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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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Mar 30, 2023
Resurrection Day
By Jason Imanuel — When I saw Mt St Helens blow I didn’t know what it meant, those flowers of darkness blossoming about it, the small
Mar 28, 2023
Chicken coquettes
By Doug Holder — They are such flirts
shaking their ample rumps and breasts,
a ruffle of come hither feathers pecking out a mating song
Mar 24, 2023
If only I knew
By Pragya Bajpai — If only I knew, my body is a home; it's always my choice to leave or carry toxicity inside. The layers of unwanted words,
Mar 20, 2023
Bipartisan
By James T. Stemmle — Just wondering about my white privilege,
whether it’s needed to believe the universe is friendly. God loves everyone.
Mar 18, 2023
Opening the Box of Surprise
By Kelly DuMar — It was a gift I had no expectation of receiving—this box of surprise that came into my hands a few years ago. A lost
Mar 13, 2023
Frozen Until Thaw
By Alicia Taylor — How can I explain, the terror that once reined? It's such a disgrace, yet when I look at her face, I see what the rest
Mar 11, 2023
BLUE
By Anne Whitehouse — When I hung up the clothes I had brought with me, I saw they all were shades of blue. This is the color I come back to,
Mar 8, 2023
My First Meadow: White Mountains, Arizona
By Evelyn J. Caballero — I run among wildflowers in a meadow so vast, arms waving, laughing loud, trying to catch the wind whispering by me
Mar 4, 2023
The Burlington Northern Railroad
By Zary Fekete — If I had taken a turn earlier, I might have beaten it. As it was, the moment I took the right at the intersection, I could
Mar 1, 2023
A Simple Truth
By Ed Williamson — In my younger years I discovered a simple truth. It was in my nature to be curious, to ask questions, and—if I knew it—to
Feb 25, 2023
Until we can be who we are
By Clara Berut-Lhopital — I cannot continue to imagine a world where only some people are deserving of humanity, love and happiness.
Feb 22, 2023
Roll. Stuff. Layer.
By Áine Greaney — This morning I am crisscrossing from the motel room dresser to my motel bed. Dresser to bed. Bed to dresser. The dresser
Feb 18, 2023
AGAVE
By John Grey — I am grateful that a country puts on an unconscious show for me. What if my coffee drinker shouts to me, "Yankees in five"
Feb 15, 2023
Massachusetts
By Robert Knox — I am ready to forgive Florida, forgive Texas. They know not what they do, though they sure as well ought to, but I cannot
Feb 12, 2023
Almost in Grasp
By Duane Anderson — If I learned of the meaning of life last night, and this morning, I remember nothing about it.
The bartender
Feb 8, 2023
Who Am I today?
By Anthony John Ward — Last year I felt different to how I feel now, although I'm very much the same person I was when I was little. The
Feb 5, 2023
THE NEVERBORNS
By Jen OConnor — Should we beg for their forgiveness? For taking away their Right to Life? Harsh laws will punish us now for that. But the
Feb 2, 2023
Love is starting to feel like a privilege
By Mia Maisha — We dream of being the first ones in our families to keep a partner. Love is starting to feel like the bench our ancestors
Jan 29, 2023
Salix Babylonica
By Carl Scharwath — The book in my hand felt comfortable and familiar as the journey to my reading sanctuary awaited. The willow tree was an
Jan 26, 2023
Good Girl, Olive
By Vibha Akkaraju — “Good girl,” I coo to Olive in that tone that Maya, my first born, finds unbearably saccharine. But it's not saccharine
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