Featured Poem: Check Mate
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By Kay Helgerson Atlanta Branch “All’s fair,” they say, “in love and war,” Thus our mottos were the same, He playing chess, a game of war While I played ... Read more
Featured Poem: Tomorrow Is Another Day
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By Marlene Klotz Boca Raton Branch, Florida Whenever bad things happen, Think about tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day. It may erase your sorrow So wake up, get going, Forget ... Read more
Featured Poem: Bunnell’s Pond
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By Virginia Nygard Vero Beach Branch, Florida The Pequonnock River wandered south from Great Hollow Lake through Connecticut until it paused to catch its breath at Sylvan Beach and ... Read more
Featured Poem: Finding Where I Belong
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By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch This poem was inspired by “Urban Edge,: oil on linen, an abstract piece by Linda Bigness-Lanigan, longtime CNY Branch arts member. Memories ... Read more
Featured Poem: Painted Lady
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By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch, California While searching for the perfect face I found suntan, beige, warm brown and brown They all looked the same Never the ... Read more
Featured Poem: Classic Blue
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By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California It’s one of the last photos in our white Hallmark album – both of us running away from the church, heads down, smiling, ... Read more
Featured Poem: My Morning Routine
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By Megha Sood Member-at-large My fingers tracing those invisible unetched dreams on my table some skewed and some forgotten by the cruel bouts of merciless time Time ... Read more
Introducing Claire Massey, New Poetry Editor
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By Claire Massey It’s a great honor to join the editorial team of The Pen Woman as your new poetry page editor. Former editor Karen McAferty Morris contributed much to ... Read more
Who Am I?
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By Vera Ripp Hirschhorn Boca Raton Branch, Florida I am the toddler jumping up and down, waving my arms and shouting Da! Da! in my playpen upon seeing my ... Read more
Featured Poem: Sending Out
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By Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts “Nothing was remembered, nothing forgotten. When we awoke, the enemy attacked.” —anonymous Our windowsills were wet from ... Read more