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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

Featured Art: By The Rio Grande

March 17, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“By The Rio Grande” by Barbara Gurwitz, Member-at-large India ink and acrylic, 16×20 Artist’s Statement This painting is based on pencil drawings from my travels throughout New Mexico. They ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Wild Promise of My True Nature

March 8, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Lisa Scott-Ponce Santa Clara Branch Scrambling over gritty granite boulders Hiking upward, mile after mile on a never-ending dusty trail Catching my breath, crying over bloody blisters ... Read more

Featured Poem: Minus One

February 26, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Rosalee J. Tithof Palm Springs Branch Some people say I have joined a club. It is a membership I did not choose. Life must go on… Or so ... Read more

Featured Art: Scavengers Do They Belong?

February 17, 2026January 8, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Scavengers Do They Belong?” by Rosemary Fineberg, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic, 30×40 From “Even Darkness Has Light” series Learn more about the artist at rowsfine.com.

Featured Poem: Madonna of the Bath

February 8, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch 29 years. She’s been bathing residents for 29 years. And I am now one of them. Too broken to bathe myself. So very ... Read more

Featured Art: Magical Garden

January 29, 2026March 16, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Magical Garden” by Polly Curran, Sarasota Branch Photo collage, 24 x 20 Artist Statement “Magical Garden” is a photo collage artwork I created for entry in the local Sarasota, Florida, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Self-Talk

January 20, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am doing well and looking forward to doing better. Just begun to live Love the place I am. Cherish ... Read more

Featured Poem: Ode to Defiant Optimism

January 10, 2026January 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Sharon E. Ludan Honolulu Branch “The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…” – W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues ... Read more

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