There are ghosts that are still living
Of childhoods lost
All for the cost
Of existing
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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.
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Glad I got to read this (even a year later). So much said in so few words!
Powerful!!!💕❤️❤️
Nice work
Oh my. So much said. Excellent.
This was really sad. Desperately so.
Sadly, I think this is the case with the majority of us. Loved your poem!
This is really good. To the point!
Soberingly thought-provoking, nudging us to contemplate.
Well done
Less really is more! Well done and well said!