All of a sudden
By Michelle Gubbay — No one noticed Lenny, but then all of a sudden Lenny began to play the piano. I had no idea that he could play. He was
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Expressive
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JOURNAL OF
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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.
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Sep 19
A Mother and Daughter
By Gaurav Ojha — Mother, when your dreams begin to crumble before the eyes, feel the sunshine you have been hiding to protect your daughter
Aug 27
Last year’s planner pages
By Sharon Pajka — Insurance will not cover rehab. They will not cover the ER. They will not cover transportation to memory care. I call a
Jul 7
Weather Poem
By Jeremiah K Durick — This is not the climate we were born into. It’s the climate we brought on ourselves. They even warned us, but we
Jun 26
Passions
By N.T. Chambers — He knew her before she was born, in a way that drowning men know the sea - flailing without hope, surrendering without
Jun 16
Target Range
By Holly Day — She held the gun in her hand and imagined she was the prostitute she’d read about in the newspaper, knew that if she was that
May 31
No One Noticed The Noise
By Lynn White — She lay there still, quiet in her flesh, and her covering of skin though her heart was drumming loudly and in her head she
May 25
Shuffling to Fortune in Bombay
By Tim Campbell — Pilgrims shuffle in quiet grace, like a sentence of hope a thousand syllables long. They trek on a causeway over the
May 4
Alien in My Backyard
By Johanna Haas — It was not long ago when lawns were covered with clover instead of grass. It’s not that long ago when towns were covered.
Apr 14
Breaking The Hard Way
By Christina M. Rau — When the hammer misses the nail it hits the wood and all bodies become golddust drifting. The automatic garage door
Apr 8
No one noticed the kids
By Galen Cunningham — No one noticed the kids because they had work, church, social spheres, interloping thoughts, pressing concerns,
Mar 24
Pen to Paper
By Cea Jae — I think people just see me as a strong person, and it must be abnormal for me to have feelings. Or that I'm so nonchalant that
Feb 4
The Door Never Closes
By Ruth Bacharach — When I say I’m tired and need to rest, the caseworker keeps talking. When I say I need pain medication before physical
Jan 25
She's a Wildflower
By Nitika Balaram — The thing about wildflowers is that they will grow in almost any condition. Whatever life throws at them, even when
Dec 29, 2023
Should I Stay or Should I go?
Giovanni Gallo — She looked over the cliff as the clock ticked. Thinking about her life, was it really worth continuing? Her time struck
Dec 21, 2023
I’m here
By William Odell — Vanquished to the elements again. The glass aperture alludes your aggressive deportment, hidden, your valiance. You pose
Oct 20, 2023
"Parental Guidance"
By Ty'ona Crocker — You praised me for good grades because that’s all you knew. Never once did you realize what I was going through.
Sep 21, 2023
Kalawati
By Bharti Bansal — Women change the world by changing other women, motivating them, creating a path for them through their own struggles.
Jul 29, 2023
Freedman Village of the Dead
By Mark Blickley — A dozen years ago, I visited Arlington National Cemetery for the first (and only) time. As a reluctant participant in the
Jul 12, 2023
An Outburst from a Desperate Soul
By Caroline Reddy — I looked like a boy. I was thirteen years old when father’s words—suffocated my embryo. In your absence the summer
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