Featured Poem: Onward and Back – Returning from Beyond

September 22, 2026September 3, 2026 NLAPW

By Christina E. Larson Member-at-large   Some say they crossed the threshold. Touched the light. Returned in awe of realms beyond life’s sight. A tunnel led them forward, set them ... Read more

Featured Poem: Seeking a Theory of Everything

September 14, 2026September 3, 2026 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sharon E. Ludan Honolulu Branch “A Theory of Everything…is a(n) all-encompassing coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all aspects of the universe.” —Wikipedia There ... Read more

Featured Music: Train of Love

September 5, 2026September 3, 2026 Featured Music, Latest News, NLAPW

  Editor’s note: This post marks the launch of our Featured Music section, which will showcase our music members’ performances and compositions. We are adding this new category to our ... Read more

Featured Poem: Looking Back

August 28, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Lorraine Walker Williams Golden Gate-Marin Branch   Three short days in San Francisco, never enough of cool fog draping the hills, folding the city in softness, holding it close ... Read more

Featured Poem: Chasing Hope

August 20, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

  By Cornelia DeDona Southwest Florida Branch   I try to catch up— to the woman climbing the hill ahead of me, the same rise of pavement I swear remembers ... Read more

Featured Art: Battle on Long Island Sound 1776

August 13, 2026 Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Battle on Long Island Sound 1776” was painted in response to a call for entries in The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Heritage Competition.

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Featured Poem: Another Poem About Dawn

August 4, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

  By Gloria Heffernan Central New York Branch   I worry that perhaps I have written too many poems about dawn, too many descriptions of the way the sunrise paints ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Bowl We Drink From

July 26, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Pam Atherstone Modesto Branch   Do not pity them. Those who walk slowly in the morning field with the empty leash in their pocket, or the one whose house ... Read more

Featured Art: “North Shore Beach, O’ahu”

July 17, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Art, NLAPW

“North Shore Beach, O’ahu” by Shana Hainsworth, Fort Lauderdale Branch Mixed Media, 24 x 18   Artist’s Statement I travel all over the world and paint abstracted landscapes from those ... Read more

Featured Poem: Someday

July 11, 2026July 5, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Rodika Tollefson Member-at-large   Someday I will dance in the streets of Paris. I will gaze into Mona Lisa’s eyes I’ll sip French wine on a terrace And drink ... Read more