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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:
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May 10, 2020
Corona 3-24-20
By Leni Gross Young — And the beat goes on. Or we are beaten. So hard to know. Daily lives go on, yet “go”
May 9, 2020
Today I Am Me
By Terri Lee — Today I am a mom trying to find a small window of quiet to sip a drink of tea, check an email, and
May 8, 2020
Delight in Learning New Things
By Miss Amanda — I delighted in learning new things. How to poach an egg. How to identify trees by their
May 7, 2020
Just Like You Taught Me, Mom
By Jackie Jones — I watch my children fall deeper into a depression I cannot reach into. They disappear into their
May 6, 2020
Meeting My 14 Year Old Self
By Lilibeth Tapia — I'm not ready to meet my 14-year-old self. But if I could go back in time to meet her, to see her, I
May 5, 2020
Who Peed in Her Cornflakes?
By Marisa Porter — I’m grouchy, I’m touchy, I’m ignorant, I’m selfish, I’m tired, I’m disinterested in showing
May 4, 2020
Charlie
By John L. Swainston — Charlie was my horse, stubborn as a mule. He always stopped to eat. No
May 3, 2020
Focus on Infinite Good
By Leah Bleiberg — As a proud etymology enthusiast, why did it take me 14 years to look up the origin of the
May 2, 2020
I Want To Be
By Laura Davis — I want to be a person who plants my feet in the earth and looks up at the sky, the trees, the
May 1, 2020
Nature Does Not Fight Fair
By Robert Tosi — The cracks in our society have become rifts, the rifts have become chasms and the chasms,
Apr 30, 2020
Shoebox
By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou
Apr 29, 2020
Didn’t you know?
By Alberta Sequeira — Didn’t you know the signs or did you ignore them? Did you put love over reality facing you?
Apr 28, 2020
Orchid
By Robin Mayer Stein — A few months ago, my friend Margaret gave me a gorgeous orchid with
Apr 27, 2020
Becoming a Children's TV Host
By Alex Vaillancourt — During the COVID-19 global pandemic, I realized my dream of becoming a
Apr 26, 2020
I Am Molting
By Julie Johnson McVeigh — I am shedding the layers of myself that no longer serve me during this time. Here I
Apr 25, 2020
Passover Alone
By Ellen Bluth — It was shortly after Purim when we realized the Corona/Covid 19 virus had reached us in what
Apr 24, 2020
She Decides to Write the Story
By Susan Storm — She woke up and cried — She didn’t want to be alone — The family was upstairs. She
Apr 23, 2020
It Cracked Me Open
By Jennifer M. MacDonald — But I Don’t love you. I don’t love you like THAT he said. Plunder my heart. Down.
Apr 22, 2020
Idioms of Time
By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as
Apr 21, 2020
Deep
By Ivy C. Wagner — How deep? I asked. My voice echoed through the waves. They crashed onto the
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