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What I'd Save

by The QuillOak Editors

1I keep a list of what I'd save in a fire:

2the photographs, the letters, the old guitar.

3Then I read it over, cross it all out,

4and write your name. And that's the list.

Original poem © QuillOak — personal sharing is permitted.

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Poem
What I'd Save
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
4 lines
Form
Free Verse, Short Poems
Themes
Love, For Her, Short

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QuillOak originalWhat I'd Save, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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