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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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Dec 15, 2023
POISON OF HATE
By Priya Chouhan — White foam on the outer edges of lips, stains of foul red at the center, disgusted words forming the saliva. The tongue
Dec 12, 2023
Equilibrium
By Eugene Datta — A tangle of leafless branches and twigs across a wire fence,
and through it the winter sky: patches of blue, gray and
Dec 8, 2023
Home Sick
By S. J. Praino — Is the stomach bug real or a result of escalating anxiety? I'm ready to shift employers or assume homelessness if that's
Dec 5, 2023
Moments in a Dream
By Birdman313 — Miracles fall like raindrops from the heavens on this dry thirsty land. You awaken in the morning after finally getting a
Dec 2, 2023
Editor
By Karol Nielsen — I became a literary magazine editor after my memoir excerpt was named a notable essay in The Best American Essays.
Nov 28, 2023
Considering my essence
By Antonia Deignan — I was fixing a light bulb. It was a tiny one, no larger than my thumb. It lived in a salt rock lamp. The salt rock lamp
Nov 25, 2023
My cat Baloo
By Laura Schaefer — I never knew how to love until you taught me with every sandpaper kiss on my cheek. I feel like my whole world is
Nov 21, 2023
Aren't you glad it’s a girl?
By Evelyn Asher — Grief grabbed me.
Postpartum depression overshadowed societal joy. An arms-length relationship with my mother flashed.
Nov 18, 2023
CHRIS
By Grzegorz Wroblewski — Chris got out of jail near Copenhagen and there is no money for colorful powder from Tim XX. There was only a guy
Nov 14, 2023
Your nectar
By Sandip Saha — I am amazed in your beauty. It is the touch stone to forget the predicament in the well of life in which I have fallen
Nov 11, 2023
Dog Days
By Paul Lojeski — Old dog limping along, stinking up the avenue. Remembering narrow roads when he still had his strut, that swagger only
Nov 8, 2023
Things Go Wrong
By Chila Woychik — Did I tell you I’m studying philosophy? Or a strange non-class called Art in the Dark? It’s odd, I admit, the combination
Nov 4, 2023
Safety and Home
By Mary Bone — We are staying safe in a world of chaos ,seeking justice on a daily basis. Supporting each other helps us heal. It is great
Nov 1, 2023
Mopping
By Zary Fekete — One day my father taught me how to use a mop. The mop was old-fashioned with dozens of tendrils soaked with soapy water.
Oct 28, 2023
Time Capsule
By Vincent Casaregola — I carry it all in my shirt pocket, life, death, history, all recorded and held in place—the cardholder embraces a
Oct 25, 2023
New Moon in Cancer
By Nicole Menzzasalma — The path of long time suffering is faulted on the stars of non believers, fictitious foes,
forlorn lovers, and
Oct 23, 2023
After
By Craig R Kirchner — The need to do, leaves the solar plexus, dissipates down the arms and legs, out through the fingers and toes. It's an
Oct 20, 2023
"Parental Guidance"
By Ty'ona Crocker — You praised me for good grades because that’s all you knew. Never once did you realize what I was going through.
Oct 18, 2023
Bring them back
By Yulia Tseytlin — They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I won’t show you any — you’ve seen them already. No? Google Nir Oz.
Oct 15, 2023
I AM…COMPLETE
By Pragya Bajpai — I wrote about the plants that were neglected when I was too busy mourning our separation. As I fill the last page of the
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