A POEM KNOCKS
By Noelle Sterne — A poem knocks, born in distant chambers. Embryonic words swim, wind through curving caves of mind, break through curving
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The
Premier
online
literary
journal
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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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- May 1
Women Making Waves
By Joanne Greene — What never entered my mind in 1977 was that Roe v. Wade could be overturned by the Supreme Court, and that women in
- Apr 27
The Night Two Lovers Leapt
By Frogg Corpse — In the last warmth of autumns hold. Gripping damp November cold. Protection from this fear while stripped from comfort
- Apr 24
I am my mother’s daughter
By Kacy Fallon — I am my mother’s daughter today when the mail arrives:
Jeep offers, credit cards closed two years ago, Kohl’s catalogues
- Apr 20
VAN GOGH'S ROAD
By Syka Wryts — The dancing howling wind swings through. Through the naked crooked branches. A tree standing on one's jack in the midnight
- Apr 17
The Way I See It
By Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg — The way I see it has changed and keeps changing as my eyes re-calibrate hundreds of times and thousands of ways
- Apr 15
A Woman
By David Summerfield — Her voice, especially the laughter is music you endeavor, to induce hoping. It comes in waves and will never cease.
- Apr 12
A good man
By Oye Scott — Two of my good girlfriends are dying. As I sit looking out the window watching the birds, squirrels and deer negotiate the
- Apr 9
Weaving a Sibling Bond
By Miriam Edelson — Even now, nineteen years after my son’s death, my daughter has told me she often feels his presence close by.
- Apr 6
WHERE DOES WATER COME FROM?
By Angela Ezekiel — At this bank with hasty plopping water came a walking thought into a little mind, where life
is jolly and play, a world
- Apr 3
The Change We Are All Looking For
By Pankhuri Sinha — People change, commitments change, priorities too! Love fades, passion evaporates, friendships break! In this
- Mar 31
Resurrection Day
By Jason Imanuel — When I saw Mt St Helens blow I didn’t know what it meant, those flowers of darkness blossoming about it, the small
- Mar 28
Chicken coquettes
By Doug Holder — They are such flirts
shaking their ample rumps and breasts,
a ruffle of come hither feathers pecking out a mating song
- Mar 25
If only I knew
By Pragya Bajpai — If only I knew, my body is a home; it's always my choice to leave or carry toxicity inside. The layers of unwanted words,
- Mar 21
Bipartisan
By James T. Stemmle — Just wondering about my white privilege,
whether it’s needed to believe the universe is friendly. God loves everyone.
- Mar 18
Opening the Box of Surprise
By Kelly DuMar — It was a gift I had no expectation of receiving—this box of surprise that came into my hands a few years ago. A lost
- Mar 13
Frozen Until Thaw
By Alicia Taylor — How can I explain, the terror that once reined? It's such a disgrace, yet when I look at her face, I see what the rest
- Mar 11
BLUE
By Anne Whitehouse — When I hung up the clothes I had brought with me, I saw they all were shades of blue. This is the color I come back to,
- Mar 8
My First Meadow: White Mountains, Arizona
By Evelyn J. Caballero — I run among wildflowers in a meadow so vast, arms waving, laughing loud, trying to catch the wind whispering by me
- Mar 4
The Burlington Northern Railroad
By Zary Fekete — If I had taken a turn earlier, I might have beaten it. As it was, the moment I took the right at the intersection, I could
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