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THEMES by PROMPT
We publish writing using a series of prompts as an entry point for exploring emotions, personal histories, shared truths, joy, grief, shame, and those themes that matter most to us in our hearts.
Explore the themes by prompt below:
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Aug 7, 2020
Masked Men
By Robert Knox — Those without masks are the least honest. You see them, pushing their way to the front
Jul 26, 2020
I Don’t Like Needles
By Caroline Lodge — We laugh behind our masks
and reach out with our
sanitized hands. Warmth and
Jul 6, 2020
Fear of Assault
By Dee Allen — I fear sudden weakness, I fear an assault, Worse than a hate crime, Worse than the occult
Jun 23, 2020
Coronavirus Has Nothing on Retirement
By John C. Krieg — This Thing is Getting Serious. In all seriousness, I know this is a legitimate National Emergency
And I must do what I c
Jun 16, 2020
I Am Angry
By Michael T. Smith — I am angry, and I do not like being who I am. I do not like
more than I can list here or
Jun 15, 2020
Breath • 呼吸 • Respiro • نفس
By Erin Liana Johnson —
I am newly conscious of my breath. I am picturing how lbronchioles and alveoli look
Jun 13, 2020
Rapunzel
By Sarah Henry — At a museum, the guard said I had beautiful hair. The color and curl were natural.
Jun 11, 2020
Fossil F-Ups
By Gerard Sarnat — Perhappened portmanteau
of frenzy-fed megachurch’s hifalutin well as cavalier
Jun 4, 2020
Zoom Fatigue
By Beth Kalikstein — Setting in is the Zoom fatigue. Since all day technology is out of my league, professionals have
Jun 1, 2020
Managing COVID-19 Through a Notepad
By Susan Erickson — April 25: “Your Mom has a temperature, probably COVID.”
Jun 1, 2020
Not Drowing
By Melissa Fritchle — My friend texted How’s your breathing? I replied, I am ok. Are you ok? Yes, he said.
May 28, 2020
Fortress of Light
By Aimee Harper — Even amidst this global pandemic, miracles continue to happen in the fortress of light.
May 24, 2020
You Must Get Ready
By Jenean McBrearty — You must stay home. The government says shelter. Quarantine. House arrest.
May 18, 2020
The Day the Ball Stopped Moving
By Dale Hosack — Wednesday, March 11. A day that will live in sports infamy. About 8:30 pm that night I
May 17, 2020
Love Amidst a Tragedy
By Walden Samkite — One wouldn’t expect to fall in love during a pandemic and worldwide shut down, but I
May 14, 2020
To Be Incarcerated Right Now
By LaVon Johnson — Given that I am currently incarcerated I should not have anything to worry about.
May 11, 2020
Mourning in the Time of COVID-19
By Angelique Tung — The truth is, I don’t want to fly to California to watch my mother choking on her own
May 10, 2020
Corona 3-24-20
By Leni Gross Young — And the beat goes on. Or we are beaten. So hard to know. Daily lives go on, yet “go”
May 8, 2020
Delight in Learning New Things
By Miss Amanda — I delighted in learning new things. How to poach an egg. How to identify trees by their
May 7, 2020
Just Like You Taught Me, Mom
By Jackie Jones — I watch my children fall deeper into a depression I cannot reach into. They disappear into their
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