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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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Oct 30
New Times For Old
By Lynn White — It wasn’t the first pandemic and, as in all the ones before birds sang an opening chorus for the pollen laden bees to hum
Oct 27
A Look at Life
By Duane Anderson — What is next in my life? Being a hero, being a coward? I look at my life with no idea where it is going. Hopes and
Oct 24
The Meaning of Grief
By Emilie Brannan — Here I am talking about how I feel instead of reflecting on my sister, whose life was taken way too early. But I want to
Oct 22
THE CULTURE OF PEACE
By Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana — Discrimination and intolerance cannot strengthen peace. They are enemies for destabilizing the culture
Oct 19
Portal
By Hannah Gamble — We didn’t know that only two of us would reach adulthood. We didn’t know that even then, as chlorine stung our eyes and
Oct 16
All of a sudden
By Michelle Gubbay — No one noticed Lenny, but then all of a sudden Lenny began to play the piano. I had no idea that he could play. He was
Oct 14
This poem as a wish
By Ron Riekki — As a couples counselor who is a single, I daily wish I could exist with the bliss of struggle, of fighting for love,
Oct 11
In Interim
By Miriam Brantley — I sit on a bench in a courtyard, shaded by a tree with signs of a dying summer on every side. The mountain tops have
Oct 8
The Why of Abandonment
By Pamela OHara — This day is dedicated to you, but you are not here. The only thing that I wanted from my father was that he be here.
Oct 5
The Box
By Molly Arbuthnott — I carried my box of books and got rather strange looks as it fell from my arms yet again. It all began yesterday when
Oct 2
Love is being able to hold the pain with the love
By Eileen Nittler — There was no calm place, only the cruel bodyguards of grief—anger, sorrow, confusion, hopelessness. I settled for
Sep 30
My Path to 100 Years of Age
By Dr. Sidney Trubowitz — What it’s like to be almost 100. At this point in my life, I have a tendency to fixate on the physical—my trouble
Sep 27
SUFFICIENT
By Dee Allen — I understand this hatred well. The strong dislike for who's different. Our two people have endured slavery in the past. Then
Sep 24
IF ONLY THERE WERE NO PREDATORS
By John Grey — "That's nature, his father would say, as he put the unfired rifle back in its case. "Fox, coyote, raccoon, they all gotta
Sep 22
Evolution
By Mona Mehas — When did I become a hermit? I loved city lights, music ringing from local clubs. I'm different now. Was it when I locked
Sep 19
A Mother and Daughter
By Gaurav Ojha — Mother, when your dreams begin to crumble before the eyes, feel the sunshine you have been hiding to protect your daughter
Sep 16
A Day in the Forest
By Birdman313 — Watching and listening as the streams flow down, around and over debris in its path. Their destination is well traveled
Sep 14
Another Round
By Marjorie Chesebro — Ziprasidone – Seroquel – Tegretol, the newest sequence of pills for my mental health. My psychiatrist labels it
Sep 11
Cuckoo
By Jeremy Nathan Marks — I have not made the Sabbath officially holy for many seasons. I pray as far from Jerusalem as Mecca. Hebrew is a
Sep 8
The Cruelty of the Blue Sky
By Doug Holder — I am frightened by its blue purity. Some say it makes a simple statement. There is indeed a silver lining but it is way
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