Michelo Mweetwa Poet Free verse

The Guilt of An Innocent Poet

It was my own thought
My own poem with a novel quote
I smiled with a poet’s pride 
I let my pen bleed and slide
I wrote it down
Framed it for my wall

Familiar words caught my eye
A strangers name in the byline
The poem was many years older than mine
Is it an unintended recovery from subconscious mind?
I’m distraught
It is too similar to call my own

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Darlene De Beaulieu April 8, 2020 at 3:02 PM Hello Michelo Mweetwa, can that really happen a poem? Can it be simile to your poem? Be safe. Enjoy your day my friend. Michelo Mweetwa April 10, 2020 at 2:03 PM It happened to me two or three lines were similar and the overall concept of the poem. I kept my work because I was 100% certain it was my work. No ways could it have come from my subconscious as a distant memory. But as a new poet, no one would believe me. It is a tough call.