diff --git a/parse/posts.go b/parse/posts.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d6f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parse/posts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package parse
+
+import (
+	"github.com/writeas/web-core/stringmanip"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	titleElementReg = regexp.MustCompile("</?p>")
+	urlReg          = regexp.MustCompile("https?://")
+	imgReg          = regexp.MustCompile(`!\[([^]]+)\]\([^)]+\)`)
+)
+
+// PostLede attempts to extract the first thought of the given post, generally
+// contained within the first line or sentence of text.
+func PostLede(t string, includePunc bool) string {
+	// Adjust where we truncate if we want to include punctuation
+	iAdj := 0
+	if includePunc {
+		iAdj = 1
+	}
+
+	// Find lede within first line of text
+	nl := strings.IndexRune(t, '\n')
+	if nl > -1 {
+		t = t[:nl]
+	}
+
+	// Strip certain HTML tags
+	t = titleElementReg.ReplaceAllString(t, "")
+
+	// Strip URL protocols
+	t = urlReg.ReplaceAllString(t, "")
+
+	// Strip image URL, leaving only alt text
+	t = imgReg.ReplaceAllString(t, " $1 ")
+
+	// Find lede within first sentence
+	punc := strings.Index(t, ". ")
+	if punc > -1 {
+		t = t[:punc+iAdj]
+	}
+	punc = stringmanip.IndexRune(t, '。')
+	if punc > -1 {
+		c := []rune(t)
+		t = string(c[:punc+iAdj])
+	}
+
+	return t
+}
+
+// TruncToWord truncates the given text to the provided limit.
+func TruncToWord(s string, l int) (string, bool) {
+	truncated := false
+	c := []rune(s)
+	if len(c) > l {
+		truncated = true
+		s = string(c[:l])
+		spaceIdx := strings.LastIndexByte(s, ' ')
+		if spaceIdx > -1 {
+			s = s[:spaceIdx]
+		}
+	}
+	return s, truncated
+}
diff --git a/parse/posts_test.go b/parse/posts_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70bf052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parse/posts_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package parse
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestPostLede(t *testing.T) {
+	text := map[string]string{
+		"早安。跨出舒適圈，才能前往":                                                                                                                                                             "早安。",
+		"早安。This is my post. It is great.":                                                                                                                                          "早安。",
+		"Hello. 早安。":                                                                                                                                                                "Hello.",
+		"Sup? Everyone says punctuation is punctuation.":                                                                                                                            "Sup?",
+		"Humans are humans, and society is full of good and bad actors. Technology, at the most fundamental level, is a neutral tool that can be used by either to meet any ends. ": "Humans are humans, and society is full of good and bad actors.",
+		`Online Domino Is Must For Everyone
+
+		Do you want to understand how to play poker online?`: "Online Domino Is Must For Everyone",
+		`おはようございます
+
+		私は日本から帰ったばかりです。`: "おはようございます",
+		"Hello, we say, おはよう. We say \"good morning\"": "Hello, we say, おはよう.",
+	}
+
+	c := 1
+	for i, o := range text {
+		if s := PostLede(i, true); s != o {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Got '%s' from '%s'; expected '%s'", c, s, i, o)
+		}
+		c++
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTruncToWord(t *testing.T) {
+	text := map[string]string{
+		"Можливо, ми можемо використовувати інтернет-інструменти, щоб виготовити якийсь текст, який би міг бути і на, і в кінцевому підсумку, буде скорочено, тому що це тривало так довго.": "Можливо, ми можемо використовувати інтернет-інструменти, щоб виготовити якийсь",
+		"早安。This is my post. It is great. It is a long post that is great that is a post that is great.":                                                                                     "早安。This is my post. It is great. It is a long post that is great that is a post",
+		"Sup? Everyone says punctuation is punctuation.":                                                                                                                                     "Sup? Everyone says punctuation is punctuation.",
+		"I arrived in Japan six days ago. Tired from a 10-hour flight after a night-long layover in Calgary, I wandered wide-eyed around Narita airport looking for an ATM.":                 "I arrived in Japan six days ago. Tired from a 10-hour flight after a night-long",
+	}
+
+	c := 1
+	for i, o := range text {
+		if s, _ := TruncToWord(i, 80); s != o {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Got '%s' from '%s'; expected '%s'", c, s, i, o)
+		}
+		c++
+	}
+}
diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index 7f12da3..32c18dc 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/writeas/monday"
 	"github.com/writeas/slug"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/converter"
-	"github.com/writeas/web-core/parse"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/tags"
+	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/parse"
 	"html/template"
 	"regexp"
 	"time"