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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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Finally
By Holly Day — I finally get diagnosed and it answers everything, and I almost laugh out of relief because despite all of the horrible
May 8, 2022
Speed Grieving
By Hilton Koppe — My doctor is telling me I need to quit work. My psychologist and my wife are telling me I need to quit. So is my time as a
Apr 25, 2022
Aaj Mein kaun?
By Anita Nahal — Aaj mein kaun? Today? Yes, today, was warm enough for long walks with me. Pied pipers piping past paleness of the night.
Apr 21, 2022
Krapp's Last Tape
By Doug Holder — I am the widower who stares at framed pictures and talks to ghosts. I am an aging man who hears
voices in the cracks of
Apr 18, 2022
Three Poems
By Debbie Cutler — Mary and I talk into the night, sip dessert wine from Alaska,
dance to the throb of country blues or rap, listen to
Mar 22, 2022
Today's Me
By Lynn White — Maybe you’ll find me
in the language of my body, but not in the practiced gestures, the performance, the masquerade that
Feb 28, 2022
Where is Home?
By Pankhuri Sinha — Getting fixed in that infamous question,‘So where are you from?’or that question, asked somewhat more pejoratively, ‘So
Feb 12, 2022
Joy Stalking through Cancer
By Christine Cissy White — "I’m tired of fighting," I tell my palliative care contact, Jen via Zoom. "It's not a fair fight anyhow," she
Jan 15, 2022
When it Happens
By Lisa Reynolds — She said it would be like this; all heartache would come at once, then leave me in a sedated state,
where tears are
Jan 3, 2022
Reflection
By Sushant Thapa — Oh this forbidden path of poetry I walk. Meet me when the time is plenty. I will not be what you are afraid of.
Dec 20, 2021
My Grandma
By Maged Zaher — My grandma was mean and scared and scary. She would win the Nobel in fear. Ah, what I believe is harmful. Yet I don't have
Nov 28, 2021
June 10, 2021
By Audrey Geliga — I have been on a journey of self-love, self-acceptance, and self-rediscovery, for almost three years now. I thought that
Oct 26, 2021
Where I’m Writing From
By Kim Biello Sarrosick — I’m writing from my “office” — the windowless basement guest room, yoga studio, storage space that became my
Oct 17, 2021
I Am
By Damaris Abreu — I’ve experienced vulnerable moments in which I shared my heart with total strangers because of the safe setting of the
Oct 5, 2021
Sunday
By Jeremiah K Durick — What It’s Like
And so it’s Sunday, the end of a set of days. The beginning of another. A pause of sorts, something
Sep 19, 2021
Morning Raga
By Shome Dasgupta — I've heard through stories about my ancestors—they told—a petal can sing a song from before existence— now as I look
Sep 1, 2021
Electrocuting the Ants
By David J. Bookbinder — I did terrible things to insects as a child. Like many other boys growing up with nothing better to do, I tore the
Aug 16, 2021
Daniel Sklar Likes
By Daniel Sklar —
Did you know that Daniel Sklar likes drifting in a canoe on Chebacco Lake? He also likes riding a bicycle, especially to
Jul 24, 2021
Embark
By Rose Loving — There was so much nourishment growing in that valley. The wild leeks we ate every day with eggs at dawn. The coltsfoot we
Jun 23, 2021
I Am From
By Debra Dolan — I'm from the lonely and misunderstood. From the "I don't believe you" and "I hope you have a daughter just like you" to
Jun 14, 2021
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