Re: NastyGoon lifts a line

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:07:23 +0000, Michael Monkey Peabrain aka
"HarryLime" wrote:

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:28:45 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 0:04:15 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:15:27 +0000, Michael Monkey Peabrain (MPP) aka
"HarryLime" wrote:
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Here are the opening lines of NancyGene's latest poem:
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"Yesterdays stack up like piles of read newspapers,
Cluttering my mind and obstructing my day."
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That's poetry of the highest quality.

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The opening line is very good. It's almost as good as the opening line
of Robert Creeleys poem, "The Days Pile Up":
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"The days pile up like unread newspapers,"
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I do hope "Dr." NastyGoon credited Mr. Creeley; otherwise that would be
something they would call, you know -- "plagiarism".

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Note that George Dance didn't make any accusations, only an observation.

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Wrong, Donkey.

No, HarryLiar; he's right. There was no accusation of plagiarism, just
an observation: if NastyGoon had found such a line in a poem they'd have
called it plagiarism. The story that I accused her must have been come
from you.

George clearly specified that his "observation" was contingent upon
whether NancyGene credited Creeley for her poem -- which he knows full
well that she did not.

And I'll stand by my observation, which seems quite clear to me on
rereading: if NastyGoon had found a similar line in another person's
poem, uncredited, they'd have called it plagiarism.

He knows this because I presented the opening
lines of her poem as being an example of *her* talent as a poet.  Had
the lines been cribbed from Mr. Creeley, my example would not have
applied.

The fact you were slurping your "colleague" is irrelevant. For all I
know from what you provided, it's a cento with notes at the bottom
crediting the sources.