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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:

Nov 28, 2022

Drag Show

By Debbie Cutler — He came out as a man to perform in front of a crowd of those seeking inclusion all eyes upon him in his plain jeans and

Nov 26, 2022

Last flight

By Bhuwan Thapaliya — She is waiting for him, holding a cup of masala memories. Clotheslines hang about in the darkness and there is light

Nov 23, 2022

Functional Neurological Disorder

By Darleen Hunzinger — Day and night stranded in bed. Pain resonating from every pore. Smiling anyway. Singing anyway. Praying always.

Nov 19, 2022

Grandma Lives With Dead People

By Susan M. Vilardo — Grandma could weave magic with her words. One minute we were all outside with smeared PBJ faces and the next minute we

Nov 16, 2022

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Caregiver

By Madge Kaplan — The long-distance caregiver always worries. About the home aides coming in and out of her father's home, most of whom she

Nov 14, 2022

A Nightingale Reaches a Crescendo

By Caroline Reddy — When our soil and soul began to fade, we trapped a nightingale in a cage. I stood stained in remorse forgetting about

Nov 12, 2022

The Darkest Everything

By Taté Walker — am buried so deep and dark in your glorious universe, the obsidian space around everything so rich with unexplored life.

Nov 9, 2022

Travel Diary

By Bhoj Kumar Dhamala — Inside the aircraft, a man gets a call, and the lady irritated, loudly shuts up the man in calling. Sitting next to

Nov 7, 2022

Depression

By Angélica Vélez-Giraldo — Isolation is my friend; it caresses every inch of me. Tightening ever so slowly, when it feels like it'll be the

Nov 4, 2022

Missing You

By Linda M. Crate — I am sorry that I wounded you. I didn't want to hurt you. I wasn't brave enough to confront my feelings or process them,

Nov 1, 2022

Children's Reaction To Killings

By Hector Rodriguez — Children are watching the news. They see, feel and fear danger. There are killings in neighborhoods. There are

Oct 31, 2022

The Pain of the Living

By Troy A. Johnson — Relentless was time, it left me beaten and bruised. Memories ran rampant through my mind. They left holes where self

Oct 28, 2022

ROCK, RIVER, RAIL

By Sonali Gupta — Rock, River, Rail, On thy dry red soil, O Mother! And I would that my palm could feel the bareness arises within. O, well

Oct 25, 2022

Queen of Death

By Kelli Devan Edwards — The Queen of death awaits dormant in my bowel. Bejeweled in a crown of vessels, her prerogative when to drink and

Oct 22, 2022

Dare To Be Brave

By Andrew Scott — She stretches her leg, staring at the scare given to her only a few months before. It starts above the knee, in the back

Oct 19, 2022

Friend

By Michael H Brownstein — When I first saw you, you felt like a breeze on a hot summer's day and I knew I had to stay in your way. You had

Oct 16, 2022

IF ONLY WE KNEW HOW TO TALK ABOUT DEATH IN THE U.S. IN THE LATE 1960’S

By Lynn Davidman — Within a few years of her death, my father disowned and disinherited me, because I no longer followed the dictates he

Oct 14, 2022

5 Haiku

By Sergio Inestrosa — (1) The dark current of the Mississippi River. Birds screech. (2) A lovely flower from the mountain bower. A wild wind

Oct 9, 2022

Growing Pains

By Ashley Dayanara Campos — I was a professional translator by age seven, a lawyer by age ten, an accountant by thirteen, and on track to

Oct 6, 2022

The Reason for Vases

By Ellen A. Grazioso — Humanity is a diverse bouquet. The less fortunate are no less worthy, no less beautiful. But for some, merciful

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THEMES by PROMPT

The Premier online literary journal for Expressive Writing

The Premier online literary journal for Expressive Writing

THEMES by PROMPT

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing