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Maps of the Self Challenge Winners
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. We’re especially grateful today for the ways you show up with honesty, creativity, and heart. We all carry maps. Of who we’ve been, what we’ve felt, and the paths we’ve taken to get here. In this Challenge, we asked you to chart something that can’t be folded up or pinned to a wall, to trace a shape made of memory, identity, or change.
By Vocal Curation Team3 months ago in Resources
it was morning; i was mourning
it was morning; i was mourning. my pager went off. i reached into my pocket to see who it was. my mother was paging me. that never happened. i was riding my bicycle up park avenue. middle of winter. it was a bright cold. sharp. almost painful. bitter wind blew through the broken zipper on my jacket. reminding me that i was broke; or broken?
By stone petoskey 3 months ago in Fiction
Miracle at the MacNab Transit Terminal
There are stories that you hear and disbelieve because you think that you live in a very rational or at least sensible world. There are stories that make you question what you are doing with your own life. And then there are the stories that come out of my hometown.
By Kendall Defoe 3 months ago in Humor
Completely on the Fly (November). Content Warning.
Ooh, it's been a few months since I did one of these pieces, and it shows. My mental health is on the floor at the moment, and then I thought, I need to write something on Vocal. I am so ADHD I forgot that I HAD been doing these 'on the fly' pieces - without thought, censorship, or embarrassment. So here I am again!
By Karen Cave3 months ago in Journal
Imposter in a gingerbread house
I'm a little more than just trapped inside this gingerbread house, made of flour, butter, molasses, and aromatic spices. While I could eat my way through and out, I remain. Sitting on gumdrops, showering myself with M&Ms, whipped by licorice ropes. I am an imposter. I belong on the naughty list.
By Caitlin Charlton3 months ago in Poets
11:11 Make a Wish
I am a huge believer in angel numbers, signs from the universe etc. About three years ago I really started paying more attention to them, and the signs they were trying to give me. Whenever I would see 11:11 even growing I always made a wish. Over the years I've had many wishes from finding love, to being a model, well know writer the list goes on. These last few months though my greatest wish is to love myself, and become a better version of myself everyday. It's not easy, somedays it feels easier to just fall back into the old me where I am comfortable. Even though I know that version of me no longer suits my life. It almost feels like breaking up with someone you've been in a relationship long term. That version of me is someone I've carried with me for at least 2 decades at this point, and I find it hard to just let her go sometimes.
By Kimmiekins43 months ago in Confessions
Strength In Solitude
Sometimes it takes losing nearly everyone you love to realize how precious life truly is. All too often we take for granted those who are sitting right next to us, we bury our face in our phones, or preoccupy ourselves with things that mean little compared to those we love. I told my wife years ago, prior to her passing "In The End I Stand Alone".
By Kaylon Forsyth3 months ago in Humans
