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The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing
The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
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.
Explore the themes by prompt below:
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Jun 3, 2023
When I’m Gone
By Khloe Kempker — Tell them that I never left a treacherous trail of burdened broken hearts like seashells along the shore, that I always
May 31, 2023
Runaway
By David J. Bookbinder — I still remember that day, many years ago. That was the day I realized I couldn’t go on like a ghost in my own
May 27, 2023
In the Bathtub
By Madge Kaplan — Props of soap and shampoo bottles fly, then bob among rubber ducks and little toes. Accusations, repercussions, slamming
May 23, 2023
We had Yaks
By Bhuwan Thapaliya — A priest’s son had an eye on my sister. He enticed her with his oratorical skills. They got married. My mother
May 20, 2023
LIGHTS OF LOVE
By Priya Chouhan — A narrow escape from blazing desolation, panting heavily,
sweat dripped down the neck, wounded hands stroked the fallen
May 16, 2023
Drifting
By John Lynn Swainston — I am sure there is a name for it. I called it drifting, getting from one place to another without taking a step.
May 12, 2023
Catching Up with Millie
By Alex Carrigan — I didn’t cry when I heard you had passed away. I wouldn’t until three months later when we placed
your urn in the ground
May 10, 2023
Spilling over the garden gate
By Linda M. Crate — When I was young, I used to laugh loudly, speak loudly, and I remember spilling over the garden gate like a wild rose.
May 5, 2023
Make it funny—Covid Reflections, Dreams & Nightmares
By Wanda Potrykus — Like the comedy shows though, it seems the Covid-19 virus has no respect for anyone, and it's obviously also totally
May 3, 2023
A POEM KNOCKS
By Noelle Sterne — A poem knocks, born in distant chambers. Embryonic words swim, wind through curving caves of mind, break through curving
May 1, 2023
Women Making Waves
By Joanne Greene — What never entered my mind in 1977 was that Roe v. Wade could be overturned by the Supreme Court, and that women in
Apr 27, 2023
The Night Two Lovers Leapt
By Frogg Corpse — In the last warmth of autumns hold. Gripping damp November cold. Protection from this fear while stripped from comfort
Apr 23, 2023
I am my mother’s daughter
By Kacy Fallon — I am my mother’s daughter today when the mail arrives:
Jeep offers, credit cards closed two years ago, Kohl’s catalogues
Apr 19, 2023
VAN GOGH'S ROAD
By Syka Wryts — The dancing howling wind swings through. Through the naked crooked branches. A tree standing on one's jack in the midnight
Apr 16, 2023
The Way I See It
By Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg — The way I see it has changed and keeps changing as my eyes re-calibrate hundreds of times and thousands of ways
Apr 14, 2023
A Woman
By David Summerfield — Her voice, especially the laughter is music you endeavor, to induce hoping. It comes in waves and will never cease.
Apr 11, 2023
A good man
By Oye Scott — Two of my good girlfriends are dying. As I sit looking out the window watching the birds, squirrels and deer negotiate the
Apr 8, 2023
Weaving a Sibling Bond
By Miriam Edelson — Even now, nineteen years after my son’s death, my daughter has told me she often feels his presence close by.
Apr 5, 2023
WHERE DOES WATER COME FROM?
By Angela Ezekiel — At this bank with hasty plopping water came a walking thought into a little mind, where life
is jolly and play, a world
Apr 2, 2023
The Change We Are All Looking For
By Pankhuri Sinha — People change, commitments change, priorities too! Love fades, passion evaporates, friendships break! In this
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