Featured Poem: An Event of Astronomical Proportions

June 12, 2024May 28, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California   One summer night over twenty years ago a once-in-a-lifetime meteorite streaked across the entire sky over Yosemite Valley, creating the illusion of daylight ... Read more

Featured Poem: Fruitless Attempt

June 6, 2024May 28, 2024 Featured Poem, Latest News

By Megha Sood Member-at-large   Thin corridors of silence cave in as I walk through them— my elbow grazing old memories and reshuffling feathers of time.   I know this ... Read more

Featured Poem: Poetry is Medicinal

May 28, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California (a trimeric)     Write a sonnet! You will forget your ailments as you struggle to rhyme, while maintaining the prescribed meter.   You ... Read more

Featured Art: Through Her Chestnut Eyes

May 22, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Through Her Chestnut Eyes” by Debora Farias, Jacksonville Branch While on holiday in Brasilia, Brazil, Debora Farias had 16 hours of private instruction with the Brazilian-Italian artist Felipe Salsano. She ... Read more

Featured Poem: A Little Fire

May 16, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch   “Keep a little fire burning, however small, however hidden.”  Cormac McCarthy   Start with the fuel inside you — the needs, the wishes, ... Read more

Featured Poem: Facing Our Fears

May 8, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Nancy Keats Benson Central New York Branch   we walk silently night seeping into our fibers   we forget when smiles effervesce into sunshine no need to worry   ... Read more

Featured Art: Hunter

May 2, 2024March 1, 2024 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Hunter” by Catherine Moreno, Golden Gate-Marin Branch Oil on panel (12 x 16)

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Featured Poem: Topical

April 27, 2024April 26, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida   Topical methods  of applying medications  to the skin  are used by  practioners  all over the world  to alleviate pain.   What ... Read more

Featured Art: Path to Higher Ground

April 10, 2024March 1, 2024 Featured Art, NLAPW

“Path to Higher Ground” by Lisa Livingston, Modesto Branch Mixed media on paper (11 x 14) Artist’s Statement From the Eternal Oak Collection, this painting celebrates the unique beauty of ... Read more

Featured Poem: Buttons 

March 26, 2024February 27, 2024 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch   An old round tin, perhaps once filled with candy, is slightly dented by years of use, the lid printed with a scene of palm ... Read more