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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Featured Poem: Baltimore Woods
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By Lisa Harris Central New York Branch A triple trunk beechwood makes its own trinity. Farther down the path, a black walnut’s face scrutinizes me, and asks, ‘What brings ... Read more
Featured Poem: Untimely Thoughts
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By Judith Crystal Greenwich Branch Looking at my iPad The number at the top left hand corner In simple sans serif numerals is 5:59 But The hand of the ... Read more
Featured Art: Meteora Monasteries
Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW“Meteora Monasteries” by Beatrice Athanas, member-at-large (Florida) Beatrice Athanas says Greece has been her inspiration for many years. Learn more about the artist at beatriceathanas.com.
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Featured Poem: Final Analysis (A True Story)
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By Carol White Boca Raton Branch “We’ll be slicing into your head, Mrs. White It shouldn’t hurt much, please look at the light There’s a drain in your brain ... Read more
Featured Poem: Family Photos
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By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch Here they sit, all dressed up, with frozen poses hung side by side above the piano, registering disapproving looks. They are the ... Read more
Featured Poem: Autumn Leaves
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By Patrice M. Wilson Honolulu Branch These flaring reds, golden yellows, oranges, magentas are last novas of trees before they’re brown crinkled candidates for another kind of fire. ... Read more
Featured Poem: New Battles
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By Audrey McHugh Long Island Branch On battlefields of blood not very long ago, soldiers marching face to face were martyred blow by blow. Now cities burned at ... Read more
Featured Prose: Running with My Words
Fiction and nonfiction, It's a Creative Business, NLAPW, Nonfiction
By Sara Etgen-Baker Dallas Branch When the alarm sounds, I want to continue sleeping. Instead, I slide out of the warm sheets and peek through the blinds. Graceful ... Read more
Featured Art: Gas Giant
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“Gas Giant” by Lucy Arnold, Golden Gate-Marin Branch 16×20 acrylic Artist’s Statement The planet in this poured acrylic painting resembles the gas giant, Jupiter. It is the second piece ... Read more