Hang by its mercy,
Only one strand left to go,
Goodbye, cruel world.
****
Till next time,
Calvin
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Calvin London
I write fiction, non-fiction and poetry about all things weird and wonderful, past and present. Life is full of different things to spark your imagination. All you have to do is embrace it - join me on my journey.
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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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Damn. This was giving me that same feeling you get when you're just about to go down on a rollercoaster. The line about the one strand was very effective at making me feel like I am the one falling, to be deleted off the earth. The last line is deeply terrifying. We never know who is thinking this. Hoping that no one is, but.... Outstanding work as always Calvin 🤗 ❤️ 🖤
Very nicely written Haiku luv it💙💙💙
Dark but impactful. You’ve captured that final moment with haunting simplicity.