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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:

Feb 6, 2022

One Hour Photo

By Gale Acuff — One day when I'm dead I'm supposed to come to life again, I think I'll be in my grave, my soul with my body, if I have one,

Feb 5, 2022

Overlooked Privilege

By Nicole Rhodes — The day he forgets me, the day he talks to me like just another waitress, like just another friendly stranger, I don't

Feb 2, 2022

My Parents’ Yahrzeit

By Anne Whitehouse — My parents were rarely on the same wavelength. Most of the time they talked at each other, not to each other. But here

Jan 31, 2022

Long Haul Year Two

By Rachel Baum — Another physicians assistant laptop. The doctor is MIA because you are not (ever) sick enough. Pull tight around you your

Jan 27, 2022

Swimmer

By Chandra Persaud — A long time ago,I am a skill-less swimmer swallowed whole by the waves, in constant need of saving. A not so long time

Jan 25, 2022

Finding God Through What Is Not

By Philip Vassallo — Walking alone after rain, her muddied street shining under the glow of lampposts still dripping on parked cars, a man

Jan 22, 2022

Bairro

By Oksana N Mauricio — The child I once was recollecting every last smell from guava, juiciness and mangoes on my mother’s tree. My eyes

Jan 18, 2022

The Lake

By Laura Davis — The summer I turned ten, our family took a camping trip across the country. We left New Jersey as soon as school let out in

Jan 15, 2022

Joy Stalking through Cancer

By Christine Cissy White — "I’m tired of fighting," I tell my palliative care contact, Jen via Zoom. "It's not a fair fight anyhow," she

Jan 13, 2022

Shadows

By Simon Perchik — With each kiss your breath presses against this dirt, still warm from shovels emptied one by one, the way this hillside

Jan 11, 2022

Bus Stop

By Paul Rousseau — A crumpled cardboard sign rests in his right hand: Homeless. Hungry. Please help. A small, blood-stained handkerchief

Jan 8, 2022

Shelter in Place

By Kristin D'Agostino — Am I the only one who finds this phrase liberating? A tyranny of choices reduced to the lowest common denominator,

Jan 5, 2022

Tears of a Lifetime

By Linda LeMoine — I have cancer, she said. Am I dreaming? A bell rang and darkness filled the room. The voice was matter of factly.

Jan 3, 2022

When it Happens

By Lisa Reynolds — She said it would be like this; all heartache would come at once, then leave me in a sedated state, where tears are

Jan 1, 2022

UNVEILING MY HEART

By Ojo Olumide Emmanuel — A love poem is like honey conjugal-blessing two pairs of cookies. A broken poem is like a strain. You holla &

Dec 30, 2021

Someplace

By Moriah Hampton — I want to lead you there, find you there, follow you there, someplace, where I feel safe and you feel safe, where I

Dec 27, 2021

In Consultation

By Heidi Selig — Anytime anyone expressed a feeling in my familial domicile, my mother would scream, “What do you want from me? Go and see a

Dec 24, 2021

I’d Rather Be an Elephant

By Catfish McDaris — There will be a few good moments, but mostly it will get worse. Cars and loved ones dying. Yesterday after 2 years of

Dec 22, 2021

When The Tables Turn

By Sydney Dabney — Imagine if you were in our shoes. Imagine if the roles reversed. Us, the oppressor. And you, the oppressed. The ones who

Dec 20, 2021

Reflection

By Sushant Thapa — Oh this forbidden path of poetry I walk. Meet me when the time is plenty. I will not be what you are afraid of.

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JOURNAL OF
EXPRESSIVE WRITING

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