Featured Poem: Chapters
Featured Poem, NLAPW
By Terry Henry Pensacola Branch He sits in his favorite chair in the early morning light His reading glasses perched on his nose Slowly scrolling through the morning headlines ... Read more
Featured Poem: Testing for Moisture
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By Pat Underwood Des Moines Branch My father stepped into the field that spring and sifted black earth through his fingers until it fell to the ground like ... Read more
Featured Art: Same Root, Different Blooms
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“Same Root, Different Blooms” by Zeldi Eskenazi, Fort Lauderdale Branch Acrylic, 24 x 30 Artist’s Statement “Same Roots, Different Blooms” is a little celebration of how even flowers that start ... Read more
Featured Poem: A Steady Hand
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(aka: PenWomenship 2025) By Christina Larson Pensacola Branch Nanny Muller’s penmanship compared to none, I thought. My nanny formed each A-B-C the same way I’d been taught. ... Read more
On the Road Again: Waking Early
Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction
TPW fiction and nonfiction editor Sarah “Sally” Collins Honenberger writes a newspaper essay series as a “traveling novelist,” titiled On the Road Again. This 30th essay gives you a glimpse ... Read more
Featured Art: Pacific Ocean
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“Pacific Ocean” by Bonnie J. Smith, Santa Clara County Branch Fabric dipped into an indigo bath, 10 feet high x 40 feet wide Artist’s Statement Our environment depends on ... Read more
Featured Poem: Marriage Vow
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By Rachael Ikins Bayou City II Branch One country is not the world. I missed the moon this morning. Only a film-softened face. Dawn. My old house ... Read more
Featured Art: Artist
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“Artist” by Fran Steinmark, Boca Raton Branch Acrylic, 36 x 48 Artist’s Statement I am a storyteller as both an artist and novelist. Passionate about color, I am fascinated ... Read more
Featured Art: Bluetooth 1.0
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“Bluetooth 1.0” by Patricia L. Brooks, Fort Lauderdale Branch Ink and watercolor, 24 x 30 Artist’s Statement This alligator was basking in the sun on the side of a golf ... Read more
Featured Poem: Eclipse Astro Philia
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By Audrey McHugh Long Island Branch The greatest show on earth in the center ring of heaven, a celestial stage of sun and moon in the amphitheater of coronal ... Read more