Catching Up with Millie
By Alex Carrigan — I didn’t cry when I heard you had passed away. I wouldn’t until three months later when we placed
your urn in the ground
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The
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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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- 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
- Feb 18
AGAVE
By John Grey — I am grateful that a country puts on an unconscious show for me. What if my coffee drinker shouts to me, "Yankees in five"
- Jan 9
On reaching old age
By Colin Ian Jeffery — Time is fleeting in its passing and does jolt the memory,
recalling images of long ago when life seemed to stretch
- Dec 1, 2022
The Setting Sun
By Rupsingh Bhandari — Cold breezes inaugurate their evening rally. Shadows gather to incubate night. The sun withdraws its light. Blankets
- Nov 19, 2022
Grandma Lives With Dead People
By Susan M. Vilardo — Grandma could weave magic with her words. One minute we were all outside with smeared PBJ faces and the next minute we
- Oct 20, 2022
Friend
By Michael H Brownstein — When I first saw you, you felt like a breeze on a hot summer's day and I knew I had to stay in your way. You had
- Sep 22, 2022
Group Photo.
By Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi — On days when grief was so hard to scrub off time's face, I crawled into the mug shot where happiness tore the
- Aug 28, 2022
Most Needed Jewellery
By Sushant Thapa — The day speaks of the delight. Garden of love welcomes another blooming flower. A bee hovers for nectar. That sweetness
- Jul 27, 2022
Birthday Foodscapes and Me
By Aparajita De — “Begin with the bitter first. Then go to the fritters and the fries. Finally, exit through the rice pudding,”
- Jul 3, 2022
Infinite reveries
By Pawel Markiewicz — The loveliest dawn dwelleths in the bosom. A mild magic word rests far below. A balmy spark flying in the soul.
- Jun 14, 2022
There's Something About Mary
By Debra Dolan — We never know where, or under what circumstances, a “bestie” will come into our life. In 1981, I met Mary—a crazy,
- May 30, 2022
I’ve learned to hug myself
By Candace M Cahill — I list ten things I am grateful for each morning before slipping out of bed. Every day includes:
My son. So thankful I
- May 15, 2022
The Family Dog
By Tod Minotti — The dog died today. Lulu. Lulu, Foo Foo, Foofie, Doofie. My dog. Our Dog. Our pet. I love her. I always will. She was the
- Apr 13, 2022
OUT FRONT
By Dee Allen — I am grateful for the bus drivers, the firefighters, the restaurant, delivery drivers, the subway train
Delivery drivers
- Mar 25, 2022
Grateful Just To Still Be
By Loretta Iwaniw-Horne — I have lost a lot of friends abruptly. I've seen them in news feeds, missing pieces of their faces and torsos.
- Mar 3, 2022
Metamorphosis
By Monalisa Parida — There was a girl
who lived in a querencia, a secret garden, where love, light surrounds. Enchantress soul uses
- Jan 27, 2022
Swimmer
By Chandra Persaud — A long time ago,I am a skill-less swimmer swallowed whole by the waves, in constant need of saving. A not so long time
- Jan 5, 2022
Tears of a Lifetime
By Linda LeMoine — I have cancer, she said. Am I dreaming? A bell rang and darkness filled the room. The voice was matter of factly.
- Dec 12, 2021
No Need to Respond
By Susan Swan — Over the past fifty years of friendship, I have lost you then found you over and over. At 18, I really did not know anything
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