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Featured Art: Breaking Point

June 23, 2026June 22, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Breaking Point” by Rodika Tollefson (member-at-large) Mixed media (acrylic, paper) on canvas, 20 x 16 Artist’s Statement “Breaking Point” explores the tension between resistance and release, the chaos that comes ... Read more

Featured Poem: Trumpet Vine

June 14, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Silvia Kofler Member-at-Large My neighbor hates its invasiveness and lopped off as much as she could on her side of the fence. However, birds love it and sparrows moved ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Journey of Poetry

June 6, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Lori Howell Thompson Santa Clara County Branch Poetry are words dancing in your mind Becoming a fairytale of your voice A world created by imagination, experience, and dreams An ... Read more

Featured Poem: In Praise of Sonnets

May 19, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Tonya McQuade Santa Clara County Branch For many years, the sonnet form was king; To write in perfect meter earned acclaim. In fourteen lines, true sonneteers would sing, To ... Read more

Featured Poem: Alchemy – The Magic of Writing

May 10, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-Large I. Blankness empty page awaits— a silent, hungry canvas first word breaks the dawn. II. Alchemy black ink spills like night across the field of pure ... Read more

Featured Art: Portrait of a Young Woman

May 2, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Portrait of a Young Woman” by Rita N. Deutsch, Fort Lauderdale Branch Ink and graphite on canvas board, 9×12 This portrait was inspired by the art of Austrian artist ... Read more

Featured Poem: My 1917 Royal Typewriter

April 23, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Joan Kantor Sarasota Branch Whose love passion sadness fears have poured through their fingers and onto these keys before me With each clunking laborious stroke rattling tap ... Read more

Featured Poem: Wine Country Spring

April 15, 2026March 16, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Lorraine Walker Williams Golden Gate Branch Swollen creeks like milky coffee run fast along grassy banks Tree bark moss glistens Clouds thick with shadow hang their ... Read more

Featured Ekphrastic Art: Dillon, CO

April 6, 2026March 16, 2026 Featured Art, Featured Poem, NLAPW

“Dillon, CO” by Catherine T. Horn, Greenwich Branch Photography Haiku inspired by the photo Golden Aspen trees Nestled within evergreens – Bright, bold, beautiful. – By Catherine T. Horn ... Read more

Featured Poem: A Dying Request

March 27, 2026March 16, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Carolyn Joyce Tokson Pensacola Branch Please place the coin under my tongue. I know I am dead now, but it is important. The coin is for Charon, the ... Read more

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