Re: NastyGoon lifts a line

On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 6:42:12 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 6:07:30 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 0:04:15 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
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https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article.php?id=255731&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments
On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:15:27 +0000, Michael Monkey Peabrain (MPP) aka
"HarryLime" wrote:
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I realized from the content of NancyGene's posts that they were
intelligent, well-educated, and better written than anyone here.
Naturally, I asked them to start contributing to the "Sampler."  And I
was right in doing so.
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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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Another revisit, clearly showing George Dance made no accusations, just
an observation.

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I can't see how it could be any clearer. Maybe if I'd used NG's name
twice:
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"I do hope 'Dr.' NastyGoon credited Mr. Creeley; otherwise that would be
something NG] would call, you know -- 'plagiarism'."

Agreed I understood it instantly, yet they try to sneer as if they're
some kind of higher intelligence.

Lying Michael was lying again.

It's what he does, like breathing is for the rest of us.
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