springs Branch Some people say I have joined a club. It is a membership I did not choose. Life must go on… Or so ... Read more

Featured Art: Scavengers Do They Belong?

February 17, 2026January 8, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Scavengers Do They Belong?” by Rosemary Fineberg, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic, 30×40 From “Even Darkness Has Light” series Learn more about the artist at rowsfine.com.

Featured Poem: Madonna of the Bath

February 8, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch 29 years. She’s been bathing residents for 29 years. And I am now one of them. Too broken to bathe myself. So very ... Read more

Featured Poem: Self-Talk

January 20, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am doing well and looking forward to doing better. Just begun to live Love the place I am. Cherish ... Read more

Featured Poem: Ode to Defiant Optimism

January 10, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Sharon E. Ludan Honolulu Branch “The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…” – W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues ... Read more

Featured Art: Megan

December 31, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Megan” by Holly Wolfe, Columbus Branch Oil, 11 x 14

Featured Poem: Winter Solstice (Dodoitsu)

December 19, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-Large winter solstice arriving shortest day and longest night silent trees gather forces for returning light lighter, longer, brighter days saunter through the winter gloom ... Read more

Featured Poem: Lessons From a Gosling’s Journey

December 9, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Adrienne Reedy Greenwich Branch By the water’s edge, where tall grasses sway, Two parent geese, in their protective way, Guarded their two little downy, bright kin, Sweet ... Read more

Featured Art: When All Is Quiet

November 30, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Art, NLAPW

“When All Is Quiet” by Dorothy Atkins, Santa Clara Branch Mixed media, 9 x 12 Artist Statement At this stage in my creative journey, I am excited that people ... Read more

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