Migraine in 10 Movements
By Megan D. Henson — Sometimes I imagine I have swallowed a little yellow canary and he’s nesting in my larynx.
Jun 18, 2020
Black & White
By W. Jack Savage — It's funny how you remember the exact locations of where you were when you saw something or heard something for the
Jun 17, 2020
I Am Angry
By Michael T. Smith — I am angry, and I do not like being who I am. I do not like
more than I can list here or
Jun 16, 2020
Breath • 呼吸 • Respiro • نفس
By Erin Liana Johnson —
I am newly conscious of my breath. I am picturing how lbronchioles and alveoli look
Jun 15, 2020
Fossil F-Ups
By Gerard Sarnat — Perhappened portmanteau
of frenzy-fed megachurch’s hifalutin well as cavalier
Jun 11, 2020
Grateful in the Time of COVID
By Linda McCauley Freeman — I am grateful for the pause, the time we have asked for all our adult lives for nowhere to
Jun 8, 2020
Zoom Fatigue
By Beth Kalikstein — Setting in is the Zoom fatigue. Since all day technology is out of my league, professionals have
Jun 5, 2020
Managing COVID-19 Through a Notepad
By Susan Erickson — April 25: “Your Mom has a temperature, probably COVID.”
Jun 2, 2020
Not Drowing
By Melissa Fritchle — My friend texted How’s your breathing? I replied, I am ok. Are you ok? Yes, he said.
Jun 1, 2020
Breakup to Makeup in Three Epiphanies
By John Grey — It was an escapade on my part: a trip to a shrink in a fancy downtown office, on the
May 30, 2020
Fortress of Light
By Aimee Harper — Even amidst this global pandemic, miracles continue to happen in the fortress of light.
May 28, 2020
You Must Get Ready
By Jenean McBrearty — You must stay home. The government says shelter. Quarantine. House arrest.
May 24, 2020
A Lifelong Insomnia
By Connor Orrico — In front of me are study materials I cannot reach, a Haitian flag
I have forsaken, a calendar
May 21, 2020
The Day the Ball Stopped Moving
By Dale Hosack — Wednesday, March 11. A day that will live in sports infamy. About 8:30 pm that night I
May 18, 2020
Love Amidst a Tragedy
By Walden Samkite — One wouldn’t expect to fall in love during a pandemic and worldwide shut down, but I
May 17, 2020
A Tchaikovsky Waltz Calling Me
By Yash Seyedbagheri — I am grateful for the stillness of evening, when lights snake through the pines and over
May 16, 2020
Belly Flopping in My Evening Gown
By Jennifer Minotti — Today, I am launching the Journal of Expressive Writing, a dream I’ve had for many years.
May 15, 2020
To Be Incarcerated Right Now
By LaVon Johnson — Given that I am currently incarcerated I should not have anything to worry about.
May 14, 2020
He Never Hit Me
By Rebekah Rollston, MD, MPH — He never hit me, though many nights I wished he would. The jealousy, the
May 13, 2020