Featured Poem: The Back Nine
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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
Featured Art: Close But No Cigar
Featured Art, NLAPW“Close But No Cigar” by Renee J Burnes, Fort Lauderdale Branch Watercolor, 22 x 15
Read moreFeatured Poem: The Bald Eagle
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By Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch Sailing out of Frenchman’s Bay, wind from the North snatches the sails, whipping out the wrinkles, starching the canvas in tight curves that point ... Read more
Featured Art: Ben Yehuda
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“Ben Yehuda” by Rosemary Fineberg, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic on wood, 20 x 24 Artist’s Statement: Although it is December on Ben Yehuda, despite the crisp, cool air, the ... Read more
Featured Poem: Shadow First
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By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch I see your shadow first, gliding above. You alight in the uppermost branches of a nearby tree. Then the conversation begins. A sound only ... Read more
Featured Poem: Kintsugi*
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By Thelma A. Giomi Yucca Branch Mended in the broken places With golden glue, So you embrace The pain and missing faces And make a work of art ... Read more
Featured Art: She Was Always the Life of the Party
Featured Art, NLAPW“She Was Always the Life of the Party” by Janet Gold, Fort Lauderdale Collage, 7 x 9
Read moreFeatured Poem: Echoes
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By Sara Etgen-Baker, member-at-large (a haibun*) I opened the sewing basket, letting my eyes and hands run over the tools she had used — the scissors, the darning egg, ... Read more
Featured Art: Nature’s Patterns
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“Nature’s Patterns” by Chandana Srinath, Diablo-Alameda Branch Acrylic, 31.5 x 21.5 Artist’s Statement: My work expresses native folk art from different parts of India. It showcases nature intertwined with humans. ... Read more
Featured Poem: Complications
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By Judy Crystal Greenwich Branch, Connecticut Just a simple cataract surgery Well Maybe not so simple But successful Straightforward As expected Until Two weeks later On a sunny afternoon ... Read more