Featured Poem: silence…
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By Ilene L. Cooper Member-at-large she shoulders silence, hidden in a mind of violence, quieted, by the infamous pill, opioids and fentanyl, the mixture true, sublime, she tried it ... Read more
Featured Poem: Rainy Days (Haiku)
Featured Poem, NLAPWBy Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-large rainy days are slow reflections, introspection soul’s quiet voice speaks
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Featured Art: High Rollers
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“High Rollers” by Susanne Schuenke, Jacksonville Branch (Florida) Oil on linen, 36×72 From the artist: Speculation and betting, charades, intrigues, and manipulations characterize the global financial world. An ... Read more
Featured Poem: A Box of Lost Letters
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By Annette Galiardi Des Moines Branch, Iowa Words fight and scratch to escape, make my fingers bleed with their urgency to slip out without ink — ... Read more
Featured Poem: A Wing and A Prayer
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By Barbara Dunham Pensacola Branch It is below zero. The scene outside the window a hub of activity. First one, now three, then six, wee birds at the feeder. Hungry ... Read more
Featured Art: Sand, Surf, and Sky – Rehoboth Beach
Featured Art, NLAPW“Sand, Surf, and Sky — Rehoboth Beach” by Mary Lou Griffin, Diamond State Branch (Delaware) 24×20 pastel
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Featured Poem: By Hand
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By Lorraine Walker Williams Member-at-large Worked by loving hands, the quilt hangs on the wall next to my bed. Precisely cut and sewn, a mélange of intense blue ... Read more
Featured Poem: Kitchen Companions-kitchen-companions
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By Joan Kantor Sarasota Branch for my mother, Miriam Gants 1918-2012), who so joyfully shared her kitchen with me My mother’s been waiting for me to open the narrow ... Read more
Featured Art: In the Mountains of Mexico
Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW“In the Mountains of Mexico” by Barbara Gurwitz-Hall, member-at-large (Arizona) India ink and acrylic (24 x 30)
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Featured Poem: Autumn Afternoon, Hawaii
Featured Poem, NLAPWBy Patrice M. Wilson Honolulu Branch Long thin palm leaves throw shadows like darkened fingers on hungry ground awaiting winter rain to feed our summer-dried souls
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