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Featured Poem: Autumn Splendor

By Anne Bonner Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida Autumn winds blowing Through the tall trees Glimpses of red and gold Floating oak leaves Birds on the wing ... Read more

Featured Poem: Ode to Nancy Dafoe

October 6, 2021October 4, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Bobbie Dumas Panek Central New York Branch Nancy Dafoe — you rock and roll. Thank you for all of your time generally, my poems don’t rhyme. You are gracious ... Read more

Featured Art: Sacre Coeur

September 28, 2021September 12, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Sacre Coeur” by Kay Duffy, Santa Clara Branch (California) Watercolor (30×22) A resident of Saratoga for over 50 years, Kay Duffy exhibits her work and teaches watercolor and collage classes. ... Read more

Featured Poem: Paperclips — A Parable

September 22, 2021July 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Patricia Doyne Diablo/Alameda Branch A paperclip is simple: two loops of wire, one inside the other. Wires need to slightly separate in order to hold tightly. It’s a ... Read more

Featured Poem: Summer Memory

September 14, 2021July 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Brenda Layman Central Ohio Branch Thank you for the warm and fragrant memory Cycling down summer lanes In and out of sunlight and shadow Chasing the crystal wind ... Read more

Featured Poem: Tribute to Neva

September 1, 2021July 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California The tulips from your memorial service are open now, the vase sits on the windowsill, yellow, orange, purple, dark red petals, translucent like ... Read more

Featured Poem: 2020 Hindsight

August 24, 2021July 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch For my father, who would have been 100 in 2020, in remembrance of his positive spirit and everlasting belief in the goodness ... Read more

Featured Poem: I Can’t Breathe

August 19, 2021July 23, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carolynn J. Scully Member-at-large when I watch a man struggle from another’s knee pressed hard on his neck squeezing his windpipe against the pavement when I imagine the broken ... Read more

Featured art: Order of Life, Gen. II

August 10, 2021August 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Order of Life, Gen. II” by Tomi La Pierre, Member-at-Large, Las Cruces, New Mexico Cast stone (11×16) From the artist: Sometimes I create a sculpture that gives me multiple ideas ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Hospice Butterfly

August 3, 2021August 8, 2021 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Crossing a covered bridge over a pond With waterlilies and goldfish flitting between the rocks A tranquil setting to visit those ... Read more

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