Featured Poem: Together, 1955
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Janet Fagal Central New York Branch My grandparents’ summer place, country kitchen with green cast iron cookstove. Pantry room to right of sink unit. A tableau to explore. ... Read more
Featured Art: Echo #3
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Susan Crave Rosen, Chesapeake Bay Branch “Echo #3,” acrylic and collage on paper, 23×27 inches “I have been painting for over 25 years, beginning when my husband and ... Read more
Featured Poem: Lilacs in My Heart
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Mary Patricia Canes Alexandria Branch Lilacs bloomed full purple near Grandma’s open window in her farmhouse kitchen where she made strong tea and apple pie. Her lilting voice, singing, ... Read more
Featured Poem: Wick
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Laurel Jean Becker Denver Branch The burgundy candle supports you. You run the length of its solid core, extending out from one end, dependent and vulnerable. If you were ... Read more
Featured Art: Billowing In
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Doris Mady, Greenwich Branch, Connecticut “Billowing In,” 20×10 oil Doris Mady considers herself a plein air painter. When asked, “Why plein air?” she answered, “because I feel alive when I’m ... Read more
Featured Poem: Old Things
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Donna Bruno Ft. Lauderdale Branch The satin sheen of Great-grandmother’s table Duncan-Phyffe mahogany gives testament to generations before me who dutifully polished it with elbow-grease to enhance its lustrous ... Read more
Featured Art: The Watchkeepers
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One day, Jane and her husband traveled down a dusty country road in Weumpka, Alabama. As they neared Lake Martin, they discovered an isolated burial site near ... Read more
Featured Art: Gallery Hopping
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Carol Nipomnich Dixon, Connecticut Pioneer Branch Gallery Hopping, embroidered assemblage on felt, 13-inch square, framed Statement from Carol Nipomnich Dixon: I have been drawing, painting, photographing, and experimenting ... Read more
Featured Poem: Writer’s Block
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Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City Branch, Texas There I sit Done with trees Their rugged hide Their fallen leaves Ended the garden At mid-lawn With vibrant roses And firethorn ... Read more
Featured Poem: Slammed
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Cornelia DeDona Member-at-large, Kingston, New York I slammed my heart into love’s door bloodied and bruised it swelled on the other side of a reckoning exacted its price no ... Read more