Touchdown
By Lina Lambert — “Get yourself a wife who watches football on two TV screens!” my husband boasted, “and rubs your shoulders at half-time!”
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Expressive
Writing
JOURNAL OF
EXPRESSIVE WRITING
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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Oct 27
A Look at Life
By Duane Anderson — What is next in my life? Being a hero, being a coward? I look at my life with no idea where it is going. Hopes and
Aug 30
Tanking The Growth Chart
By Emma Grenier — Waving goodbye to my family, I feel okay. Tired, from our strenuous day at the water park, but luckily the drive will be
Aug 9
A Lesson from an Inner City Teacher
By Michael H. Brownstein — Tempers are not something easily held. Students know this. They understand how to get a reaction from a teacher
Aug 5
So certain of the uncertain
By Jonash Lepcha — Did I say something, every time, unknowing that silence at times says everything and more? I do not have to say many
Jul 2
To the Boy I Saw Picking Up Leaves in the Park on the Way Home from Church
By Brittany Casselman — After watching you in the park on that chilly Sunday afternoon, I followed your example and found a leaf of my own.
Jun 9
My Race to Self-Improvement
By Rowan Moskowitz — Whenever I look at myself, I can’t help cringe at my reflection, the flaws instantly popping out thanks to my already
May 8
unclenching a fist
By Hannah Holbert — I opened my hands, finally and found that they are still soft like the morning. I accepted the gift of renewed warmth in
Apr 1
Perfectly In Place
Ethan Ovbiagele — An American Bloomer, and a Generation Zoomer. Of Africa, but not from Africa, from America, but not of America.
Jan 12
Charity
Samuel Torontour — Our good will can raise humanity to its pinnacle, and through restoration of mutual trust, we can rebuild our great love,
Dec 8, 2023
Home Sick
By S. J. Praino — Is the stomach bug real or a result of escalating anxiety? I'm ready to shift employers or assume homelessness if that's
Nov 18, 2023
CHRIS
By Grzegorz Wroblewski — Chris got out of jail near Copenhagen and there is no money for colorful powder from Tim XX. There was only a guy
Nov 8, 2023
Things Go Wrong
By Chila Woychik — Did I tell you I’m studying philosophy? Or a strange non-class called Art in the Dark? It’s odd, I admit, the combination
Oct 28, 2023
Time Capsule
By Vincent Casaregola — I carry it all in my shirt pocket, life, death, history, all recorded and held in place—the cardholder embraces a
Oct 15, 2023
I AM…COMPLETE
By Pragya Bajpai — I wrote about the plants that were neglected when I was too busy mourning our separation. As I fill the last page of the
Oct 9, 2023
Find You
By Marjorie Moorhead — Spilled drinks can slosh all over your work, your lap, your life. Mop it up and keep going. How do you fit into this
Oct 6, 2023
Pindaric flights
By Barbara Anna Gaia — Vibrations and noise are reduced to a strict minimum by means of precise dynamic balancing of the rotating elements.
Sep 28, 2023
Why Not?
By James King — Words store memories in pro-and-con columns. They wait, a cat stalking a squirrel, spotted paw raised and still, statuesque
Sep 12, 2023
Washington Bridge Plan
By Benjamin Nardolilli — The lights along the river are doing their best
to construct a rivalry, if not a duel
as the sun begins departing
Aug 8, 2023
Is This Seat Taken?
By Melissa Giberson — I don’t say that during my marriage sex was challenging and while I enjoyed the physical act, I also avoided it and
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