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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 below:

Apr 21, 2021

Dear Grandma,

By Linda Petrucelli — Thank you for the many times you welcomed me into your apartment to spend the night. I loved climbing up the

Mar 7, 2021

Gratitude

By Jeremy Nathan Marks — When I was about to turn thirteen I was bullied by a classmate. Since we were the two tallest kids in our seventh

Feb 6, 2021

The Night

By Pawel Markiewicz — If it becomes darkly in me, the meek dream comes into being almost never, the mind sleeps in, the Dark the night

Dec 23, 2020

African Society and Achievement

By Josiah Ikpe — As much as I tell a story about how relegated Africa is, I also have to tell the story of how she inspires us to spread and

Dec 4, 2020

Many Things

By Robert Knox — I am grateful for the nurse who told me her name and who then asked me to tell her my birthdate, which I managed, and

Nov 22, 2020

Words Attached to Action

By Jennifer A. Minotti, Editor-in-Chief — I continue to encourage you to use your words in whatever way(s) feel safe, appropriate and

Nov 16, 2020

Nice People

By Philip Vassallo — One day, she’ll be on her way, driving a bit too fast, when from the car seat in the back, her child will say,

Sep 4, 2020

She Calls Me "DD"

By Debra Dolan — I find myself in a whole new world, awakening to what really matters—supporting children and families in our society.

Aug 16, 2020

Helping Hand

By Michele Sorensen — In these days and times, with so much sadness and fear going around, I like to take a few minutes every day

Jun 19, 2020

The Patrick Hutchinson Photo

By Carol Keegan — Who are you, Patrick Hutchinson? How did your personal code of morality become so richly complex?

Jun 7, 2020

Grateful in the Time of COVID

By Linda McCauley Freeman — I am grateful for the pause, the time we have asked for all our adult lives for nowhere to

May 16, 2020

A Tchaikovsky Waltz Calling Me

By Yash Seyedbagheri — I am grateful for the stillness of evening, when lights snake through the pines and over

May 12, 2020

Night

By Elizabeth Craig-Olins — Canada is a small place for me. It’s not the vast country that hovers north of the entire

Apr 29, 2020

Shoebox

By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou

Apr 21, 2020

Idioms of Time

By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as

Apr 16, 2020

Swaddling Love

By Claudia Ricci, Ph.D. — I am grateful today for this poem, which is kind of an experiment. You might call it

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THEMES by PROMPT

The Premier online literary journal for Expressive Writing

The Premier online literary journal for Expressive Writing

THEMES by PROMPT

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing

The
Premier
online
literary
journal
for
Expressive
Writing