let me be
By Kumar Ghimire — Allow me to embrace the innocence of childhood, tasting each fleeting moment, even in the silence of nothingness. Let me
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JOURNAL OF
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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.
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Mar 16
A Hoarder’s Cries for Help — in Haiku
By Christopher Lancette — Mountains of junk mail. Free stuff jumps on top the pile. Jail cell walls close in. Metal dumpster clangs.
Mar 13
A Love Prayer By An Unbeliever
By Royal Rhodes — Help me see the stars, remembered fire, seraphic furnaces that showed our fault, when chance or fate, or even our desire,
Mar 10
War paint (A punk song)
By Petra F. Bagnardi — What I'm wearing is not a dress. It's an armor. It's not make-up you glimpse upon my features. It's war paint.
Mar 7
Second Skin
By M. Brady — As I was driving to my first audition to play bass guitar in an indie rock band, the iconic song by The Byrds, “So You Want to
Mar 4
Prince Charming Speaks after the Divorce
By Linda Leedy Schneider — Some things are never meant to be Happily Ever After. Though now Julia’s incessant talk, her demand I dress for
Mar 1
Thanksgiving
By Tori Dudley — So, there I was, navigating the chaos of the Thanksgiving kitchen, apron tied tight and determination etched on my face.
Feb 26
Tap. Clear. Compute.
By Shalini Singh — Driven by an indomitable spirit, I embarked upon this intellectual odyssey, resolute in my quest to unravel the enigmatic
Feb 22
Old Redbud
By Darrell Petska — Old Redbud refuses to die. Its bark peels, insects bore at its core, sap-starved branches snap in the wind. Ten years
Feb 18
A CROW'S WOMAN
By John Grey — The crows won't let me go to sleep. Aamong them—who would have thought it?—was Suzanne. And in Providence? And my once and
Feb 14
For Dad
By Taylor Kemp — There will come a time when my dad is no longer on this Earth. He will no longer be there to calm my anxieties, give me his
Feb 10
She Learned It From The Moon
By Gerry Grubbs — I am humming an old song she used to sing, saying she learned it from her father who learned it from his mother who it is
Feb 7
Old apple tree & compass points
By Colin Ian Jeffery — There is an apple tree where I often go and sit beneath and if I listen very heard, I hear my brother's happy cries
Feb 4
The Door Never Closes
By Ruth Bacharach — When I say I’m tired and need to rest, the caseworker keeps talking. When I say I need pain medication before physical
Feb 1
Pain
By Judith Gray — Her son lay limply on a tiny hospital bed, his tanned, muscular legs protruding from beneath a rumpled bed sheet.
Jan 28
He's a Mystery: Ode To Self
By Nkosilathi Moyo — I heard they’re asking, where is he? In the US or the UK? He goes everywhere, like a tree he can sway. Every day,
Jan 25
She's a Wildflower
By Nitika Balaram — The thing about wildflowers is that they will grow in almost any condition. Whatever life throws at them, even when
Jan 22
My Two Fathers
Helga Gruendler-Schierloh — A slightly faded document brutally revealed to me that the wonderful man who so devotedly took care of me was
Jan 18
Dislocated
By Mona Mehas — In the beginning, there was panic, I took all the precautions, stayed home, wore a mask if I went out, had food delivered,
Jan 12
Charity
Samuel Torontour — Our good will can raise humanity to its pinnacle, and through restoration of mutual trust, we can rebuild our great love,
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