Journal

CATEGORIES by PROMPT

We publish writing using a series of prompts as an entry point for self-inquiry, exploring emotions, personal histories, shared truths, joy, grief, shame, and those themes that matter most to us in our hearts. Explore the categories by prompt below:

All
Covid-19
Who am I today?
Grateful
Ask Me
Will not rest
White Privilege
No one noticed
If only
Despite

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

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 18, 2020

The Best Tool in my Recovery from COVID-19: Privilege

By Heidi Schauster — I’m a previously robustly healthy 48-year-old, and at Day 52 of COVID-19, I am still recovering from a virus that has

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,

Nov 11, 2020

A Home in the Waves

By Michael Luketich — I start with a confession: I started with a lie. I am not Michael Luketich: not on any government document, not to any

Nov 6, 2020

Eventually, I Stopped Stretching

By Annie Sisson — Strangely, when you’ve lived inside dark cells for so long, you forget what fresh air and sunlight feel like on your face

Oct 28, 2020

Unchecked Ordinary

By Rebecca Arnold — I barely remember before each puking episode, but I definitely remember after. The custodian with his can of kitty

Oct 25, 2020

Healing from the Ground Up

By Barrie Levine — I worked for hours each day, just like he did, nourishing my shattered heart with fresh air, sunlight, and memory

Oct 22, 2020

Down the River

By Lynne Mathews Abensohn — There’s a river that runs deep through my mind. When I was a kid growing up in Rhode Island, the river was just

Oct 13, 2020

Twine

By Cheryl Caesar — The Civil War has twice returned. Age and gender are an illusion. “Tell me why the ivy twines..." sing the contrapuntal

Oct 7, 2020

Once

By Dorinda McDowell — I’ve not had a bad life. But I’m not the girl I used to be. Once, nothing phased me; I’d face life with a strong smile

Oct 6, 2020

General Corona Appears in a Vision

By Jake Cosmos Aller — One day I was half napping, watching the President drone on about him being a war time president battling

Oct 1, 2020

To-Do List

By Jackie Bluu — To-Do List (Day 5) - Wake up - Brush teeth - Eat food - Do work.

Sep 26, 2020

A Poem for Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993--March 13, 2020)

By Celucien Joseph — "Battle Ground in the ‘Gateway to the South': A Poem for Breonna Taylor" (June 5, 1993--March 13, 2020)

Sep 22, 2020

Under You

By Doc Krinberg — Eyes challenging dark laughing contempt, lapis iris holds me fast—Caught in the riptide of your eyes...my needs

Sep 21, 2020

At Yun’meng Mountain

By Cigeng Zhang — The old vine of the wild kiwi fruit bent like a flow of rivulet hanging upside down, The babbling stream ran through the

Sep 17, 2020

Flash

By Allan Lake — Better to wake up a few moments before death, even to discover yourself astride a lame donkey with a silly name.

Sep 14, 2020

Split

By Abha Das Sarma — She had waited for this very moment, Rising heartbeat and racing expectation, Now would be, the end, Of obscured nights,

Sep 13, 2020

Today I Am

By Amy Christman — A dimpled copper can that once held cookies, a gift from a friend, now newly planted, sits on the deck’s lower stair,

Sep 12, 2020

BOOKSORE

By Noelle Sterne — I should have been happy, or at least grateful. My family had gathered cozily around the Christmas tree,

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The

Premier

online
literary

for

Expressive

Writing

JOURNAL OF
EXPRESSIVE WRITING

CATEGORIES by PROMPT

This is the Year the World Cried: No More

Words Attached to Action

The Best Tool in my Recovery from COVID-19: Privilege

Nice People

A Home in the Waves

Eventually, I Stopped Stretching

Unchecked Ordinary

Healing from the Ground Up

Down the River

Twine

Once

General Corona Appears in a Vision

To-Do List

A Poem for Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993--March 13, 2020)

Under You

At Yun’meng Mountain

Flash

Split

Today I Am

BOOKSORE

The

Premier

online literary

journal

for

Expressive

Writing

JOURNAL OF EXPRESSIVE WRITING

CATEGORIES by PROMPT

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literary

JOURNAL OF
EXPRESSIVE WRITING