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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:

May 14, 2022

The Family Dog

By Tod Minotti — The dog died today. Lulu. Lulu, Foo Foo, Foofie, Doofie. My dog. Our Dog. Our pet. I love her. I always will. She was the

May 12, 2022

Spring’s Song

By Rupsingh Bhandari — The stream inside the jungle carries the messages of festive spring, singing its nursery rhyme heads to grow down.

May 9, 2022

Our bones used to be the same

By Heleana Bakopoulos — Fish, teething filleted fish of yesterday on a bed of blueberries, with purple fingertips and spider legs,

May 7, 2022

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 6, 2022

Summertime Lost

By Richard Temple — Nearly eight billion sides to this story but we don't have time for that here. Paralyzed stasis: Nothing is moving, not

May 3, 2022

Braided

By Gerry Grubbs — I watch you braid your mothers hair. Your hands working like hers in the slow rhythm of the work and I see how my thoughts

May 1, 2022

The Right Side of White

By T. A. Johnson — Understanding the complexity of being Black in America is hard for most White People to see, but it’s hard for anyone to

Apr 29, 2022

A God Thing—The Drum Roll of Synchronicity

By Laura L. Engel — I know you don’t love me. You never give me the attention I deserve. Good luck finding some guy who wants a woman like

Apr 27, 2022

Injustice - Caroline and Miriam

By Phyllis Evan — 7th grade. I still remember their names. Caroline and Miriam. Caroline’s face was long and narrow, except for her cheek

Apr 25, 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 23, 2022

Mexico's Missing Dead

By Hector Rodriguez — Hundreds of thousands have been murdered. Men, women young and old vanish. Drug cartels are merciless. Interference in

Apr 20, 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 18, 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 16, 2022

My Closet, Your Shame

By Maia Michelle Raven — She stared at the screen. She turned around and slapped me. Whack. She slapped me again. My face is burning. I run

Apr 14, 2022

Dreaming, writing, healing

By Sylvie Kandé — Her cheeks redden. With a trembling hand she removes her fogged-up glasses. This granite woman, whom we love for and

Apr 12, 2022

OUT FRONT

By Dee Allen — I am grateful for the bus drivers, the firefighters, the restaurant, delivery drivers, the subway train Delivery drivers

Apr 11, 2022

Burial

By U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo — MAYBE blood will be sacrifice to the God’s of Pain and Suffering. Maybe this blood will scorch the earth

Apr 9, 2022

5 Tankas

By Sergio Inestrosa — Born among the poor. God himself. Serene night ... To guide shepherds, the brightness of a star. Very early in the

Apr 7, 2022

IF ONLY MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE LIVED

By Lynn Davidman — If only my mother had lived instead of dying when I was barely thirteen, my life would have been easier in so many ways.

Apr 4, 2022

On Reading and Writing during the Pandemic

By Joyce Bou Charaa — Since the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, we have been trying to escape the news, the economic crisis

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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