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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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Love is ...
By Britta Benson — Love’s a choice every day. You can stay or go, call it life, call it quits. It’s a long term project, and neither for the
Aug 29, 2023
Blindness and Love
By Hector Rodriguez — Living in darkness. I’ve yearned for closeness. Not seeing has not limited my search for love. While I can't see, I'm
Aug 15, 2023
Our Personal Wedding Vows
By Philip Hughes-Luing — You are the first person with whom I will share a joy or a sorrow, a fear or a conviction. You are the first person
Aug 12, 2023
Chasing The Good Life
By Glenn Marchand — You come forth like thunder—beauty of mystery—astrology and focus. Loving has been shallow, lethal at points, dragons
Jul 27, 2023
Clothes Call
By Allan Lake — I give you avalanches of love, attempt your language (a marathon with hurdles), wait for you to commit as if I were a
Jul 3, 2023
My Mother the Car
By Phill LoFaso — Heavy rain hits the windscreen. The streets are hard to see. Tall oaks lean in. Untold threats unseen. The unknown and
Jun 27, 2023
Love is...a verb
By Darleen Hunzinger — How do you love someone and cringe at the sound of their voice all at the same time...When that person has leapt from
Jun 18, 2023
For Love
By Lynn White — This is my season for living and it’s now that I need them. The flowers you carried in that season are for me. Later they
Jun 7, 2023
LIGHTS OF LOVE
By Priya Chouhan — A narrow escape from blazing desolation, panting heavily,
sweat dripped down the neck, wounded hands stroked the fallen
May 21, 2023
A Woman
By David Summerfield — Her voice, especially the laughter is music you endeavor, to induce hoping. It comes in waves and will never cease.
Apr 15, 2023
Weaving a Sibling Bond
By Miriam Edelson — Even now, nineteen years after my son’s death, my daughter has told me she often feels his presence close by.
Apr 9, 2023
Opening the Box of Surprise
By Kelly DuMar — It was a gift I had no expectation of receiving—this box of surprise that came into my hands a few years ago. A lost
Mar 18, 2023
To M.W.
By Gabriella Garofalo — Bad reps, twisty marriages, fractured families. These are the gifts waves left for me
on the seashore last night
Jan 18, 2023
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