My cat Baloo
By Laura Schaefer — I never knew how to love until you taught me with every sandpaper kiss on my cheek. I feel like my whole world is
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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.
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Nov 21, 2023
Aren't you glad it’s a girl?
By Evelyn Asher — Grief grabbed me.
Postpartum depression overshadowed societal joy. An arms-length relationship with my mother flashed.
Nov 18, 2023
CHRIS
By Grzegorz Wroblewski — Chris got out of jail near Copenhagen and there is no money for colorful powder from Tim XX. There was only a guy
Nov 14, 2023
Your nectar
By Sandip Saha — I am amazed in your beauty. It is the touch stone to forget the predicament in the well of life in which I have fallen
Nov 11, 2023
Dog Days
By Paul Lojeski — Old dog limping along, stinking up the avenue. Remembering narrow roads when he still had his strut, that swagger only
Nov 8, 2023
Things Go Wrong
By Chila Woychik — Did I tell you I’m studying philosophy? Or a strange non-class called Art in the Dark? It’s odd, I admit, the combination
Nov 4, 2023
Safety and Home
By Mary Bone — We are staying safe in a world of chaos ,seeking justice on a daily basis. Supporting each other helps us heal. It is great
Nov 1, 2023
Mopping
By Zary Fekete — One day my father taught me how to use a mop. The mop was old-fashioned with dozens of tendrils soaked with soapy water.
Oct 28, 2023
Time Capsule
By Vincent Casaregola — I carry it all in my shirt pocket, life, death, history, all recorded and held in place—the cardholder embraces a
Oct 25, 2023
New Moon in Cancer
By Nicole Menzzasalma — The path of long time suffering is faulted on the stars of non believers, fictitious foes,
forlorn lovers, and
Oct 23, 2023
After
By Craig R Kirchner — The need to do, leaves the solar plexus, dissipates down the arms and legs, out through the fingers and toes. It's an
Oct 20, 2023
"Parental Guidance"
By Ty'ona Crocker — You praised me for good grades because that’s all you knew. Never once did you realize what I was going through.
Oct 18, 2023
Bring them back
By Yulia Tseytlin — They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I won’t show you any — you’ve seen them already. No? Google Nir Oz.
Oct 15, 2023
I AM…COMPLETE
By Pragya Bajpai — I wrote about the plants that were neglected when I was too busy mourning our separation. As I fill the last page of the
Oct 12, 2023
No one is excluded from love, including me
By Pavlina Gatikova — Inhale the quote by Thich Nhan Hanh “Because you’re alive, everything’s possible,” which includes abuse, manipulation,
Oct 9, 2023
Find You
By Marjorie Moorhead — Spilled drinks can slosh all over your work, your lap, your life. Mop it up and keep going. How do you fit into this
Oct 6, 2023
Pindaric flights
By Barbara Anna Gaia — Vibrations and noise are reduced to a strict minimum by means of precise dynamic balancing of the rotating elements.
Oct 2, 2023
When I Hold Her
By Bethany Jarmul — When I hold her, I’ve felt this feeling before—read a poem so poignant I wanted to burn it so I could eat it, filling my
Sep 28, 2023
Why Not?
By James King — Words store memories in pro-and-con columns. They wait, a cat stalking a squirrel, spotted paw raised and still, statuesque
Sep 25, 2023
Untouchable Joy!
By Lorna Larson — Maybe I wanted to experience the plea of that twelve year old, sitting on the toilet, asking God, "Why? Why is this
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