Featured Poem: Sea Oats
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch (Georgia) Tall and slender the sea oats bow to one another without breaking. Something in their sandy shoes allows them to tilt from their ... Read more
Featured Art: A Joyful Noise
Featured Art, NLAPW“A Joyful Noise” by Dorothy Atkins, Santa Clara County Branch Acrylic (9×12)
Read moreFeatured Poem: Treading Water
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch (Florida) One of the first things we learned way back then in Camp Tioga was how to float, front and back and how ... Read more
Featured Essay: How I Found My People
Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction
By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am an artist, writer, entrepreneur, storyteller, and a Pen Woman. I had been preparing for this all my life. As a youngster, ... Read more
Featured Art: Queen Elizabeth, Age 14
Featured Art, NLAPW“Queen Elizabeth, Age 14” by Pauline Runkle, Fort Lauderdale Branch Pastel (20×26 framed)
Read moreFeatured Poem: When Day Dies
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City Branch (Texas) When day dies and shadows are no longer shade Now silhouettes and things Of which imaginations made And the wind ordinary by ... Read more
Featured Art: Sisterhood
Featured Art, NLAPW“Sisterhood” by Susan S. Buzzi, Fort Lauderdale Branch Manipulated photo (20×16)
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Featured Poem: Winter’s Arrival
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Bette Lafferty Tampa Branch (Florida) A blast of frigid Arctic air thundered into the Texas Hill Country during the night rattling the windowpanes. The trees danced to the rhyme ... Read more
Featured Art: Pot of Gold
Featured Art, NLAPW
“Pot of Gold” by Fran Mann Goodman, Boca Raton Branch Acrylic with acrylic skins (36×36) Artist’s Statement My interest, when I paint, is “to build life” into the piece. I ... Read more
Featured Poem: The Back Nine
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Carol Ehrlich Denver Branch I travel the back nine in a reverie, absorbed in the sweet reward of nearing completion, all the time sorry to see the game ... Read more