Featured Poem: All That Blossoms
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By Virginia Nygard Vero Beach Branch Mom and I pause this April day to rest in the park where the flag on the pole flies free and tulips in ... Read more
Featured Art: Turbana
Featured Art, NLAPW“Turbana” by Diana de Avila, Sarasota Branch, Florida Fractal digital art
Read moreFeatured Poem: Connections
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By Patricia Daly-Lipe Jacksonville Branch, Florida Tap computer keys. Narrative is an art. Let words take over. Time passes, But, in the pockets of your mind, The past remains. ... Read more
Fiction Submission Wanted!
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By Sarah Honenberger Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Help! Pen Women nonfiction writers have been busy and submissions are varied and steady. But we need fiction from all you creative people. Excerpts from ... Read more
Featured Poem: Polarization
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By Jane B. Howard Vero Beach Branch Oh wonderful years — time presses on. What happened to those Slow, green days of summer When we loved and laughed together? ... Read more
Featured Art: Beyond the Bend
Featured Art, NLAPW“Beyond the Bend” by Wendy Harris, Central New York Branch Pastel, 16 x12
Read moreFeatured Poem: Grief
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By Andrea Walker Pensacola Branch, Florida Yesterday, an old friend died, big brother to several of us when we were teens. This morning as I walk, I am warmed ... Read more
Featured Poem: Trails of Kindness
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By Megha Sood Member-at-large I count the years as I walk past the trees lining my courtyard, counting them one by one neatly on my soft supple fingers. ... Read more
Featured Poem: We Gathered in the Garden
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By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch “The ladies,” we were called by the neighbors, our husbands, even our children. Noontime chores over, kitchens cleaned up, an hour welcome respite ... Read more
Featured Art: Alviso, Before & After
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“Alviso, Before & After” by Bonnie J. Smith, Santa Clara Branch (California) Textile, 48×54 Artist Statement: “Looking at before- and after-drought photographs of the Alviso Salt Marshes really jarred my ... Read more