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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 in the side bar.

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

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Jan 22, 2022

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

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Dec 27, 2021

Despite this Pandemic

By Sinéad MacDevitt — Despite this pandemic, I'm at work. Despite this pandemic, I'm on a sabbatical. Despite this pandemic, I'm constantly

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Nov 19, 2021

Addiction

By Bhuwan Thapaliya — He comes home late in the evening only to slump in front of the television, often with an alcoholic drink. Her

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Oct 23, 2021

Once, Subdivided

By D.R. James — Like self-exiles, I was proximal; I was blue spot-lit, gray spot-lit, somebody’s sector. I nudged slushy snow by nose and

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Oct 9, 2021

More Tender Mystery

By Rebecca Jane — He promised their minds would birth new stars, then pushed her off the flight over the Eastern Abyss of Abuse. She landed

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Sep 11, 2021

The Orphanage

By Richard Krause — Perils of the orphanage: The past has a hold on you where you can’t even identify whose hands gently removed your

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Aug 14, 2021

Reclaim My Space

By Anita Nahal — The West taught me a thing or two about regarding and guarding personal space. "Don’t push me too much. Don’t come..."

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Aug 2, 2021

My Exhaustion

By Christi Jeane — "Exhaustion is killing my creativity." This thought crept into my head about six weeks ago, and it won’t leave me alone.

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Jun 5, 2021

Absurdity

By Bryan Damien Nichols — Listen carefully: have you ever been told to say—and to explain in depth—you took no action, whether now or in

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May 15, 2021

Petals

By I.B. Rad — Requiescat in pace, thereafter were you cremated with that pale residuum of being, your ashes, strewn over a radiantly

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Apr 16, 2021

Adulting

By Terri Lee — Despite…47 years in this world, two children, and four house purchases later, I still don’t feel like I know what it means to

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Feb 19, 2021

Some Days

By Abha Das Sarma — I ache, for voices. Angry, academic, anguished. To drown in, to hear myself. Some days, I ache for age, that I could

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Feb 5, 2021

I Won't Lose Myself

By Mark Tulin — Despite everything, I’m still here. I know because I can hear my breath, feel my pulse, see with human eyes. I know I am

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Jan 30, 2021

Vocal Exercise Under Pressure

By Madge Kaplan — When it’s my turn, I’m at a loss for a tragic story so make one up. I falsely proclaim that my vocally talented older

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Jan 13, 2021

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Who am I today? 98 postsNo categories yet.
Grateful 62 postsNo categories yet.
Way I see it 61 postsNo categories yet.
Covid-19 93 postsNo categories yet.
No one noticed 73 postsNo categories yet.
If only 51 postsNo categories yet.
Ask Me 45 postsNo categories yet.
Love 35 postsNo categories yet.
Privilege 35 postsNo categories yet.
Will not rest 32 postsNo categories yet.
Despite 35 postsNo categories yet.
Joy 18 postsNo categories yet.