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.
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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 28
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
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
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
"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
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
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
- Oct 12
No one is excluded from love, including me
By Pavlina Gatikova — Inhale the quote by Thich Nhan Hanh “Because you’re alive, everything’s possible,” which includes abuse, manipulation,
- Oct 9
Find You
By Marjorie Moorhead — Spilled drinks can slosh all over your work, your lap, your life. Mop it up and keep going. How do you fit into this
- Oct 6
Pindaric flights
By Barbara Anna Gaia — Vibrations and noise are reduced to a strict minimum by means of precise dynamic balancing of the rotating elements.
- Oct 2
When I Hold Her
By Bethany Jarmul — When I hold her, I’ve felt this feeling before—read a poem so poignant I wanted to burn it so I could eat it, filling my
- Sep 28
Why Not?
By James King — Words store memories in pro-and-con columns. They wait, a cat stalking a squirrel, spotted paw raised and still, statuesque
- Sep 25
Untouchable Joy!
By Lorna Larson — Maybe I wanted to experience the plea of that twelve year old, sitting on the toilet, asking God, "Why? Why is this
- Sep 21
Kalawati
By Bharti Bansal — Women change the world by changing other women, motivating them, creating a path for them through their own struggles.
- Sep 18
In the Wind
By John P Drudge — Over the ridge, where we came of age, where we saw the end of forgiveness and the slanted wind scratching tracks across
- Sep 15
ENOUGH OF LIFE CUT SHORT ALREADY
By John Grey — He shows me a wall where a man was shot. Rub your fingers across the stone. Feel the holes where they missed. I'm grateful
- Sep 12
Washington Bridge Plan
By Benjamin Nardolilli — The lights along the river are doing their best
to construct a rivalry, if not a duel
as the sun begins departing
- Sep 9
THE KNOXVILLE HYATT
By John Richmond — Did this, you might ask make their “togetherness” complicated? Not exactly. Maybe a little foggy, but not so much that th
- Sep 6
Scoliosis
By Doley Henderson — Scoliosis is not a deformity. It is just a different state of spine. It is not a disease and not infectious. We are all
- Sep 3
WE DO THESE THINGS
By Vicki L W Graff — How many times do we curl our hair when we'd rather leave it straight? How many times do we shave our hair when we'd
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