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Happy Earth Week
The video above is people from all over the world singing John Lennon's song Imagine. The following is something I wrote over a year ago but sadly seems even more urgent today. This week, the third week of April 2023, is Earth week. This week we all should be thinking about our planets well-being and what we can do to help her. Yes, I said her. She is our mother and should be treated with the respect and love that every mother deserves. But alas, like an unsympathetic, spoiled child, I feel we have failed her and continue to fail her with every passing day.
Gerald HolmesPublished 11 months ago in EarthIbra(him)
Soft fabric, fluttering in the wind - a gentle lilac covered with delicate, white flowers - crossed my vision. I froze, awed by the dancing, intricately embroidered pattern that I had felt drawn to the moment my sister was gifted it for her sixteenth birthday.
Muchtar SuryawanPublished 3 years ago in FictionLegacy
This poem won a Top Story Award here on Vocal in April 2023 Your obituary came across my Facebook feed today And it took me by surprise
Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual WarriorPublished about a year ago in Poets- First Place in Little Black Book Challenge
The Delicate Art of Counting to Three
It’s a remarkable balance, keeping oneself together in this brittle thing we call life. Honestly, it’s a miracle I hold myself together at all, but I try my best. It’s just that my best consists of exhausting, tireless repetition, repeated in threes, to simply, hopefully, make life alright.
Jess SambucoPublished 3 years ago in Families Slumber Party 🎈
He said goodnight and motioned to go relax near my emotions... Insecurity said “Hi” to everyone except for Happy. In my heart, I knew that this slumber party
HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)Published 11 months ago in PoetsBroken Mirror Challenge Winners
What makes a mirror so primed for horror? What is it about looking at ourselves that is so discomfiting? As humans, we contain so much beneath the surface and yet we are made to contain it all, pretty much always. And so, we have our faces, our bodies, what we present to the world, but that's just the surface, that's not really what's going on. All of the real stuff, the thoughts, the desires, the lies, the truths, they need to be let out, actively, brought up to our mouths, spoken, shown off. We need to bring our insides out.
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 11 months ago in ResourcesSelf-Reflection?
I began introspecting in 2006. That's a lie. I began introspecting at age 6. I began writing the process down in 2006. (Age 22, for anyone keeping score at home.)
ARCPublished 12 months ago in MotivationWhat Smells Like Lasagna On A Farm?
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood and has a curious new neighbor... ************** The air has that quality today, where it has that beautiful, default air smell. Nothing fancy, nothing different, just a soft and pleasant air-smell. Fatima takes it in, standing flat-footed on her front steps. Jermaine steps out the front door, Fatima makes room for him. Neither of them says anything. Jermaine takes a big whiff of that default air smell and enjoys it as well. It is the small similarities such as this that brought these two together.
Stephen Kramer AvitabilePublished 11 months ago in FictionThe One Thing We All Have in Common
This is written in commemoration of Earth Week, April 14 through April 22. Earth Day is observed on the 22nd, the final day of Earth Week. This year, Earth Week celebrations will extend worldwide and will feature a different environmental topic each day of the week.
Linda RivenbarkPublished 12 months ago in EarthDaisy Bricks
(for LS on her birthday - 130915) A little girl likes silken bows, and floating satin gowns, And always holds her nursemaid’s hand whenever she’s in town,
Conor DarrallPublished 3 years ago in PoetsTattooed Mona Lisa
It’s ironic, really, the amount of time I have to waste. Just watching and waiting for the specific event I want to witness. Out of everything I’ve seen so far in time traveling, the recurring theme is that history gets it wrong. A lot. Shocking revelation, I know. Times, dates, events - it’s close to what you think, yes. But history is never exact. It’s more of an ‘ish'.
Dana StewartPublished about a year ago in FictionColors From the Shadows
I am a great pretender, only due to my conformity. My willingness to surrender, to be what other’s want to see. Survive within the shadows,
EJ ArundelPublished 3 years ago in PoetsHospice Came Today
My mom dedicated her life to her children. She took care of us. GOOD care of us. All while battling her own demons. She is kind-hearted, loving, and funny. Christmases, Easter, and our birthdays always brought great gifts, above my parent’s means. And today, hospice came for her.
J. Delaney-HowePublished about a year ago in Families📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 4/20/23
Starts at 12PM ET on 4/20/23. Our “Raise Your Voice Threads” are hosted to offer creators more avenues to uncover exceptional stories on Vocal. As we are continuously searching for fresh creators and inspiring stories, this thread provides an opportunity to exchange and discuss the stories that have moved and motivated us on Vocal.
Raise Your Voice by VocalPublished 11 months ago in ResourcesJoshua
Dear Mom and Dad, Didn’t you realize we were his Disneyworld? We were his dream come true, his happy ending. That night he came to us like a stray dog
Ally NorthPublished 11 months ago in PoetsA Discontented Winter
The desolate chill numbed my soul A winter like no other pressed me to the edge Recoiling in horror at the heart I once knew
Tina D'AngeloPublished 11 months ago in PoetsField Trip
“Alright, Seniors!" Mrs. Green's voice was unusually cheerful over the ship's intercom. “We're just equalizing hull pressure to match this atmosphere. We'll have norm-”
Dana CrandellPublished 12 months ago in Fiction$1.59
I sit and face the window in a cheap coffee shop, one that smells of old fryer oil and dirty dishwater and the lights,
Dean F. HardyPublished about a year ago in PoetsPotholders For Sale
"General Manager, needed in the showroom," blared over the intercom. Expecting a customer service complaint, I folded the financial spreadsheets to brace myself mentally to be blindsided by a dissatisfied customer or a roving peddler selling their wares. Rare was the occasion in business that brought a positive moment. Such was the life of managing an automotive dealership.
J. S. WadePublished 11 months ago in HumansPleasure & Pain: VENUS VALLEY Goes to Greece (part 1)
Welcome back, queerly beloveds, to my little social experiment. My book-in-progress of LGBTQIA+ centric philosophy perspectives will appear here chapter by chapter, and you're invited to debate, discuss, question, contribute, and your inputs will become my edits, until the finished book speaks for us all. This time, we're starting our journey to where every philosophy learner is more or less duty bound to go... Ancient Greece. Welcome, gentles and lady-men, to Venus Valley, Queer Philosophers' Forum.
Mx. Stevie (or Stephen) ColePublished 11 months ago in Pride