Draft
My Coworker, Death. Top Story - November 2023.
Death and I work very closely, but never together I see death in passing about once a week, but we've never actually met. For most people death is an obscure thought, something that rarely crosses the mind. For others, it is the prominent shadow that runs past our peripherals. Tonight, death worked over time. He was not a blur that ran past as I was turning away, but was a prominent shadow in the room I stood in and the floor beneath me. I didn't see him at first, he's easy to miss if you want to. My focus was on the muddy veins of my patient's right arm, attempting to finagle one last good one to draw from. It was never my forte, but when I did get it, I enjoyed watching the smooth red liquid collect into the tubes; the simple movement of it was relaxing to me in a sense. It was a reward, an earning for my blind pokes that eventually caught what I was looking for.
By Kelsey Winds2 years ago in Critique
Harvestman?
A few months ago, I participated in the 'Dancing with Distraction' acrostic poem challenge here on Vocal. One of my submissions, "The Snapper and My Confidence," actually got Top Story, which was so very cool! Moreover, it received a lot of very kind comments.
By Hannah E. Aaron2 years ago in Critique
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) -- A Critique
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) is a stop motion animation movie based on the book of the same name by Ronald Dahl, who also wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The plot revolves around Mr. Fox, an ex heist master who lets his confidence reign free above all else. Because of his ego, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) makes a mistake on a heist with his wife, Felicity Fox, and they become trapped in a cage. As they face certain death, Mrs. Fox reveals she's pregnant and tells her husband that if they survive, Mr. Fox needs to promise he will never try to steal ever again. Mr. Fox agrees and they dig their way to safety.
By J "Griffin" Rooms2 years ago in Critique
Water Only diet
Have you ever heard of something called water fasting? Well, it’s a type of fast that restricts everything except, well, water. Most people only water fast for 72 hours at most, but what if you did this for the rest of your life? You’d be fine, right?
By ALICE WAMBETI2 years ago in Critique
How to Critique a Blog Post
A blog critique is a written evaluation of a blog post. It can be used to improve the writing, content, or design of the blog post. When critiquing a blog post, it is important to be constructive and specific. The goal is to help the author improve their blog post, not to tear it down.
By Timothy A Rowland2 years ago in Critique
You can do it
I sipped my coffee late in the afternoon. Applying at jobs and writing putting myself out there. For something good to come. I saw life from a lens of what would be. Not reality, I created my own sense of reality. Giving me the courage and optimism with it also actually being real reality. I saw myself nespresso machine and still going to buy a Starbucks. The riches others dream of also . But don't have the belief they can do something new. I try as Alice in wonderland says and try to do the impossible everyday. Who says the impossible is actually impossible? Not I. I in fact know the impossible is actually quite the opposite and a very possible reality. The day was monday , my son is in school. And me trying to keep myself busy . Looking at manifesting videos and learning different things about skills. Me I am aspiring to be a lot of different things. Choose one they say? Absolutely not, I continue to pave a path others have not accomplished. Well others have. But none that I have met.
By April Liao2 years ago in Critique
Unforgiving- Alien Weaponry
I hate to admit that the first time I heard Unforgiving was in concert. The first time was surreal, as I stood next to my brother, who I nearly lost the previous year. Little did I know a year later, this would be my comfort song when my grandmother passed.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
