Creative Inspirational Wisdom: A Journey into the Heart of Creativity

December 1, 2016July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom

For our first guest blog post in our Creative Inspirational Wisdom series, Dr. Patricia Daly-Lipe reflects on her creative journey.   Maybe I am a late bloomer but, finally, I ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Autumn Dance

November 29, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Patricia Dennis Santa Clara, N. California Branch A gust of wind The soft swirl of leaves Autumn red and gold Turning Whirling Swirling So gracefully through the air Thoughts of ... Read more

It’s a Creative Business: Plan B and a Prayer

November 23, 2016July 12, 2018 It's a Creative Business

Our first guest blogger, Dorothy Atkins, discusses how she made her creative dreams a business reality:   While working my career job, I always had a Plan B and a ... Read more

Call for Guest Bloggers

November 21, 2016July 25, 2017 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, It's a Creative Business, Latest News, NLAPW

Calling all creatives! We invite our fellow Pen Women to submit guest posts for two new series: Creative Inspirational Wisdom and A Creative Business. Accepted pieces will first appear on ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Thanksgiving

November 19, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Calder Lowe Modesto California Branch   Hurling himself against the confines of the picket fence, the chained dog yelps, its cry piercing my car windows at the stop light. The ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Granite Battalion

November 7, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Barb Whitmarsh, Bayou City II Texas Branch (Happy Veterans Day – and God Bless America)   It was late and there was a nip in the air when he went down ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Mendocino Revisited

October 28, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Christine Horner Alameda/Diablo Branch, CA   This place is different every time we come, new, wind-washed, sea-beaten. Old woods are eaten larger in every pore, the grain exposed more deeply. ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Lydia (1761)

October 18, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Margaret Leis Hanna, Central Ohio Branch Written after reading the historical novel, Widow’s War, by Sally Gunning   She walks the shore Stripped of her husband she searches solace on sand. Breathes ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Native

October 10, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Nancy Haskett, Modesto, CA Branch President   Dakota, Choctaw, Wampanoag, Comanche – names that echo off canyon walls, blow in the wind over prairies, rise fiercely from flames of burned ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Suitable Companion

October 2, 2016November 30, 2016 NLAPW

Christina Laurie, West Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA Cape Cod Branch, president   (Genesis 2:18 – on the eve of my 50th birthday)   Seven times seven I have replaced each cell ... Read more