Featured Poem: Self-Talk
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By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am doing well and looking forward to doing better. Just begun to live Love the place I am. Cherish ... Read more
Featured Poem: Ode to Defiant Optimism
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By Sharon E. Ludan Honolulu Branch “The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…” – W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues ... Read more
Featured Art: Megan
Featured Art, NLAPW“Megan” by Holly Wolfe, Columbus Branch Oil, 11 x 14
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Featured Poem: Winter Solstice (Dodoitsu)
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By Sara Etgen-Baker Member-at-Large winter solstice arriving shortest day and longest night silent trees gather forces for returning light lighter, longer, brighter days saunter through the winter gloom ... Read more
Featured Poem: Lessons From a Gosling’s Journey
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By Adrienne Reedy Greenwich Branch By the water’s edge, where tall grasses sway, Two parent geese, in their protective way, Guarded their two little downy, bright kin, Sweet ... Read more
Featured Art: When All Is Quiet
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“When All Is Quiet” by Dorothy Atkins, Santa Clara Branch Mixed media, 9 x 12 Artist Statement At this stage in my creative journey, I am excited that people ... Read more
Featured Poem: Chapters
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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