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letters fall in line / from puzzle to quiet verse / worku every day

20 February

Posted on February 21, 2026

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Featured ★ Worku
ⓘ Today’s Featured ★ Worku – This one is disciplined and muscular. The internal word cluster—START / STALL / STAVE / STACK / STANK—is handled with control instead of chaos. The poem moves from scrutiny to strategy to earned victory, and the final phrase flips the constraint word beautifully: clean STANK becomes proof of having outskated the noise. That’s not accidental. That’s craft. Strong integration. Strong arc. Strong finish. Really well done.

auntie jj 6/6 ★
she PLAYS on the ice
START, fake STALL, STAVE off critics
STACK medals, clean STANK

Diana Marie 5/6
DAISY Dukes too short
My SLACK attire lacked SPARK
And my SWANK dress STANK

Debbie Wilson 4/6
FROTH overflowing
SATIN skirt stained as I STAND
That coffee run STANK

Starr 4/6
Waiting for my TRAIN
PLANT STAND with pretty flowers
Stagnant water STANK

Mark 4/6
CREAK … where was that from?
A BLANK stare, no THANK you sir
Your nasty ass STANK

Lari 5/6
MEDIA a LAUGH
I STACK things in a STARK room
Last news really STANK

Mick 6/6
my DREAM CHAIN is BLANK
no sleep SPANK my right brain SWANK —
yesterday’s STANK also …

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