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Plagiarists

Plundering stuff to clone is obscene Leeching from others whose work they have seen Always alert for what comes their way Grabbing their windfalls by night and by day In their bid for acclaim and contests to win As they strive to be first to get copyrights in Redoubling their effort with every deed It flies in the face of our Creative Creed Shunned is the justice they'll get for their greed Their peers, once alerted, will expose them by name Serves them right when they're Caught and Outed in Shame

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Christopher Flaherty

Date: 11/27/2020 12:40:00 PM

Do not care or feel shame otherwise they would not plagiarize in the 1st place

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 6/15/2016 7:40:00 AM

So very, very true. And so very prolific. Love the form as well as the words. Great work.

Sandra Haight

Date: 2/1/2016 4:41:00 PM

Excellent, Rob! You've done a wonderful job in expressing this injustice with your well written. Acrostic poem. Sandra

Rob Bettridge
Date: 2/2/2016 1:03:00 PM

Much appreciated Sandra. It goes against our (Right to the Bone) Sense of fair play doesn't it.

Old Man Emu

Date: 1/22/2016 11:39:00 PM

Pretty good description. Well done regards, Craig

Rob Bettridge
Date: 2/2/2016 1:00:00 PM

Thanks Craig. I guess most of us feel that way about those literary leeches.

Jan Allison

Date: 1/20/2016 6:32:00 PM

Great acrostic Rob - least no one can say our collaborations aren't anything but our own work lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Rob Bettridge
Date: 1/20/2016 7:59:00 PM

Thanks Jan. I'd like to see every Plagiarist (I'm having a 'Robert Newton' moment here) Put in the 'Stocks', Pelted with Rotten Fruit, 'Birched' then Transported in Chains to the Fever Colonies and suffer Hard Labour for the rest of their miserable Lives! (Harr -Harr)