NLAPW Poem of the Week

a new weekly poem by the women writers of the NLAPW

Featured Poem: The Art We Have to Master

By Lorraine Walker Williams Southwest Florida Branch Dying is the art we have to master. It seems to say—not death; Late love settles into us as spring ... Read more

Featured Poem: Sunset

April 6, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Darkened palm trees spread their fingers against the pale pink of the sky Ripples skip across the water reflecting a ... Read more

Featured Poem: Sine Qua Non

March 24, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Dawn Huntley Spitz Sarasota Branch Florida My superannuated corpus suffers maladies amorphous. It wishes time would just resign and longs for yesterweek. It views with feelings radical ... Read more

Featured Poem: Dreamer

March 18, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Annette C. Sanders Dallas Branch, Texas Dreams fly in and out Of my mind like wingless birds Whispering little scenes The likes I’ve never heard Visions dancing ... Read more

Featured Ekphrastic Art and Poem: American Symbol

March 9, 2021February 20, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

This art and poem are a collaboration by poet Cleo Griffith and artist Carolyn Huff, whose works were part of Modesto Branch’s ekphrastic show, “Women in America: An Artistic ... Read more

Featured Poem: Martha Anne

March 3, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Ann Falcone Shalaski Chesapeake Bay Branch In Memory of Martha Anne King (1946-2020) Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will ... Read more

Featured Poem: Artistic

February 23, 2021February 20, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Dorothy Kamm Vero Beach Branch Florida My mind plays tricks on me: On a morning walk up ahead I see a dead mouse on its back, paws raised, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Waiting

November 15, 2020 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Susan Wurtzburg Honolulu Branch, Hawaii When I was a child, I was always waiting. “Once you are bigger, you can stay up late.” Early to bed – ... Read more

Featured Poem: Music

November 10, 2020 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Dawn Huntley Spitz Sarasota Branch, Florida A song can soothe a sorrowing soul, Can help a heart to heal, Can make a broken spirt ... Read more

Featured Poem: Altogether — In response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis

October 29, 2020 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Mary Joan Meagher Minnesota Branch Every day we watch the walkers march in their journey to find justice. Help us walk among these Pilgrims who search for ... Read more

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