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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:

Jul 12, 2022

But I Did

By Nolcha Fox — Nobody noticed your impossible red hair, a flag waving away your 70 years, the last maple leaf defying the wind. But I did.

Jul 9, 2022

Dear Ummm,

By Tahirah Walker — I can't bring myself to finish writing your name. Like you couldn't bring yourself to finish loving me. You know I never

Jul 5, 2022

Blood Red Moon

By Birdman313 — Regardless of your beliefs, it is often wise to pay attention to nature as it often gives us many signs large and small that

Jul 2, 2022

Infinite reveries

By Pawel Markiewicz — The loveliest dawn dwelleths in the bosom. A mild magic word rests far below. A balmy spark flying in the soul.

Jun 29, 2022

Insoluble Mirage

By Thomas Piekarski — He handed over a brain of clay then left me sitting on a field of pink flame plenty teary. What meretricious waves

Jun 27, 2022

The Homemaker

By Dr Balesh Jindal — Each beautiful corner she decorated with her dreams. Each crevice, she lighted with her girlhood laughters, leaving

Jun 25, 2022

Hybrid Prose with Syd Barrett

By Mimi Bordeaux — If I chose prose to express myself would you want to be close? Dream on a lake shimmering gold is light flashing drake

Jun 23, 2022

God, what did you say again?

By Aaron Curry — If only I paid more attention to God and less attention to other sources. I'll stop muzzling your voice. I heard what you

Jun 19, 2022

Summer of (20)69

By Ian Willey — Imagine how that scene would have played out if Adams and his ne'er-do-well friends were Latino, Middle Eastern, or Black.

Jun 16, 2022

Move On

By Lynn White — It may not look that way but I've done more than survive my time in this city. It may not look that way but I’ve done more

Jun 13, 2022

There's Something About Mary

By Debra Dolan — We never know where, or under what circumstances, a “bestie” will come into our life. In 1981, I met Mary—a crazy,

Jun 10, 2022

LIST’D (Love Is Stronger Than Death)

By Miko Reed Collins — A father is half of the air that their children breathe. It’s axiomatic. Believe I love you. Beyond cancer. I love

Jun 7, 2022

We are hit hard

By Maged Zaher — I am not hypocritical, I am morally bankrupt. However, I am sticking to the version of truth that goes as follow: whatever

Jun 5, 2022

Taking Action Steps

By Kenya Jones — If only the ideas people have for fixing issues that are negatively impacting communities could be implemented. These days

Jun 1, 2022

WINTER MAY COME

By Owolusi Lucky — To the undying locust, how deep your ugly belly. To those who said earth load was heavy, do you see the ocean smiling, or

May 29, 2022

I’ve learned to hug myself

By Candace M Cahill — I list ten things I am grateful for each morning before slipping out of bed. Every day includes: My son. So thankful I

May 25, 2022

Life's Creator

By Dr Shalini Yadav — Tired, scared, broken and silent. Keeping her inside weight on my shoulders, revising the definition as a woman.

May 22, 2022

If I knew then …

By Madge Kaplan — The woman at the typewriter, lost in thought, doesn’t know (or doesn’t care) that setting herself up in the front yard to

May 20, 2022

However Far, However Near

By Keith Hoerner — When I was a kid, I would sleepwalk. I remember having a recurring dream. Today, it seems to be such a mature dream,

May 17, 2022

Bitter Hearts

By Thadeus Emmanuel — When our hearts are bitter and tears oozing like spring water, you will find it best to cry, harder with more nerves

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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