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Cleaning up the Soup Kitchen

It's been 9 days since I've posted in PS because of being needed by my sister. She's progressing, but very slowly. Thank you to those who've expressed your concern and offered prayers for her recovery. My granddaughter is over her crisis. I've had little time or desire to peek into PS, but from what I've seen and been told, not only is AI rampant but plagiarism has returned. I ask you, poets... which do you consider to be the bigger offender? A poet's voice will not be drowned out in obscurity when from our conscience thoughts it is displayed. But when the soup is riddled with AI cheating and plagiarism, it's rancidly sour with impurities. No surge of waves will stop a poet's ink from flowing nor will gusting tempest winds cast their pens away. It's the deep desire to write that all of us are owing to the need of words seeking escape from the mind. Those of us who write from heart and soul... yes, that sounds like an overused cliche,' but AI poetry is just a click away, written by machines and plagiarists steal it from another source... posting it as their own. It's demeaning to the Soup, or as Jan would say, "It's nothing more than poop!" I would like to think the community is worth saving but I've seen no signs of that taking place. Indifference is not the attitude anyone should take. If the site matters, clean it up... for goodness sake. Leave your thoughts in comments if you're craving a say and I'll respond when I can from a hospital room. None of us should take for granted a single day of life or our family and friendships for we are not immune to life threatening issues that always take precedence over everything else beneath the glowing haloed moon.

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Date: 6/21/2025 11:19:00 PM
Please feel free to delete if deemed my comments are Inappropriate. Sadly it would appear that their is no truth amongst poets and more honesty amongst thieves, but for deception to raise itself for a second time under another guise is unforgivable, if you can forgive I take my hat off to you, you're a better person than I am, but I cannot and will never defend the indefensible, to plaigairise another poets work in its entirety is theft. Coffee with the moon by Becky Helmsley a poet from Leicestershire was one such poem that was stolen and posted on ps. I lost friendships defending the poet that posted this believing them to be honest until I found out the truth it would appear deceit lives in the heart and is carried out with the full knowledge of the mind. The day I found out the truth I turned my avatar upside down because that's what it did to my world. My thoughts are worth little but it's good to get them out. Danny
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Date: 6/21/2025 8:35:00 PM
They plagiarized because they are exhibitionist who want attention. These aren't people who appreciate poetry. These are people who have a sick need to be noticed. Thanks for bringing this up.
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Date: 6/21/2025 5:18:00 PM
You have been missed Lin, but family always comes first and you have had so much to deal with. the soup kitchen is in dire need of cleaning out especially those who plagerise poems - it is disgusting to see that a poet who died in 1990 has her poem on soup in June 2025 - I have this and others . it is bringing the site into disrepute - lets hope soup admin do their job and remove the offending person from the site. hugs Jan xx
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Jan Allison
Date: 6/21/2025 5:20:00 PM
At the end of the day with AI the poet is pretending they have written a poem but it is being generated by a bot. Plagiarism is theft of another poets work, it is a crime and it should be stopped immediately by admin
Date: 6/21/2025 2:48:00 PM
Lin, A great poem and I agree with you 100 percent. It's disheartening to see all the AI and plagiarism debauchery going on. The integrity of the site is disappearing with all of this non-sense. Hope your sister makes a full recovery soon. Thinking of you. - hugs.
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