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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

Featured Art: Megan

December 31, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Megan” by Holly Wolfe, Columbus Branch Oil, 11 x 14

Featured Poem: Winter Solstice (Dodoitsu)

December 19, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-Large winter solstice arriving shortest day and longest night silent trees gather forces for returning light lighter, longer, brighter days saunter through the winter gloom ... Read more

Featured Poem: Lessons From a Gosling’s Journey

December 9, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Adrienne Reedy Greenwich Branch By the water’s edge, where tall grasses sway, Two parent geese, in their protective way, Guarded their two little downy, bright kin, Sweet ... Read more

Featured Art: When All Is Quiet

November 30, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Art, NLAPW

“When All Is Quiet” by Dorothy Atkins, Santa Clara Branch Mixed media, 9 x 12 Artist Statement At this stage in my creative journey, I am excited that people ... Read more

Featured Poem: Chapters

November 20, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Terry Henry Pensacola Branch He sits in his favorite chair in the early morning light His reading glasses perched on his nose Slowly scrolling through the morning headlines ... Read more

Featured Poem: Testing for Moisture

November 10, 2025October 7, 2025 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Pat Underwood Des Moines Branch My father stepped into the field that spring and sifted black earth through his fingers until it fell to the ground like ... Read more

Featured Art: Same Root, Different Blooms

October 30, 2025November 17, 2025 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Same Root, Different Blooms” by Zeldi Eskenazi, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic, 24 x 30 Artist’s Statement “Same Roots, Different Blooms” is a little celebration of how even flowers that start ... Read more

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