Gabriel Huizenga

Joined November 2022

122 stories

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Twas for love of words that I first joined this site:

Poetry, especially, and dear short stories too;

For to live one's best is to read, and to write!

So find me in words here, and I'll find you 💙

Thanks for stopping by! :)

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Creative Endeavor Unofficial Challenge UPDATE/REMINDER!
Hi all! I just wanted to post this as a quick reminder/plug for my ongoing Creative Endeavor Unofficial Challenge, for which there are still about two and half weeks of submission time open! There have been ten BRILLIANT entries so far, for which I am deeply grateful and by which I am most inspired. I intentionally made the submission period quite long, however - so there is still plenty of time if any of you out there in the land of Vocal are interested in joining in!
By Gabriel Huizenga2 months ago in Poets
Lost Seed
I thought I knew what roots were mine - how this twisting story made some sense, how, when, and why it would turn out fine -
By Gabriel Huizenga2 months ago in Poets
The Vagabond, Grief. Runner-Up in Villanelle of Regret Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
"I was once known as Love - a name all too brief," Spoke this strange shrouded waif, on a westbound train - "Losing my hearth, I am turned a thing called Grief."
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
The Left-Behind Loon
To whom does the lone, left-behind loon call? His companions made for sun past the lake - Upon empty shores does his wraith song fall.
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
The Garden
There is a garden for the faded things (this is where all wistful thinking springs) And the longer I live, the greater it grows -
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
From the Cozily Rocking Eastbound Train. Top Story - November 2025.
Perhaps this scene, from the cozily rocking eastbound train, of the juvenile sleet clouds tentatively stretching their wings,
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
The Many-Wintered Trees
I stand beside a few of the many-wintered trees who seem to have just remembered they ought to get dressed for colder days.
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
stopping by the river on November 9, 2025
The depths of me are stirred and something brought nearer the surface as I look out upon the rain upon and the wind crossing
By Gabriel Huizenga3 months ago in Poets
"The Creative Endeavor" Unofficial Poetry Challenge
That's right - I am so pleased to announce the opening of my third ever unofficial challenge on Vocal Media! It has been very inspiring to me to see how many folks have developed brilliant unofficial challenges, and even more so to see how many members of this creative community have showed up in droves to support and share stories. I hope the market for these unofficial challenges is not too oversaturated for me to slip this one into the mix - I really hope that the originality of the prize system for this one gets some folks excited. Thank you kindly for stopping by, whether or not you join in; your taking the time to read my work and consider my ideas means more than I could ever hope to put into words. :)
By Gabriel Huizenga4 months ago in Poets
Faithful Witness
Dear Moon, You call many a wave forward, to be the sea's breath upon cove shores; You chase many prey toward their haven-hollows, within midnight moors;
By Gabriel Huizenga4 months ago in Poets
Your Channel
The path of light, which shimmering, trails From the channel you carve through the inky veil Of a wandering galaxy, chasing its nine tails,
By Gabriel Huizenga4 months ago in Poets
The Man With the Keys
Emani peered through the keyhole of the apartment. The tall, hard-faced man who had knocked on the door a few seconds before now stood further down the hall, tapping his foot frenetically. His dark suit was clean and tight. It looked new and expensive, to Emani - but she wasn't really sure. At any rate, she thought that the man didn't much fit in these surroundings.
By Gabriel Huizenga4 months ago in Fiction