Punishable by Poetry

'the wrath of a poet scorned'

What's behind these words,

     blood, sweat, tears

        heart & soul, 

reaching into the vastness

 of perception and tangibility~

            swept away by pen

when you step on my emotions

          it leaves a scar

I surrender unto you my word

      you steal them; it's broken trust

a betrayal punishable by the law of poets

we spew back in poetry with assasination

until the dirty deed comes undone

heed the warnings, they are everywhere

Do not tread lightly 

upon the shadow I have cast

the dark side will eat you alive

Author's Note

seriously captcha - spoofer

Reviews

[Holly Mason]

you tell them girl...I was thinking about this last night...
love that ending I am shaking in my slippers
I am glad you published I was about to mail a whiny note of when..I was unpatiently waiting
thank you for telling them how it is how much it can hurt and the fact that the dark side will eat them alive

[Frieda P]

I haven't stopped thinking about it either, I don't think people realize the magnitude of their actions and the impact this has on a writer, especially a site such as this...we give birth to our words as though they were our children, good, bad or indifferent, I for one am very overprotective of mine. Thanks so much Holly.

[Holly Mason]

over protection is needed...I was told by someone that this site is different because it is automatically considered published work...I looked up all the laws no cash-no sass!!!that is what it is To lose your work is not nice that would hurt so bad

[Frieda P]

Seriously? That's not good...ftw!! Now I'm going to give myself another headache thinking about that....

[Holly Mason]

well another writer just told me the same thing again in a review of night crawl and I like this guy he is intelligent and a nice person...according to my reading without a signed/ money exchange contract they are not considered LEGALLY published but that doesn't mean that is what a publisher thinks...now I have a headache*)

[Frieda P]

Fook! Money makes the world go around alright!

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Hey, y'all. Sorry for butting into this aging thread but If anyone is seriously concerned about copyright and plagiarism of what they offer here then secure a block of ISBN numbers, pile them all together into a book, pay for a couple of print-on-demand copies and send them to the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office with the associated fees. I think most publishers would want "first rights" so if you put it up here, even though it's provably copyrighted, don't be surprised if they reject it. Most will do that as they want material that has not yet been read by or offered to the public in any form or venue.

We should probably just consider the things we put up here as either advertising, soliciting, venting, sketching of ideas for feedback; or all of the preceding.

[Frieda P]

Feel free, and thanks for the info. I think it's more of the fact that it's a huge slap in the face and a betrayal to all poets on this site or anywhere for that matter. To take someone else's work and attach your name to their heartfelt words & experiences is criminal in my mind...also they were supposedly a 'friend' here, it's more of a personal assault on my senses more than anything....

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Yes, Frieda, I agree with you. That sort of behavior certainly draws attention to a difference in mind/spirit as it regards a sense of propriety and the willingness to adhere to certain rules of engagement. Perhaps you may take some satisfaction of a sort in a variant on that old saw about imitation being a sincere form of flattery; in this case plagiarism being a sincere form of recognition that your work has value. ;-)

[Frieda P]

Ha such positivity! It was not my work she plagiarized, but I'm not sure Celine Dion would be as forgiving! ;-)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Oh! My bad. I thought it was one of yours (or someone here). Well, perhaps they considered it a "cover." You know, "I typed this and revised the formatting/punctuation so it's like my way of saying... don'cha know, huh?" ;-)

[Frieda P]

Nope on all counts....it was a 'friend' here and more than half her catalouge was fraudulent.... a very painful slap in the face.

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Well, I don't know how she/he/it imagined that could turn out well. Obviously it didn't. Thanks for the clarification.

[quinfinn]

you stole my idea! harummph! now you're gonna pay....(JK) but all kidding aside, i am glad the recent events have sparked an interest in this issue and maybe if we all write something about it ....the issue will become a standard around here, to deny access to our pages to those who would steal our work. this is a great write, frieda posies. c'mon, brunch is on me.....

[Frieda P]

I originally wrote the poet about this same subject but I think it was faint of heart, it's taken hold of my better judgement and I had to finally release the kraken so to speak....! Yay, I love brunch...thanks huckleberry. x

[quinfinn]

you are most certainly welcome!

[Stacey Watts]

This happened to me a few years back on Myspace. Someone took one of my poems and used it on their page. I e-mailed her and asked her nicely to take it down. She did comply. But then went on to tell me I should have never posted my work if I didn't expect it to be used. I shook my head in awe over this belief. Writers share ideas and thoughts. It is not okay to steal someone's work and make it your own. This was a very well written piece. This is amazingly written.

[Frieda P]

Expect it to be 'used'? What the heck does that even mean?? Not good, not good at all, this is the mindset of these thieves I suppose...doesn't sit well with me at all! Thanks Stacey.

[Stacey Watts]

I know right! I was not very nice toward the end of that conversation. You got to love the common sense in some people these days.

[Frieda P]

Ha! Not so common if you ask me.....

[s y e]

This was really good. It shows how poets write and that the put there heart and soul into what we all write.

It is terrible when someone has to steal someone else's work. It disgusts me and it sure as hell will come back and bite them on the butt.

"you steal them; it's broken trust
a betrayal punishable by the law of poets"

Totally one hundred percent right! It is betrayal to poets and the trust you had them disappears because you are hurt by what they have done.

[Frieda P]

I know we see eye to eye on this point Sye...it's difficult to understand why anyone would do this in the first place....taking an idea from someone's work is one thing, it's what sparks all of us, we find inspiration in other's and run with it....but to blatantly steal entire works of art does not sit well with this poet! Thanks muchly!

[s y e]

Yes we do, I don't think I will ever understand why someone would do it. I mean if they steal others work of this site, who is to say they won't steal from us on this site? What we write could mean one thing to us and something different to the other. Thank you for posting this! Maybe people will come to their senses now.....