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Cheating Cheetah!

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Out on a Lim poetry contest Sponsored by Joseph May - 06/09/25

It's sad to see AI poetry posted on the site. Yesterday I discovered that even limericks can be written by CHAT GP but because they are such short poems they escape the AI checker. My poem is dedicated to those folk who use AI yet claim they have written the poem themselves

A cheetah’s caught cheating – bad lad Is punished by Mum, THEN by Dad He’d cribbed his homework His dad went berserk This cheater got caught, I’m so glad!

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Joseph May

Date: 6/14/2025 7:42:00 AM

Congrats on your win Jan, Very nicely penned

Duke Beaufort

Date: 6/13/2025 3:57:00 AM

Jan, I feel sad for people who post poems generated by AI. There must be some personality flaw there. However, the recognition these cheaters get will never assuage their lack of self-esteem. I believe we can tell a great deal about what we are reading and get a feeling about each other. That's fortunate at this point. Obviously, that's not so easy for everyone. Please keep doing what you are doing! Smiles!!

Tania Kitchin

Date: 6/10/2025 6:41:00 PM

Jan, a great limerick and message. It's funny how some defend PS AI users and still call us " the mean girls". We are mean poets; authentic, creative and we believe in a supportive community. Our poetry has meaning, while some poetry is fake and useless! - hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 10:36:00 PM

Your blog inspired our collaboration Tania, this poem was inspired by the blatant use of AI on the site, folk are still winning contests with poems 100% AI on 3 checkers and sadly even limericks can be written by chat GP. its sad beyond words, as for mean girls - what is mean about speaking the truth! hugs Jan xx

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/10/2025 4:32:00 PM

Jan, your well-written limerick makes a serious point. Parents who KNOW their kids are cheating should do something about it! Janice

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 10:34:00 PM

sadly its not just kids who cheat Janice, we see AI is used in poetry - hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/10/2025 3:33:00 PM

Cute one, Jan. Creative.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 10:33:00 PM

sadly we know it is true and people are using AI on here and I know kids use it at school - I recall one student cribbed an English assessment - the teachers know the ability of the students - he failed:-( hugs Jan xx

Karen Jones

Date: 6/10/2025 2:30:00 PM

Sadly I don’t know how to “catch” them but they can’t escape God. They cheat themselves out of growth and the self esteem that comes from poetry writing as art! Great poem!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:53:00 PM

I dont think some folk have any conscience about doing it on here Karen and when you run a poem through 3 checkers and they all show 100% AI you definitely know something is wrong - although the checkers are 100% accurate i would prefer to see 100 human written!! hugs Jan xx

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 6/9/2025 5:01:00 PM

I don' think all people who feel they need AI to put there thoughts or feeling down in words are bad or deceptive, just lost. AI is a tool, like spell check, word generator, or what's this...." Love Poem Generator" In the left hand column of this page. We should not feel we are competing but creating. We don't choose poems because of who has written them, but by how they can reach our hearts. We as a civilization have been living with cheetah's for many many years now ,we call them geniuses .Ha!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:19:00 AM

I agree about the love poem generator - it shouldn't be on a site for people who actually write their own poetry - as for calling cheetah's geniuses - no they are just liars who moan when they get caught! hugs jan xx

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/9/2025 4:36:00 PM

It used to be a huge deal to be caught lying, cheating, stealing! It was not acceptable. That last pic is so funny!! LOL

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:18:00 AM

I wanted to bring a bit of humour into what is a serious subject Kim! hugs jan xx

Arlo Parker

Date: 6/9/2025 3:59:00 PM

When cheetahs cheat they still eat the zebra....life just isn't fair. Point taken. :o)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:17:00 AM

No if's no buts AI is cheating as is plagiarism and we have seen examples of both on the site. we tick a box to say WE wrote the poem not that it is generated by a machine. sad times indeed Arlo - at least I write all my own stuff, some of it may be 'crap' but I live with that lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane

Date: 6/9/2025 3:29:00 PM

Jan, if anyone fails to see the point you’re making with your Limerick, it’s because they refuse to open their eyes. Alerted but ignores the facts. That’s why I refuse to take part in contests. Call it a sit out in protest or whatever.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:15:00 AM

Not every sponsor checks for AI and it I know it cant be used to check for limericks written by chat GP or other similar tools .. but when I smell a rat ... I will say no more ... you know the score:-( hugs jan xx

Di11y Da11y

Date: 6/9/2025 3:12:00 PM

It is disheartening to see so much AI on the site, especially as it can't be proven. It's easy to see when their isn't a poetic voice consistently coming through though. There are so many repercussions to cheating, that I don't understand why so many find it worth it on any level. It's lying at the end of the day, so even the connections made with other poets are undermined. I don't have any answers though unfortunately. Great poem x

Jan Allison
Date: 6/10/2025 2:12:00 AM

I am sad to see the way the site has deteriorated Dilly. when I checked 10 poems by a poet all of them came up as 100% AI - coincidence or not ... but I have given up alerting admin as have others:-( hugs jan x