How’s Your Branch Adapting in the Social Distancing Age?

April 29, 2020 Latest News, NLAPW

  The inability to host meetings due to lockdowns across the country has made it tough for Pen Women to keep in touch. Branches are missing their inspirational get-togethers — ... Read more

Featured Poem: Ireland

April 28, 2020 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Carolynn J. Scully Member-at-large   The ancients winked and smiled at the mystery and magic of the wee island of green, a crock of shamrocks hiding Leprechaun gold for ... Read more

Featured Art: Alison’s Cat

April 22, 2020 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Alison’s Cat,” 10×7 oil by Doris Mady, Greenwich Branch (Connecticut)   From the artist: I painted a picture of my dog, Kerry, about a year before he passed. I called it ... Read more

Featured Poem: Slants and Rants — Observations for Writers

April 15, 2020 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Mary L. Gardner CNY Branch   Being Clear There’s not a follicle of truth in a colleague’s chronicled memoir that observing a tropical botanical requires a monocle.   Footnotes ... Read more

Featured Art: Woman in White Chair

March 31, 2020 Featured Art, NLAPW

    “Woman in White Chair,” acrylic, 27.5 x 22.5 By E. Marie Francis, Vero Beach Branch, Florida   From the Artist: “Me Ladies” is the name of a series ... Read more

Featured Poem: Oakland Giraffes

March 24, 2020December 18, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Patricia Doyne Diablo-Alameda Branch, California     (Based on Giraphics by muralist Dan Fontes)   Whoosh! The freeway overpass pulses with cars, pick-ups, buses, big-rigs, motorcycles. All day they speed ... Read more

Featured Poem: One Moment

March 13, 2020December 18, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Mary Joan Meagher Minnesota Branch   The present tense is tricky When the one you love No longer is But has become a was. Existence is measured in moments. Moments ... Read more

Featured Art: Pelicans Sitting in the Sun

March 6, 2020 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Pelicans Sitting in the Sun” by Judy Barnett, Golden Gate-Marin Branch, California McAbee Beach on Cannery Row in Monterey, California Judy Barnett expresses her creativity through jewelry design, fiber sculpture, ... Read more

Featured Poem: After the Fruit

February 25, 2020December 18, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts    When the serpent beckoned Eve and she tasted the ripe softness of the pink fruit from the forbidden tree, she felt the energy ... Read more

Featured Poem: Something’s Missing, Something’s Gone

February 13, 2020December 18, 2019 Featured Poem, NLAPW

  Dr. Carmen Meadows Atlanta Branch     Carefree days outside I played  Come cloud or sun I’d laugh and run   To see bugs crawl or scale a wall ... Read more