They won't hear you
By Daun M. Wright — A life is in turmoil, cries for help in the deafening silence of the ignorance of others, in the avoidance of those in
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The
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literary
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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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- Dec 14, 2022
Deep in the Unmowed Paddock
Kyla St Jaye — My body feels like an episode of hoarders. I’m always hungry. Stacked with debris and loading. Each scrap, bottle top and
- Dec 12, 2022
Rebars
By Martin Schwarz — A vortex descends on me of shrapnel and hopelessness. Yet a hunger in my spine hauls me from the afterlife. Born in hail
- Dec 9, 2022
Aging in a Time of Pandemic
By Dr. Sidney Trubowitz — This year, on February 4th, I will celebrate my 97th birthday and I consider what changes the ravages of time have
- Dec 6, 2022
Police Pulling Me Over
By Karol Nielsen — I needed a car for my new job as managing editor of a weekly newspaper covering murders, drugs, schools, and communities
- Dec 3, 2022
We Didn’t See It Coming
By Diann Logan — When I was Sweet 16, one computer was bigger than any of the classrooms I spent my days in. High School guidance counselors
- 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 28, 2022
Drag Show
By Debbie Cutler — He came out as a man to perform in front of a crowd of those seeking inclusion all eyes upon him in his plain jeans and
- Nov 26, 2022
Last flight
By Bhuwan Thapaliya — She is waiting for him, holding a cup of masala memories. Clotheslines hang about in the darkness and there is light
- Nov 23, 2022
Functional Neurological Disorder
By Darleen Hunzinger — Day and night stranded in bed. Pain resonating from every pore. Smiling anyway. Singing anyway. Praying always.
- 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
- Nov 16, 2022
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Caregiver
By Madge Kaplan — The long-distance caregiver always worries. About the home aides coming in and out of her father's home, most of whom she
- Nov 14, 2022
A Nightingale Reaches a Crescendo
By Caroline Reddy — When our soil and soul began to fade, we trapped a nightingale in a cage. I stood stained in remorse forgetting about
- Nov 12, 2022
The Darkest Everything
By Taté Walker — am buried so deep
and dark in your glorious universe, the obsidian space around everything so rich with unexplored life.
- Nov 9, 2022
Travel Diary
By Bhoj Kumar Dhamala — Inside
the aircraft, a man gets a call, and the lady irritated, loudly shuts up the man in calling. Sitting next to
- Nov 7, 2022
Depression
By Angélica Vélez-Giraldo — Isolation is my friend; it caresses every inch of me. Tightening ever so slowly, when it feels like it'll be the
- Nov 4, 2022
Missing You
By Linda M. Crate — I am sorry that I wounded you. I didn't want to hurt you. I wasn't brave enough to confront my feelings or process them,
- Nov 1, 2022
Children's Reaction To Killings
By Hector Rodriguez — Children are watching the news. They see, feel and fear danger. There are killings in neighborhoods. There are
- Oct 31, 2022
The Pain of the Living
By Troy A. Johnson — Relentless was time, it left me beaten and bruised. Memories ran rampant through my mind. They left holes where self
- Oct 28, 2022
ROCK, RIVER, RAIL
By Sonali Gupta — Rock, River, Rail, On thy dry red soil, O Mother! And I would that my palm could feel the bareness arises within. O, well
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