I was noticing on my Stats page that I am approaching 6000 reads. To me that is an incredible feat for I really did not expect really anybody to read by work let alone comment on them. Since I have been writing here on Vocal for the last four years, I have received TS a few times, but not in the last few months though. Vocal has had its ups and down and yes, I am human and do not use AI to do my work for me. To me writing is a way to make me feel good myself.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Another Door
Where do you think these doors lead? These doors for me is an entrance to a Mexican restaurant where one can get the best guacamole and salsa that is not too hot and spicy but just right, but not mild either. It also has the best fried ice cream I ever tasted. The only thing that I still think is the most embarrassing thing is that on any person's birthday if arranged the staff would come and sing to them. I have no idea why anyone would do that to a family member even though it was our of love.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
FPS: The Last Flame Challenge Winners
Welcome to our first Winners Announcement of the year and to the final challenge in the Fall Poetry Series. The Last Flame invited writers to sit with endings, using fire as a central image to consider what remains when something burns out: ash, warmth, memory, silence, or the faint promise of what comes next. The strongest pieces treated endings as gradual rather than sudden, allowing them to flicker, dim, and linger.
By Vocal Curation Team6 days ago in Resources
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Well said and congratulations Mark 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Glad I'm not alone, writing is a hobby for me. Your work, however, is worth reading. Congratulations on 6000 reads xx
Oh wow, that's awesomeeee! Congratulations on 6000 reads and here's to more! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congrats, Mark. 6000 Is a great number and something to be proud of!