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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:

Jun 27, 2022

The Homemaker

By Dr Balesh Jindal — Each beautiful corner she decorated with her dreams. Each crevice, she lighted with her girlhood laughters, leaving

May 20, 2022

However Far, However Near

By Keith Hoerner — When I was a kid, I would sleepwalk. I remember having a recurring dream. Today, it seems to be such a mature dream,

May 3, 2022

Braided

By Gerry Grubbs — I watch you braid your mothers hair. Your hands working like hers in the slow rhythm of the work and I see how my thoughts

Apr 14, 2022

Dreaming, writing, healing

By Sylvie Kandé — Her cheeks redden. With a trembling hand she removes her fogged-up glasses. This granite woman, whom we love for and

Apr 1, 2022

Trash Pandas

By Andrew Scott — People around here call them Trash Pandas. Visitors that come in the silence of the night so, no one can hear or see them.

Mar 19, 2022

A March Through Time

By John P Drudge — It clicks and clacks through time like jack boots on government marble. New forms of idolatry and poisoned messages from

Feb 26, 2022

BENEATH THE NOBLE TREE…

By Kahlil Crawford — See, one day Al realized he didn't have a point of view beyond what he was taught as a child, so he set out to develop

Feb 8, 2022

Frozen Time

By Duane Anderson — The video board displayed that the NYSE was down 10.90 points, the NASDAQ was down 12.68, and the S&P 500 was up .076.

Feb 2, 2022

My Parents’ Yahrzeit

By Anne Whitehouse — My parents were rarely on the same wavelength. Most of the time they talked at each other, not to each other. But here

Jan 25, 2022

Finding God Through What Is Not

By Philip Vassallo — Walking alone after rain, her muddied street shining under the glow of lampposts still dripping on parked cars, a man

Jan 18, 2022

The Lake

By Laura Davis — The summer I turned ten, our family took a camping trip across the country. We left New Jersey as soon as school let out in

Jan 11, 2022

Bus Stop

By Paul Rousseau — A crumpled cardboard sign rests in his right hand: Homeless. Hungry. Please help. A small, blood-stained handkerchief

Dec 24, 2021

I’d Rather Be an Elephant

By Catfish McDaris — There will be a few good moments, but mostly it will get worse. Cars and loved ones dying. Yesterday after 2 years of

Dec 14, 2021

Dancing Suzie

By Zaqary Fekete — I picked up Suzie on Friday night. We had coupons. If you know where to look you were set. The First Avenue concert venue

Nov 16, 2021

e a r t h q u a k e: a social gathering

By priyanuj — Earthquake can get away with murder. Not the kind where she smothers me to death. She merely takes off the oxygen mask, so

Oct 14, 2021

Another Day

By Ian Willey — A girl on the train was crying and no one noticed. No one noticed as something fell from the bottom of a B-29 as it passed

Sep 13, 2021

She Walks Alone

By John L. Swainston — She walks alone. The years have passed. So, has he. No one to share this unchanged beauty. The babies have their own

Aug 7, 2021

Hatred Wraps the World in Blindness

By Vanessa Jakse — No one noticed the rainy day, the sky’s dark wrath, the lightning’s shaft, the rain that pelted down in anger. No one

Jul 2, 2021

Five Vanilla Cones

By Linda LeMoine — My mind flashes a memory of a mini me. I’m about five years old and we are on our weekly drive to visit cousins. Dressed

Jun 6, 2021

After the Interview

By John D Robinson — After reading the interview she said to me, "You sound so bitter, mean about people." "I am," I said.

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THEMES by PROMPT

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The Premier online literary journal for Expressive Writing

THEMES by PROMPT

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing