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Copy and paste can be detrimental if used in the wrong place Such as posting and plagiarizing poems from another’s space The time and energy it may take to search for poems to steal It is a waste of time if you’re not going to be authentic and real It’s also a crime to take credit for stolen art, poems or any other copied matter And only a matter of time before a lawsuit may be served from a silver platter It must be a type of severe mental illness or some type of character flaw To want to claim poems as yours, that are not, is against the law It would behoove you to think before you continue to copy and paste and post We are on to your shenanigans and the deceitful liars are despised the most Please remove your pathetic copied and pasted posts and leave our page Because your reputation, integrity and legal recourse may be a lot to wage

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Charles Messina

Date: 6/25/2025 8:10:00 AM

it's the sad truth, Tania. This world is filled with crooks and people that have dignity for themselves and have absolutely no respect for others. Belated congratulations on this very well deserved POTD! ~Charlie

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/25/2025 1:23:00 PM

Charlie, thank you.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 6/24/2025 7:49:00 AM

Tania, you state an ethical position in an instructive manner. It does seem odd that anyone would resort to plagiarism here since it doesn't change the fact that one is either capable of writing poetry or not. People doing that must really have some mental problem. I could understand it more if it was done to meet an assignment that a person finds too difficult or unpleasant to process. Here, where we are volunteering our material and time, what reason is there? Someone has low self-esteem! Smiles for all the real poets!!!

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/24/2025 1:17:00 PM

Duke, thank you.

Melvin D'Lima

Date: 6/23/2025 10:36:00 PM

Tania, congratulations on this poem of the day. The theme, tone and style make so much sense. PUU

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/24/2025 3:23:00 AM

Melvin, thank you.

Sam Kauffman

Date: 6/23/2025 8:00:00 PM

Tania, congratulations on this powerful poem exposing this ethical travesty of theft and plagiarism. You have written this poem with elegance and truth! It is deeply troubling to know there are people who have no problem stealing another poet’s hard work and lose the joy of creating their own. So glad your work was recognized as a POTD. Blessings.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/24/2025 3:23:00 AM

Sam, thank you.

Brandy Nicole

Date: 6/23/2025 7:40:00 PM

I will never understand why anyone would copy (word for word) someone's thoughts and say it's their own. I agree, it's dishonest. It's wrong. We all have emotions and can write them down. Simple as that. Congratulations Tania, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/24/2025 3:24:00 AM

Brandy, thank you.

Paul Willason

Date: 6/23/2025 3:15:00 PM

Hi Tania, Poems often attract admiration, enjoyment, a sense of shared experience etc etc, but this one also attracts loud cheers from the true believers. Thankyou for taking the time and exercising your skill to express what the faithful think and believe . Well deserved POTD.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 4:08:00 PM

Paul, thank you.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/23/2025 11:35:00 AM

You wrote this so well! I was nodding along!

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 11:57:00 AM

Kim, thank you.

Warren Doll

Date: 6/23/2025 10:55:00 AM

Tania, you wrote brilliantly about a very serious problem. Do you know who is doing this on Poetry Soup? Congratulations on a very well deserved POTD~ Warren

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 11:57:00 AM

Warren, thank you. I believe the Admins are aware of this person.

David Kavanagh

Date: 6/23/2025 10:08:00 AM

Congratulations Tania on a very topical and well deserved POTD, AI is becoming endemic everywhere, Admin I believe could be doing more to help root it out or at least keep trimming it back, as for the blatant plagiarism, I’m pretty convinced that mental health issues are at play, perhaps an offshoot of kleptomania; Again Admin need to up their game, cheers David

Jan Allison
Date: 6/24/2025 8:53:00 AM

I reported a poem which tested AI on 3 sites, admin didnt take action and it has won a recent second chance contest - it didnt place first time round as the sponsor is aware this person uses AI ! when you read other poems by this person they also test 100% positive but i have given up reporting them as no action gets taken but at least sponsors are becoming more aware who is doing it:-( hugs jan xx

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 11:57:00 AM

David, thank you.

Jim Slaughter

Date: 6/23/2025 10:05:00 AM

I hate to think that something like this is going on on this site, Tania, but it is a very important and serious issue wherever it occurs. Thanks for addressing it here. Congrats on POTD, as well.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 11:58:00 AM

Jim, thank you. Hopefully, it gets addressed at a higher level.

Ink Empress

Date: 6/23/2025 8:15:00 AM

Dear Tania, very respectfully and in an elegant way youv written what it is and how wrong and unacceptable it is to steal poems and to plagiarize. Well delivered and i agree and share the same thoughts: i wish the ones who feel like they need to steal to receive accolades, healing. Congratulations on your well deserved potd. Powerful! And much needed: sending you light always

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 11:59:00 AM

Ink, thank you. I don't wish ill will on this person but hope they leave PS and stop their behavior. It is so dishonest.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/23/2025 6:34:00 AM

- Tania, congratulations on your very important p.o.t.d. ... I will never forget that feeling when my poems were stolen and posted under someone else's name ... not the value of the poems ... but, the nasty feeling - hugs

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 12:00:00 PM

Anne-Lise, thank you. Plagiarism is a crime and a person can seek legal representation if needed. - hugs

Joseph May

Date: 6/23/2025 6:08:00 AM

Congrats on POTD Tania, I hope Admin removes this individual from the site

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 12:00:00 PM

Joseph, thank you.

