Featured Poem: Plant
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Lorraine Walker Williams Southwest Florida Branch To place, slip seeds into moist soil, shutter from light, incubate and wait. To plant is the first lesson in patience. Plant, ... Read more
The Future is WITA and NLAPW
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In August, community members from diverse backgrounds gathered at Pen Arts, NLAPW’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, for “The Future is WITA: A Pen Arts Benefit Interest Meeting.” This call-to-action campaign ... Read more
Featured Poem: Lost Forever
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Jane Gates Lies Pensacola Branch, Florida My thought escaped Into the dark abyss Of my mind, A fugitive, Hiding somewhere, Only once in view, A slice of a moment, ... Read more
Featured Art: Vintage Trucks in Sedona
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“Vintage Trucks in Sedona” by Gloria Sampson, Columbus Branch (Georgia) Watercolor, 18.5 x 28.25 Gloria Sampson’s goal is to paint every day. She works mainly in watercolor, pen, and ... Read more
Featured Poem: In Turn… In Time
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Susan Bassler Pickford Member-at-large, Portland, Maine Turn: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, ... Read more
Featured Poem: The American Dream
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Karen L. Kirshner Long Island Branch, New York We pay for the choices we made in youth, actions stemming from a presumption of immortality, which, once played become crimes ... Read more
Featured Poem: I Wonder
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Scottie E. McDaniell Member-at-large Today as I walked through a parking lot I gazed at the people I passed, but not one fixed his or her eyes upon me ... Read more
Featured Poem: Write in the Night
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Bette J Lafferty Tampa Branch I write in the night without a light, my pad on my stomach does lay. With a finger I guide ... Read more
Featured Art: Twin Creek Vineyard
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Chella Gonsalves, Modesto Branch, California Twin Creek Vineyard, oil, 9×12 inches Known mainly as a plein air artist, Chella Gonsalves portrays rural landmarks, rivers, architectural structures, and historical homesteads ... Read more
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