Way I see it

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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The Way I See It

By Linette Rabsatt — My vision is slightly obscured, not necessarily blurred, but the way I see it things always have a hidden meaning. Not because

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Mar 20

What

By Tod RT Minotti — I am conscious. I am in the Universe. The Universe has a consciousness. I am proof of that. So are you. So are all humans. We are proof that

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Jan 28

At the Tavern

By David W. Berner — At the window, an old man in a tan baseball cap steadies past, carrying fresh shirts from the laundry. A young woman in Wayfarers

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Jan 14

Journaling became my lifeline

By Mahin Kapur — An accident left me in a coma for weeks, and when I finally woke up, the world no longer felt like the one I had left behind. My body was weak

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Nov 24, 2025

The Way I See It

By Denise Michaels — Today, I’m inspired to transplant the spider-wort, a misnamed flowering bush I enjoy for its profuse purple flowers, velvet-like, the

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Nov 14, 2025

Me

By John L. Swainston — It is a rivers water that I want to be, not knowing where I am going, not caring where I have been. I am here, now. The rocks

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Oct 28, 2025

By the Hundreds

By Robert Martin — “It seems to me,” the man began—leaning into the air as if the sky itself had leaned in to listen. And then the torrent. Words by the hundreds

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Oct 17, 2025

Enough

By Traci Neal — Black woman, black teenage female, black little girl, you were made to be enough. Today, live in truth. Weary humans have a hunger for hope.

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Sep 9, 2025

like Kafka

Jonathan Jones — If I thought one day, I'd be like Kafka at the end of his life, telling Max Brod to burn every single story he ever wrote, I'd be more

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Sep 2, 2025

Fallen leaves

By Bhuwan Thapaliya — Leaning against the trunk of an ancient pipal tree, he watched the fallen leaves twirl and dance in the wind. They had already died

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Aug 22, 2025

All the News

By Gary Beck — Before TV news, newspapers were powerful. Radio personalities had a following, but the daily paper informed the pubic. Once TV

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Aug 12, 2025

Tanked Carp in Chinatown

By Doug Holder — I don't want to carp about this but this fish, bluer than bluefish, after all it loves Muddy Waters, floats in the tank. His bubble has burst

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Jul 30, 2025

Scrolling

By Kimberly Rowe — What happens when I am waiting? It depends on what I am waiting for. I try to get to my son’s school early enough to get a parking spot.

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Jul 8, 2025

Towards a Greater Understanding

By Mark Wolters — How could I tell these people what was on my mind without them thinking I was mad? Why should it matter if they believed I was mad anyway? The first act of free will is

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Jun 29, 2025

Painkillers

By Tamizh Ponni, VP — A spoonful of honey and a glass of water follows the single gulp of Cyclopam. To put a gag on the gag. "Another month off the life chart."

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Jun 25, 2025

Nothing Left to Lose

Celia Jeffries — Rose Kennedy’s coffin was being transported up Route 3 from the Cape, followed by a couple of buses full of the Kennedy family. It was a cold day

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Jun 6, 2025

Hospital Delirium

By David Obuchowski — The patient’s name is David. He’s a 45-year-old male. On December 2nd, he had a small bowel resection as well as a, and here they always

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May 31, 2025

Rhythms of Resistance

By Robert Martin — In the gritty alleys where shadows dance, amidst the chaos, a poetic trance. In a street fight's fray, words collide, verses as weapons,

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Apr 24, 2025