By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch Sometimes, I think life is like a tightrope, with all of us as walkers. We begin at the starting pole, full of wonder, ... Read more
By Lorraine Walker Williams Member-at-Large “She is working now…” — Jane Hirshfield, The Poet She is working now, the child at 5, kneeling at the glass table, a ... Read more
By Annette Gagliardi Des Mones Branch from my lips, down the cleft of my chin, to hide beneath my left breast like shy children. They grow thin and dissipate ... Read more
“Abstract Lily Pond” by Sigrun Buckley, Jacksonville Branch Acrylic on canvas, 11 x14 Artist’s Statement This will be part of my first exhibition at the Ponte Vedra Beach library, ... Read more
(Tanka) by Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-large sitting in silence the fog of all this living slowly dissipates like clouds clearing at sunset like longing when it finds home
By Joan Kantor Sarasota Branch, Florida Mornings elude me. I don’t come alive till noon, but today, rising at 6AM, I headed to the marsh for a glimpse of ... Read more
By Lynn Hansen Modesto Branch, California When brilliant light is dancing in Arctic summer skies kittiwakes bathe in icy pools, green or aqua blue in the land of midnight ... Read more
By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch In the mirror I call out to her. Her reflection, so youthful. Eager, hopeful. I call to her, warn her. It goes ... Read more
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