The Housing Crises is Real
By Victoria Lambert — I received a letter from my landlord's attorney dated April 14, 2020 that stated I should pay my past due rent within
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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.
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- Aug 6, 2021
First Wave of COVID–19 through the Lens of a Child from a Middle Class Family in Kerala, South India
By Maya M — Agasthya understood that something serious was happening around him. Dad and Mom stayed at home and they did not send both his
- Jul 22, 2021
I Just Need My Hand Held
By Christine Carpenter — I am in one of the final prenatal appointments of my pregnancy and because I have something called marginal cord
- Jul 8, 2021
Aftermath
By April Boyington Wall — During Covid 19 I learned that the term aftermath was apparently originally an agricultural one, referring to an
- Jun 9, 2021
Covid in a Bell Jar
By Teresa van Luyk — I met my cottage neighbor, Joe, on the beach a month or so ago, before this latest stay-at-home order, and we caught up
- Jun 1, 2021
Pandemic Protocol
By Nancy Smiler Levinson — One of my reserved books is ready at curbside pickup. I phone for a date. Press one.
Name check. ID card check
- May 26, 2021
Common Sense
By Steve Bailey — As one who has stayed home and ventured out for only food and medical needs for the last year and on those occasions wore
- May 18, 2021
The Sky in California
By Sarah Henry — The sky looks a citrus shade since the inferno keeps blazing. A fault line runs across the state where thousands die from
- May 3, 2021
April 2020: Quarantine, Week Five
By Magdalena Bartkowska — Today, I yelled at my eight-year-old son for doing a math problem wrong and refusing to try it my way. My four
- Apr 27, 2021
Masks
By Jeremiah K Durick — Bill brought masks the other day, sat in his car in the driveway and visited a bit, thought we’d need masks if we
- Mar 29, 2021
Vietnam Memories
By John L. Swainston — We learned it was to late to say: "Hell no I won't go!" We had learned to shoot straight. We found our need to sin,
- Mar 26, 2021
Turn the Corner
By Marjorie Moorhead — Goodbye 2020. I’ve eaten my fill of snickerdoodles, gingerbread, chocolate chip cookies, yeast bread ladened with
- Mar 3, 2021
Another Lockdown
By Richard LeDue — My window is dirty:
tiny smudges that tried to get in are gone to bug heaven, where the insect god is the size of my
- Feb 9, 2021
Tick-Tock Clocks
By Áine Greaney — The clock on my kitchen wall is starting to drive me mad. Oh, I’ve had tick-tock clocks before. In kitchens and bedrooms;
- Jan 16, 2021
The Sour Cherry Tree During Quarantine
By Claire Doll — For a few several months, I watched the world from my window only. If I woke up early enough, the sunrise waited for me, a
- Jan 5, 2021
I Refused to Wear a Mask
By Priya Patel — High risk, low on practical common sense, I would strut around, basically a spokeswoman for COVID to attack. It took many
- Dec 20, 2020
Covid Christmas
By Samuel Strathman — Haven’t seen a tall stack of Christmas trees all year,
just their shadows looming, miserly watchmen scrutinizing the
- Dec 17, 2020
Fear
By Sergio Inestrosa — The persistent fear of contagion has robbed me of sleep, and the hours in my bed have become a torment, a sea of
- Dec 1, 2020
She's No Longer My Best Friend
By Dipti B. — We asked and we claimed we were fine, however, I am pretty sure we both knew we were not really fine. Seriously, no one is
- Nov 24, 2020
This is the Year the World Cried: No More
By Diane Van Hook — As I pass months at home, out of work, out of money, and almost out of hope, I watch the numbers of the dead ratchet up
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