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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 in the side bar.

My Portrait-Painting

By Jonash Lepcha — I am the painter with the brush and my life sits as blank canvas. Choosing the best colour I have, I put my best brush stroke. Painting, in

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Mar 5

AT MONK’S HOUSE

By Anne Whitehouse — I have her words. I know them well. I have come to Monk's House in search of the writer in the midst of her life, riding a pony-and-trap

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Feb 18

What My Heart Wants

By Lana Hechtman Ayers — A day of silence while the rain intones, lyrics of wind through loose shutters and wonky storm gutters, warbles plopping drops

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Jan 20

Before

By N.T. Chambers — My love, unlike a rose grew through shortened seasons in question mark seas with hopes beyond my shores and joy behind my years.

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Dec 29, 2025

We Hold On To What We Know

By Debra Dolan — Jamie will always be my little brother, even though he was, quite literally, a big guy. He was the connector in our family. When my mother

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Sep 25, 2025