Featured Poem: My Morning Routine
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By Megha Sood Member-at-large My fingers tracing those invisible unetched dreams on my table some skewed and some forgotten by the cruel bouts of merciless time Time ... Read more
Introducing Claire Massey, New Poetry Editor
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By Claire Massey It’s a great honor to join the editorial team of The Pen Woman as your new poetry page editor. Former editor Karen McAferty Morris contributed much to ... Read more
Who Am I?
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By Vera Ripp Hirschhorn Boca Raton Branch, Florida I am the toddler jumping up and down, waving my arms and shouting Da! Da! in my playpen upon seeing my ... Read more
Featured Art: Rhythm of the MRI
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“The Rhythm of the MRI Scanner” Digital art by Diana de Avila, Sarasota Branch (Florida) From the Artist: “Ba-da-da-da-da-da-dahhhhhhhh, click, click, click, click, click. Waaaaap, waap, waaaaap, waap, ... Read more
Featured Poem: Sending Out
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By Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts “Nothing was remembered, nothing forgotten. When we awoke, the enemy attacked.” —anonymous Our windowsills were wet from ... Read more
Sunset
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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 spiritual ... Read more
Send Us Your Poems from the Biennial Competition
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By Karen Morris Poetry editor Did you enter one of the Biennial Letters poetry contests this year? In the latest Biennial Letters competition, there were 350 submissions (a record!), and ... Read more
Networkshop #1: Firsts Author Credits as Promised
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By Sarah Honenberger The Pen Woman fiction/nonfiction editor As the new fiction/nonfiction editor for The Pen Woman, I posted earlier this year several first paragraphs for critique and feedback. This ... Read more
Featured Art: Irises in Vases
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“Irises in Vases,” by Jean Dodd, Jacksonville Branch, Florida 16×12 acrylic Jean Dodd, happily retired art museum director, educator, and Episcopal clergy, is writing stories and still teaching ... Read more
Wind
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By Autry Dye Pensacola Branch, Florida Goddess Dogoda is my name in one culture. In others I am called Rashabar, Zephyr, Sirocco, Haboob and Pali, Rolling off the tongue ... Read more