Featured Poem: My Morning Routine
Featured Poem, NLAPW
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
Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW
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?
Featured Poem, NLAPW
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
Sunset
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Marcy Von Kohorn Vero Beach Branch, Florida Darkened palm trees spread their fingers against the pale pink of the sky Ripples skip across the water reflecting a spiritual ... Read more
Networkshop #1: Firsts Author Credits as Promised
Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW
By Sarah Honenberger The Pen Woman fiction/nonfiction editor As the new fiction/nonfiction editor for The Pen Woman, I posted earlier this year several first paragraphs for critique and feedback. This ... Read more
Featured Art: Irises in Vases
Featured Art, NLAPW
“Irises in Vases,” by Jean Dodd, Jacksonville Branch, Florida 16×12 acrylic Jean Dodd, happily retired art museum director, educator, and Episcopal clergy, is writing stories and still teaching ... Read more
Wind
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Autry Dye Pensacola Branch, Florida Goddess Dogoda is my name in one culture. In others I am called Rashabar, Zephyr, Sirocco, Haboob and Pali, Rolling off the tongue ... Read more
Brown Man
Featured Poem, NLAPWBy Diane Rabideau-Wise Jacksonville Branch, Florida Brown-Down. Knee-Neck. Neck-Closed, Air-Where? Brown-Down. Momma’s where? There is no air. Son’s-Down. Momma cares. Momma’s where? Not a sound. Life-Gone. Brown-Down.
Read moreClouds
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Sherrill Geer La Jolla Branch, California They ride across the sky like mythical beasts just pretending to be clouds. Their gray wisps of form are soon scattered, leaving ... Read more
What Happens Next?
Latest News, NLAPW, Nonfiction
By Sharon Canfield Dorsey, Chesapeake Bay Branch I pull into the restaurant parking and just sit. My heartbeat quickens. I’ve had my vaccine. So has my friend. A ... Read more