The Chipped-Mug Poem
Your poem begins with an object made particular by use. A small imperfection can suggest history without requiring the poem to explain every year.
A prompt to try: Describe a familiar object through signs of use.
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Which Ordinary Object Would Star in Your Poem?
Pick an object, a detail, and a voice to find a concrete starting point for a short poem.
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Inside the game
How your choices shape this result
The answer weights below are the rules used by this game. Add the points from your chosen options; the outcome with the highest total wins. These points express our game design, not a measurement of you or anyone else.
When outcomes tie, a repeatable calculation chooses between them. Names can affect that tie-break; they do not reveal private information. Percentages, initials, ages and dates in outcome titles are authored parts of the story, not calculated probabilities or forecasts.
You choose…
- A chipped mugThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 3 points; The Folded-Ticket Poem: 1 point
- A bus ticketThe Folded-Ticket Poem: 3 points; The Labeled-Key Poem: 1 point
- A key with a worn labelThe Labeled-Key Poem: 3 points; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 1 point
- A pair of shoes by the doorThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 1 point; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 3 points
You notice…
- The faded print and folded edgeThe Folded-Ticket Poem: 3 points; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 1 point
- The mark where a thumb restsThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 3 points; The Labeled-Key Poem: 1 point
- The dust from different pathsThe Folded-Ticket Poem: 1 point; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 3 points
- The sound it makes in a pocketThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 1 point; The Labeled-Key Poem: 3 points
The poem speaks about…
- A familiar daily ritualThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 3 points; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 1 point
- A journey that stayed in memoryThe Chipped-Mug Poem: 1 point; The Folded-Ticket Poem: 3 points
- A place someone can return toThe Folded-Ticket Poem: 1 point; The Labeled-Key Poem: 3 points
- The days carried quietly togetherThe Labeled-Key Poem: 1 point; The Doorway-Shoes Poem: 3 points
Explore the possible outcomes
You can read every outcome before playing. Compare a theme with a real example from your life, and keep any part that gives you a useful question.
The Folded-Ticket Poem
Your poem keeps a journey inside something easily overlooked. The concrete ticket gives memory an edge, a texture, and a place to begin.
A prompt to try: Write four lines about a journey's small leftover object.
The Labeled-Key Poem
Your poem turns access into a tangible detail. The key can suggest belonging or change, while remaining an ordinary object someone carries.
A prompt to try: Describe a key before deciding what it represents.
The Doorway-Shoes Poem
Your poem follows traces of movement left at rest. The shoes let a reader imagine a day through details rather than a full account.
A prompt to try: Write a day using only what its objects reveal.
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The idea behind Your Poetry Object
Pick an object, a detail, and a voice to find a concrete starting point for a short poem.
This game contrasts The Chipped-Mug Poem, The Folded-Ticket Poem, The Labeled-Key Poem, and The Doorway-Shoes Poem. Choose the scene you would enjoy, then compare the result with another route through the story. The scoring guide on this page shows exactly which themes each option supports.
Consistent, not predictive
Your choices add the points shown in the scoring guide above; a repeatable calculation resolves ties. The same answers return the same result. No answer can verify a fact, identify another person, or forecast a real event.
A better conversation starter
Compare your Your Poetry Object outcomes. Read the other person’s story as well as your own, then each explain one choice you nearly made differently.
Take the idea further
- Describe a familiar object through signs of use.
- Write four lines about a journey's small leftover object.
- Describe a key before deciding what it represents.
- Write a day using only what its objects reveal.