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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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Date: 4/8/2020 3:02:00 PM
Hello Michelo Mweetwa, can that really happen a poem? Can it be simile to your poem? Be safe. Enjoy your day my friend.
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Michelo Mweetwa
Date: 4/10/2020 2:03:00 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.

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