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Infestation of the Soup

Blog Posted:7/12/2025 7:12:00 AM

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I've been contemplating the tastelessness of the soup being served on site.
The difference between sweet and sour is noticeable in nearly every bite.
It's not just the infusion of artificial intelligence that leaves the soup bitter,
but poetry that's been stolen from others that stinks worse than kitty litter.

Months ago it was perceived by many PS poets, that there had been an influx
of so called 'poets' posting 'poetry,' but quite frankly... most of it pitifully sucks.
And then there is the returnee woman who holds contests entering her own
with names who returned with her in a scam that no one should condone.

There remains the do-goodies, who continue to claim they've been victimized
but that story is so old that it is known as garbage and needs to be sterilized.
A butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker, who burns his candle on both ends,
still hangs around but nothing he says is believed and can never make amends.

A quill is meant for writing and not for fencing with others in parry and thrust.
Take care who you accept to be your friend for it's not always one you can trust.
I've turned off commenting or the usual trolls will be feeding on my every word...
those floating in soup's toilet bowl, who should be flushed like a stinking turd.

I'll also post this as a poem in the usual manner of poetry on this flawed site
for those who wisely don't pay attention to blogs where bullies post their smite.
The soup kitchen needs a visit from Gordon Ramsay to free it from rats and mice
because I find it's been infested with toxic waste that some have labeled 'spice.'

 

 



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Date: 7/12/2025 2:41:00 PM
Well said, Lin. I checked out a random poem recently and the checker found two lines (out of around 20 - 30) that it said were AI. Didn’t quite know what to make of that. I did find the checking procedure a little laborious. I wonder whether it would be feasible for a simple key press to activate a check on the poem you currently have on screen. Shouldn’t be too difficult for a decent coder.
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Date: 7/12/2025 6:12:00 PM
Thanks, Terry. I’m not sure there’s a simple fix for exposing AI poetry but that’s just one blurry facet that needs attention. Poetry shouldn’t be laborious… just enjoyable.
Date: 7/12/2025 1:46:00 PM
What is happening here is what is happening everywhere. Between AI and the degradation of the moral fabric of our species, everything will go. Making yesterday forever 'those were the days'. We had a good run, but this was inevitable.
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Date: 7/12/2025 2:05:00 PM
Hi Rob. More is the pity that most good things reach a sad end. The fault lies in the human need for greed. Those good yesterdays of Poetry Soup felt like a community that’s become unrecognizable as a place where many feel uncomfortable with its problems. Thank you for your thoughts, Rob.
Date: 7/12/2025 1:12:00 PM
Thank you very much for speaking truth to power, Lin. As good as Poetrysoup still is, it just isn't the same as it used to be. The onus is on TPS to bring it back from the abyss of degradation. We'll keep losing many great poets if nothing is done to right the wrongs. Many 100% AI-generated poems have won POTD, which is simply pathetic. It renders the honor meaningless. It's an abomination what has become of this once great site. Hopefully, TPS become better watchdogs where AI is concerned. It's become the "in thing." At least, I'm glad more contest sponsors are cracking down on it.
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Date: 7/12/2025 1:32:00 PM
One would think. And it shouldn’t take repeated complaints with proof before proper notice and action is taken.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/12/2025 1:29:00 PM
It must be hard for them to patrol everything but POTD?? Give me a break. They can at least check THOSE!
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Lin Lane
Date: 7/12/2025 1:26:00 PM
Hi Edward. It would be a worthwhile undertaking if TPS were to engage much more actively in administering to the complaints when they are made with adequate proof. Thus far that’s not been happening. By making poets who care about the site aware of the negative issues, hopefully there may eventually be some positive changes. One can only hope. Thank you for caring. ;-)
Date: 7/12/2025 12:00:00 PM
Again, well spoken, Lin. Thank you.
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Date: 7/12/2025 12:17:00 PM
Hi, Sam and thank you for agreeing and also commenting on my posting of this as a poem. I very seldom blog but sometimes wrongs need to be brought to light.
Date: 7/12/2025 10:52:00 AM
Well said Lin, the kitchen certainly needs fumigating top to bottom. Its certainly lost it's charm, which is a real shame, many have left because of the toxic atmosphere that's hovering over it at the moment. I'd like to see the site better policed to try and solve problems before they become toxic. Tom
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Date: 7/12/2025 12:15:00 PM
And yet there are some who would disagree. Perhaps it’s only because I say white, so they must proclaim it’s black. Must be those dirty fingers from pot licking. Thanks, Tom.
Date: 7/12/2025 10:41:00 AM
Lin, a powerful and much needed blog. Unfortunately the culprits have no integrity. They do not care to contribute to the PS community with real poems. They post fake or stolen ones just for the sake of winning contests or attention. It's sad that we have lost some great members recently. I hope the real poets can stand united and the fake ones disappear.
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Date: 7/12/2025 12:12:00 PM
It’s interesting that those few who contribute little in the way of poetry are the first to disagree with the reality of the site’s plunge.
Date: 7/12/2025 10:30:00 AM
Lin, well said, I totally agree the soup has changed and the flavor is sour. But, on a high note, in my recently closed contest, Gate/Gates not a single poem entered even the ones I could not place had any AI, so my message is getting heard and heeded. No AI poem will place in my contest. I notice that a few well known AI users, I/we know who you are, wrote poems for my contest but did not enter them because they knew I would find them to be 100% AI, but I noticed many poets leaving glowing compliments on those poems that the person did not even write, that is so pathetic, that is what is wrong in the soup, the trust is broken. My father taught me to pick my battles so I have, Constance
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Date: 7/12/2025 10:39:00 AM
You are to be commended for the time consuming task you undertake to be as assured as you can be that your contests are entered by those who value poetry, Constance. Thank you for holding fast to the integrity of the rules this site conceived but are not upholding.
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Constance La France
Date: 7/12/2025 10:36:00 AM
Lin, agree, some of the loudest supporters of AI in poetry on PS are part of the problem and also that some sponsors do not check for AI, placing those fake poems, that is so unfair to the true poets who actually wrote real poems
Date: 7/12/2025 9:57:00 AM
Let me make it perfectly clear I have NO issue with folk posting AI music/lyrics/ artwork as long as the accompanying poem is written by a poet the 'hypocrite' comment aimed at me was untrue and i wont put up with being bullied and belittled
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Lin Lane
Date: 7/12/2025 10:33:00 AM
Jan, I read somewhere that those with the dirtiest hands are the ones who point fingers.
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Constance La France
Date: 7/12/2025 10:31:00 AM
Jan, I totally agree
Date: 7/12/2025 9:41:00 AM
Bravo for speaking out Lin, so many folk feel the same as you but don't speak out sadly some have recently left the site, others simply have given up posting because of the toxic atmosphere. when we do poems about AI we can get labelled as hypocrites and as for plagiarism it is sad to see on so many levels but at least its been dealt speedily this time but if we report AI poems nothing seems to be done. I spend less and less time on soup and i know others do the same.
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