On the high seas of plagiarism.

The piracy of ideas,
hanged swinging,
over the sea of thoughts,
doomed to Davy's locker,
the four winds blow
on tidal regrets.

Reviews

[Bala Gorthi]

Short and an excellent craft, Andrew Mitchell. What a word you have used for plagiarism! This is just awesome.

[andrew mitchell]

What word is that?

[Bala Gorthi]

Piracy of ideas, i loved that usage.

[andrew mitchell]

so did i lol

[MsJewel]

Quite a creative way to confront those pesky little beasts. Well done :) Julie

[andrew mitchell]

thank you msjewel :):)

[MsJewel]

My pleasure

[Pete]

... and walking the writing gang plank. good analogy. nice one Andrew.

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Pete:):)

[Tony Jordan]

It made Bill Gates et al into billionaires after a visit to xerox parc and IBM - read Pirates of Silicon Valley mate...crime pays ... sadly
This is timeless. Well penned matey.
:)

[andrew mitchell]

haha pirates of silicon valley now thats a title. lol and thank you tony for stopping by, there's quite an influx of unknown traffic on wc

[Tony Jordan]

I hear ya. My 'spidey senses' are tingling like a busy hooker's flaps.

[Stacy Purvis]

If this isn't the cutest, most darling way of confronting plagiarism, I don't know what is!
Thank you for sharing!

[andrew mitchell]

thank you ap for reading.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

timely piece for me to read...have to drop a student today because of plagiarism...blatant kind....

j.

[andrew mitchell]

intentional or just could not rewrite in his own words? thanks for reading

[Chase Dylan]

Argh, mate, I have been trying for a pirate-ee metaphor or two lately.. You have nailed the spot on my thirst for salty spews... Nicely penned...

[andrew mitchell]

haha thankyou silente