📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 02/01/2024
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In a white room, a red dresser seems innocent until touched. We'll let Painted into Place, a brilliant 100 word microfiction by Lena Folkert, speak for itself.
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Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 04/24/2024
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By Vocal Team6 days ago in Resources
Turning Pages of Life
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Wow this is really nice well this story was an inspiration from all autistic patient who keeps struggling and keep getting bullied but they never give me https://vocal.media/education/all-you-need-to-know-about-autism-i7ft0at0
Wow. I so did not expect this. Especially with my absence lately. Thank you so much Vocal team! Huge boost right when needed! 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Hi, I'm Muchtar and I write some fiction and poetry. I'd like to recommend this story by the amazing writer, R. C. Taylor: https://vocal.media/fiction/the-clock-drawing-test
Skyler Saunders published this recently. It was informative, poetic, and unifying. https://vocal.media/theSwamp/it-s-black-history-month
I would love to see more Black History pieces for February since it is Black History month. Please see me. My poem on hotcombs was nominated below. Here it is again just in case you choose to honor it. https://vocal.media/poets/hotcomb-hotcomb-stay-far-far-away#comment-98579095-88ef-4394-80d5-ef3f7a887ffe
This piece by Joe Patterson is brilliant! https://vocal.media/poets/all-black-creation
Hi, I'm Anna, an enthusiastic poet and I recommend this short story a lot: https://vocal.media/poets/a-child-6h2ir06ed
This is a cleverly constructed allegory: https://vocal.media/fiction/the-solution-e34nd06fq
This speaks to me: https://vocal.media/poets/your-favorite-librarian
A very important topic that needs more attention:https://vocal.media/writers/empower-faith-based-voices-on-vocal-media
A really creative story by Stephanie. Love this. It has stayed with me all day... https://vocal.media/fiction/the-selkie-s-skin
This one by Celia too. She does a fabulous job championing people... all enclosed are deserving of recognition. https://vocal.media/writers/vi-m-top-notes
Hello One from.me that I know hit the leader boards as an honorary mention but should have more air space... https://vocal.media/pride/pride-is-not-a-controversial-community-on-vocal
Really enjoyed this recent submission to the abecedarian challenge - really relevant and a unique take on the challenge by Joe O'Connor. https://vocal.media/poets/the-ab-cs-they-didn-t-teach-you
I'm a bit biased by the subject matter, including a poem I wrote a while ago also about seagulls. But even so, the imagery and message in "The Gulls" by Ava Mack completely hold their own. One of the best pieces I've read on Vocal: https://vocal.media/poets/the-gulls
Pure genius!!! Great work Stephanie Bradberry!!! https://vocal.media/poets/affirmative-axioms
From my dear friend Tiffany Gordon. I love how she takes pride in her God-given beauty!!! 🥰 https://vocal.media/poets/hotcomb-hotcomb-stay-far-far-away
Letizia Loi and I just recently struck up one of those Vocal friendships of the kind I've so come to value in my years submitting to this platform. As a newcomer Letizia has only published two pieces thus far, so let's all welcome her and here's hoping we'll see more work from her soon. Here's my favourite of the pair, which might not surprise those of you who know me since it's Shakespeare-related, or perhaps rather a "Shakespeare What-If!" I do love a good retelling, and while it may help you to be acquainted with the original play beforehand, Letizia's inventiveness and powerful use of imagery can be enjoyed by all. You can read "She is The Tempest" at the link below: https://vocal.media/fiction/she-is-the-tempest
Emmy B is a great storyteller. I love how she brought life to an everyday inanimate object with this story. https://vocal.media/fiction/no-prob-llama
Here's my five which I think should be Top Stories: You always learn something from the writing of A B Forbes https://vocal.media/earth/every-day-s-a-school-day I loved this Misplaced story from Eloise Robertson https://vocal.media/fiction/minion-s-misplaced-misery A beautiful Poem from Danielle Elizabeth Andrews https://vocal.media/poets/a-rain-dance-in-summer A physics based Abecedarian from Heather Hubler https://vocal.media/poets/subatomic-rave A Greatful Dead Abecedarian from Xine Segalas https://vocal.media/poets/a-to-z-with-the-grateful-dead
Hi, there! I'm sleepy drafts/sleepy/em :) I've been on Vocal since 2021 and mostly write fiction and poetry. I absolutely loved this poem, "Kiss the Sky" by Hannah Moore. I found Hannah's use of language incredibly clever and evocative in this abecedarian poem! 😄💕 I hope everyone is having a great week! https://vocal.media/poets/kiss-the-sky
Finally this my Joe O'Connor, I really enjoyed how he used the rhythm to really create the feelings the words were pointing at. https://vocal.media/poets/making-a-move-5w8x0bqf
And this poem, from Matthew Fromm, was like a call to joy, I'd have followed him out the door. https://vocal.media/poets/of-machines-and-men
This poem from Bri Craig is just, for want of greater eloquence, so true. https://vocal.media/poets/my-mother-taught-me-my-ab-cs
Bit too busy this week, but just popping in with a few I read back in the balmy hours of the weekend. This, by Sean Elliott, I thought was a brilliant poem, so much unpacked in such a telling package: https://vocal.media/poets/things-discarded-an-incomplete-list