Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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Caribbean Winter Mirages🎄
Rituals are not always adorned in pretty gift wrapped bundles and placed surreptitiously under a well decorated tree. Those images are but mirages to those who exist far away from wonderous snow laden trees and icy visions of rolling hills.
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Humans
A Chorography to Ashes
There is a map I carry, though it is still being drawn. It lives beneath my skin, outlined in the soft tissue of being. It charts no cities, no rivers, no borders ~ but it knows the terrain of loss, the coordinates of silence and the fault lines of a dissonant reaching for fulfillment in this thing we have named 'life'. It yearns desperately towards the happy and sublime.
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Humans
Days of Indian Summer. Top Story - November 2025.
Although the exact origins of the term are uncertain, Indian Summer was perhaps so-called because it was first noted in regions inhabited by Native Americans, or because the natives first described it to Europeans. Or, it had been based on the warm and hazy conditions in autumn when Native Americans hunted.
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Writers
Letter To Vocal. Re: Harvest for a broader Leaderboard or its equivalent.
Dear Hardworking folks behind the Vocal scene. First and foremost, we just want to make it clear. We appreciate you immensely, praises to your hard work and dedication. You all have a huge mountain of a job. So please appreciate this only as an effort to reach out with everyone's best interest at heart.
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Writers
A $ for New Suggestions for the Vocal Leaderboard categories. A Harvest.
Gathering is an act of keeping. It might be harvests drawn from the earth, memories gathered like photographs, or small moments held before they slip away. To gather is to value, to carry forward, to make something whole from many parts. Rooted in the physical or in the emotional, in tradition or in personal memory. Think about what it feels like to gather, and what it means once you have. (Vocal challenge).
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Poets
