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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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Jul 30, 2022
AT THE GRAVESIDE (for Sister Lizzy)
By Ojo Olumide Emmanuel — At your graveside, a woman began a song. She is not from your tribe. You died in the land of another tribe.
Jul 12, 2022
But I Did
By Nolcha Fox — Nobody noticed your impossible red hair, a flag waving away
your 70 years, the last maple leaf defying the wind. But I did.
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
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