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As tempting as it was to keep driving north to Canada while in Minnesota yesterday, it’s good to be home

What I Was Worth

Bury me under the roots with the letters I never could finish.
Lay at my shoulder the cardigan, ragged with holes in its elbows.
Give me the library card with its promise of somewhere to wander.
Leave me the photograph blurred by the thumb of the person who loved me.

Bring me the stone that I carried for luck through the worst of the winter.
Nothing of silver or gold could have kept me from wanting to linger.
Spare me the sermons and give me the key to my house with its garden.
All of the things that I leave are the proof I was here for a moment.

~ cmj

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:23 PM

Today’s #poetryprompt:

A lot of cultures buried their dead with items valuable to them. Write me a poem about your grave goods.

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@malformed-poetry.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:03 PM

Today’s #poetryprompt:

Evaporation

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:45 PM

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- a poem about a regrettable monument of YOUR past

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:43 PM

5/6

...care of it.

The aspen heart lands the instant the first drop of blood hits the floor.

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@malformed-poetry.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:36 PM

Today’s #poetryprompt:

Just found out Tenerife has a big Francisco Franco statue.

Write me a poem about regrettable monuments to YOUR past

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:14 PM

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- pagan dreams

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:13 PM

4/5

...awe.

With my exhale, tension's dam breaks. The tempest is not vindictive. Yet, I'm not grieving the life eradicated from this town.

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@ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:37 AM

Four responses in time of attack - which is yours?

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fight flight freeze fawn

she stood nailed to the floor
unable to move or speak
completely against her will
trying not to absorb
the vitriol flying at her
those words, those hateful things
cut deep down to the bone
and circulated through her like blood
no one defended her,
they all stood and watched
as if it was a television show
so she remained stuck to the floor
bandaged her own wounds
and she's still there today
mummified

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@malformed-poetry.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:08 PM

Today’s #poetryprompt

Pagan dreams

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:27 AM

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- mummification

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@kokopellibfree.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:23 AM

5/5

...elegant morbidity.

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@malformed-poetry.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:38 PM

Today’s #poetryprompt:

Mummification

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