diff --git a/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/_post_form.html.eex b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/_post_form.html.eex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3cfa82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/_post_form.html.eex
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<%= form_tag Routes.frontend_path(@conn, :post_status), method: :post, class: "compose-status" do %>
+  <%= if assigns[:in_reply_to] do %>
+    <input type="hidden" name="in_reply_to" value="<%= @in_reply_to %>">
+  <% end %>
+  <% placeholder = assigns[:placeholder] || "What's up?" %>
+  <% content = assigns[:content] || "" %>
+  <textarea id="content" name="content" rows="5" placeholder="<%= placeholder %>"><%= content %></textarea>
+  <%= submit "Post" %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/home.html.eex b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/home.html.eex
index 4dc9569..c5cf90e 100644
--- a/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/home.html.eex
+++ b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/home.html.eex
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <h1>Home</h1>
 
-<%= form_tag Routes.frontend_path(@conn, :post_status), method: :post, class: "compose-status" do %>
-  <textarea id="content" name="content" rows="5" placeholder="What's up?" required></textarea>
-  <%= submit "Post" %>
-  <hr>
-<% end %>
+<%= render "_post_form.html", conn: @conn %>
+<hr>
 
 <%= render "_timeline.html", conn: @conn, statuses_with_authors: @statuses_with_authors %>
diff --git a/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/status.html.eex b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/status.html.eex
index ca4eb18..c0efd2b 100644
--- a/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/status.html.eex
+++ b/lib/clacks_web/templates/frontend/status.html.eex
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 <%= unless is_nil(@current_user) do %>
   <hr>
 
-  <%= form_tag Routes.frontend_path(@conn, :post_status), method: :post, class: "compose-status" do %>
-    <input type="hidden" name="in_reply_to" value="<%= @status.data["object"]["id"] %>">
-    <textarea id="content" name="content" rows="5" placeholder="Reply" required><%= mentions_for_replying_to(@conn, @status) %></textarea>
-    <%= submit "Post" %>
-    <hr>
-  <% end %>
+  <%= render "_post_form.html", conn: @conn, in_reply_to: @status.data["object"]["id"], placeholder: "Reply", content: mentions_for_replying_to(@conn, @status) %>
+  <hr>
 <% end %>