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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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Jan 5
I have forgotten what touch is.
By Cerid Jones — I've forgotten what touch is. Lost in the long strides between reaching for things I'm never sure I've ever held.
Dec 27, 2024
Beautiful Small Things
By Dr. Balesh Jindal — Frayed and fretting, chafed and chiipped, gnawed over, till agony smirked all over. Spreadeagled, I lay soaked in
Dec 10, 2024
an hour in disguise
By Kenneth Kesner — It could remind you of other times when a door quiet as gray, unhinged at its side, about to be stripped and planed in a
Nov 21, 2024
Robin and Eagle
By Jan Wiezorek — On a rooftop, an American robin, state bird of Michigan, commands his post, ordering elements, causing worms to hang and
Oct 16, 2024
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
Sep 19, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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
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