Free Verse
LIKE THIS. NOT LIKE THAT. Top Story - April 2026. Content Warning.
As I was perusing the top stories and "people we are liking" sections, I had an epiphany. Luckily, I had a pill for that and I'm okay now. I did write my thoughts down though and I found this pic that really spoke to me.
By Victor Mendez7 months ago in Poets
OF POLLEN AND SEEDS
I am not religious. Nor am I a believer though like many, 99% began life in a church somewhere and thus, in some way, have been touched by some kind of religion. I find it difficult to reconcile the picture by Voyager taken 37 billion miles from Earth as it barreled its way out of our solar system to an importance implied to our "pale blue dot" by a nameless, faceless god. But i cling to shards of faith and hope in Karma and reincarnation as we rape and sully the beauty of this world. Peace
By Victor Mendez7 months ago in Poets
500
My 500th Vocal Story Although this is a slight cop-out, I am writing a much bigger and more important piece, but I didn't want it to mark my 500th story on Vocal. So I have decided to write a butterfly cinquain to mark the occasion to just say why I am still writing on Vocal and to thank all my friends in the Vocal Facebook groups that I will list at the end who have given me love and encouragement continuously to keep writing both poetry and prose. Thank you so much, my friends.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Poets
How Could They All Be Gone?
After It's Gone Challenge: Write an elegy poem that mourns a person, place, time, or idea that has been lost.Okay, the photo above is a class in 1936. My class would have been in the 60s at that age. I do have a couple friends that are in there 90s now, that were alive in the 30s.
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Poets
