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Featured Poem: Sending Out

April 22, 2022April 23, 2022 Featured Poem

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

April 19, 2022March 27, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW

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

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News

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

April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

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

April 5, 2022March 27, 2022 Featured Art, NLAPW

“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

March 30, 2022March 1, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW

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

Brown Man

March 17, 2022March 1, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Diane Rabideau-Wise Jacksonville Branch, Florida Brown-Down. Knee-Neck. Neck-Closed, Air-Where? Brown-Down. Momma’s where? There is no air. Son’s-Down. Momma cares. Momma’s where? Not a sound. Life-Gone. Brown-Down.

Clouds

March 7, 2022March 1, 2022 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Sherrill Geer La Jolla Branch, California They ride across the sky like mythical beasts just pretending to be clouds. Their gray wisps of form are soon scattered, leaving ... Read more

What Happens Next?

March 1, 2022 Latest News, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Sharon Canfield Dorsey, Chesapeake Bay Branch I pull into the restaurant parking and just sit. My heartbeat quickens. I’ve had my vaccine. So has my friend. A ... Read more

Featured Art: Autumn Mountain

February 23, 2022September 22, 2022 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Autumn Mountain” by Patricia Daly-Lipe, Jacksonville Branch (Florida) Oil, 24 x 30 inches Learn more of Patricia Daly-Lipe’s work at her website, literarylady.com

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