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 6/23/2025 5:53:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD, Dear Tania. You have pointed out a really wrong action which needs to be addressed and dealt with a strong hand.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 12:00:00 PM

Mala, thank you.

Di11y Da11y

Date: 6/23/2025 5:03:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD Tania - you really have encapsulated all the key points in rhyme - no mean feat! Setting out to deceive genuine poets is such a strange thing to do, so I feel sorry about whatever background situation compels that behaviour. However, I agree it is wrong, illegal & destined to lead to upset (or more serious consequences). If the culprit wants to collate poems, that can be done on another platform with credit given to authors. Not passed off as their own work on here.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 12:01:00 PM

D.D., thank you and yes, I agree.

Jan Allison

Date: 6/23/2025 4:17:00 AM

Many congrats on POTD Tania, I hope you open folk's eyes to what is going on in the site and admin take note of our concerns regarding the plagiarising which is on a huge scale. We are not blind sheep having the wool pulled over OUR eyes! hugs jan xx

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 4:56:00 AM

Jan, thank you. -hugs

Lin Lane

Date: 6/23/2025 4:02:00 AM

Your words point a finger at those who copy and paste, along with a multitude of proof and yet the plagiarized poems remain. Your exposure of wrongdoings is a potd that should not be ignored by poets and the administration whose finger should again remove the posts and the thief from the site.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 6/23/2025 6:41:00 AM

- It happens on most sites, Tania ... stay here where you at least have "your voice" and friends who support you :) - I agree the administration should listen to what their members say, without members no poetry soup will survive - hugs

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 4:57:00 AM

Lin, thank you and I agree. I am considering moving on to other places. -hugs

Constance La France

Date: 6/23/2025 3:49:00 AM

Tania, you spoke the truth in words and you were rewarded with POEM OF THE DAY, now many poets will see your fantastic write, that took great courage to put out there into the world. I have the utmost respect for you now and forever, well done, a FAV, and congratulations ~

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 4:57:00 AM

Constance, thank you.

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 6/23/2025 1:51:00 AM

True that but somewhere PS Admin must take a call, what with some POTW poems too being deemed as AI by the engines

Jan Allison
Date: 6/23/2025 4:20:00 AM

Admin need to deal with it in accordance with their terms and conditions which we agree to when we post a poem!!"Members may post ORIGINAL work only. PoetrySoup prohibits plagiarism. Posting someone else's poems, even if you have their permission, is prohibited on PoetrySoup.com. Any members who plagiarize will be immediately removed. Using another's work without proper acknowledgment or permission and copyrighting it as your own is a crime."

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 6/23/2025 3:12:00 AM

Agree.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 2:58:00 AM

U.S., I am not sure what the answer is but the use of AI and plagiarism is definitely hurting PS.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 6/23/2025 1:43:00 AM

Well said Tania, congratulations on receiving the honour of poem of the day… Beryl

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 2:58:00 AM

Beryl, thank you.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/23/2025 1:33:00 AM

Had to drop by and say congratulations to you Tania on today's POTD honour well deserved too. Tom

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 3:03:00 AM

Tom, thank you.

Karen Jones

Date: 6/23/2025 12:50:00 AM

You tell them Tania! This is an important potd! Congratulations!

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 3:03:00 AM

Karen, thank you. I've never known to be passive.

Jim Healey

Date: 6/22/2025 8:33:00 PM

Well said, Tania. Keep making your voice heard.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 3:04:00 AM

Jim, thank you.

Constance La France

Date: 6/22/2025 8:12:00 PM

Tania, well said and I totally agree with everything you have written. I am really discouraged about what PS is becoming. It is infected with a virus called AI and another called plagerism. All my poems are Copyright Protected and should I find any used by another person, I will be contacting a lawyer and press charges. Anyone entering my contests with AI poems will not place plus will be blocked by me and reported to admin, I use 3 reliable AI Detectors, and also check for plagerisiam~

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 5:01:00 AM

Constance, thank you. I am really considering moving on if things don't improve.

Constance La France
Date: 6/23/2025 3:59:00 AM

Tania, I hope you reconsider, of course take a break but don't stop doing your contests, fewer and fewer contests are available for poets, because some of the themes are just not inspiring ~

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/23/2025 3:05:00 AM

Constance, thank you. I agree and would also seek legal action. People should not get away with it. I am taking a short break with running contests. I work full time and it is becoming more of a chore than fun due to all of this.

Constance La France
Date: 6/22/2025 8:15:00 PM

I have no control of it happening on the soup but I do have control of my own contests.

Abdullah Alhemaidy

Date: 6/22/2025 2:27:00 PM

Hi Tania :-) It is international problem. Plagiarizing is very common in FB as I have noticed for years, may be in other sites too. Anyway, who cheats knew that he/she is cheating and shall end up cheating himself. AI comes lately to add to that international problem.

Abdullah Alhemaidy
Date: 6/23/2025 4:02:00 PM

Agreed! Congratulations on your well POTD!

Tania Kitchin
Date: 6/22/2025 2:49:00 PM

Abdullah, I agree but still so deceptive and unfair. Especially to post stolen poems for contest entries. Thank you.