Featured Poem

Featured Poem: Seeking a Theory of Everything

September 14, 2026September 3, 2026 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sharon E. Ludan Honolulu Branch “A Theory of Everything…is a(n) all-encompassing coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all aspects of the universe.” —Wikipedia There ... Read more

Featured Poem: Looking Back

August 28, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Lorraine Walker Williams Golden Gate-Marin Branch Three short days in San Francisco, never enough of cool fog draping the hills, folding the city in softness, holding it close ... Read more

Featured Poem: Chasing Hope

August 20, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Cornelia DeDona Southwest Florida Branch I try to catch up— to the woman climbing the hill ahead of me, the same rise of pavement I swear remembers ... Read more

Featured Poem: Another Poem About Dawn

August 4, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Gloria Heffernan Central New York Branch I worry that perhaps I have written too many poems about dawn, too many descriptions of the way the sunrise paints ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Bowl We Drink From

July 26, 2026June 17, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Pam Atherstone Modesto Branch Do not pity them. Those who walk slowly in the morning field with the empty leash in their pocket, or the one whose house ... Read more

Featured Poem: Someday

July 11, 2026July 5, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Rodika Tollefson Member-at-large Someday I will dance in the streets of Paris. I will gaze into Mona Lisa’s eyes I’ll sip French wine on a terrace And drink ... Read more

Featured Poem: On A Summer Terrace in Italy

July 5, 2026July 6, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

By Ronni Miller Sarasota Branch A slice of melone draped in Parma prosciutto laid on a china plate placed on a clothed table beside a glass of Chianti from ... Read more

Featured Poem: Trumpet Vine

June 14, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Silvia Kofler Member-at-Large My neighbor hates its invasiveness and lopped off as much as she could on her side of the fence. However, birds love it and sparrows moved ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Journey of Poetry

June 6, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Lori Howell Thompson Santa Clara County Branch Poetry are words dancing in your mind Becoming a fairytale of your voice A world created by imagination, experience, and dreams An ... Read more

Featured Poem: In Praise of Sonnets

May 19, 2026April 7, 2026 Featured Poem, NLAPW

Tonya McQuade Santa Clara County Branch For many years, the sonnet form was king; To write in perfect meter earned acclaim. In fourteen lines, true sonneteers would sing, To ... Read more

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