Chose a Title; Naïve Faith, Sponsor – Edward Ibeh – 8-27-25
Naïve synonyms: callow, guileless, innocent, pure, genuine, honest, simple, sincere
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Naïve Faith
Callow faith walks with wide eyes
In playgrounds littered with stark cunning
When adorned innocence
Seeks to soar where angels fly
Not blinded by fool’s gold
Nor looted by evil’s glittery tinsel
Or minds darkened by drugs of ebony
That plagiarizes honesty
With rationalized temptations
In ravished glamour.
Artless faith, clothed by incorruptible purity,
Shivers when simplicity senses
A wrinkle in infinity -
Guileless belief skirts gullible’s traps
Clothed in a gift of sight.
When beastly motives
Try to sideswipe honesty
With glitz and jewels of paste
Dangling shiny promises with dark underbellies
Naive faith, clothed in discernment,
Sees with candid clarity.
The rose still blooms despite attacks
By mold or mildewed rust
The sun still wakes the dawn
Even when eclipsed
Crowned by a faultless corona
As stars refuse to enter black holes
Faith embraces the innocent.
Categories:
plagiarizes, faith,
Form: Free verse
A 21st Century Question?
Do people still need real human poetry in the 21st century
Some still ask as AI plagiarizes when put to task
To be the social connectors
The innovation and invitation
To new or old, writers
Adored heroes
Thought leaders
To breathe form from the intangible into their quiet lives
For them to taste the twist and guile of the Mysteries Schools
Poetry in all its many magical ceremonial forms provides
For soon
Each and every quest will end in a visit to a lone watchtower
In the mind
And when one is on the other side watching from those parapets
AI won't help
Because only real created human poetry will help you once again remember
Through someone else's shared experience
In rhymes
All those people and things you once loved
So you don't forget
With the passing of time
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Categories:
plagiarizes, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
There is a FRAUD and a THIEF
Apparently from Nigeria
Who plagiarizes all day long
He steals poetry for pleasure
And post on internet
Under his own name
His favorite source is
POETRYSOUP.COM
And who could blame him
We are the best cauldron
Of international poets
On the planet.
He goes by the name of ETTAH AUSTINE
And has no integrity, in his profile says:
"As a writer & a creator,
I'm giving you my experiences.
But just take what I give you.
You ain't got to pry beyond that."
The audacity… he’s basically admitting
That he’s stealing and not to ask questions !
ETTAH AUSTINE is a disgrace to POWER POETRY
He even has the gall to post a Leanne Rimes song!!!
They say the greatest form of flattery is theft of a poem
Or is it that the lowest shameless form
Of an excuse for a human being is a thief
We say get this ETTAH AUSTINE off the internet
If you resent having your poetry stolen
They’d love to hear it at
help@powerpoetry.org
posted on August 18, 2019
as COLLABORATION FROM POETRYSOUP.COM POETS
Categories:
plagiarizes, africa, anger, betrayal, hate,
Form: Free verse
Every poet plagiarizes
The thoughts of those who came before
And despite best enterprises
At best we merely mention more
The thoughts of those who came before
They offered all there is to give
At best we merely mention more
We add another adjective
They offered all there is to give
Imitation is all that's left
We add another adjective
Our finest works are tacit theft
Imitation is all that's left
And despite best enterprises
Our finest works are tacit theft
Every poet plagiarizes
Categories:
plagiarizes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Pantoum
Trump A Revolting Development
Trump is revolting development who plagiarizes,
And everything that he tries to do disguises;
About parade size,
Told many lies;
Have heard that his dry hair has psoriasis.
Jim Horn
Categories:
plagiarizes, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
(Isaiah 55:8 & 9)
Reject the bull snot of naught,
the battle has already been fought…
upon a precept plane higher than human thought
Where human concept logic found to be vain…
From such wickedness one must learn refrain…
Not harboring a conjured devil to blame
A matter of human level of logic…
No way for life to dodge it..
Precept’s loving measure… life’s pleasure
Human logic plagiarizes love’s precept…
This satanic duality is not allowed…
For unto love of life death hath bowed
Love is adamant, His faith a paradox…
Adamantly… the Lord God… He is ONE
Creator… of the legendary stone
In the beginning was the word..
The word was with God…
And was God..
Selah…
think about it…
Categories:
plagiarizes, love, life,
Form: Rhyme