DO NOT take things that other people on the site have written and then just rephrase it to call it your own.
if you can't write about something on your own, don't write.
be an artist, please.
just be your
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NOT a replicator.
i'm sick of seeing everyone on this site trying to write the same damn thing.
if someone is copying your work, tell them.
also, take the time to make sure you aren't doing the same exact thing.
i know i make an attempt to exude my own original voice and content.
do you?
if not, freaking fix it.
(i welcome any name calling or controversy you would like to initiate)
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I completely agree. Of course we would all encourage a poet to be inspired by someone else's poetry, but stealing their work is like a kick in the face, taking credit for their talent. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that gets angry with this sort of thing. I'm sure I'm guilty of using common metaphors in my writing as well though, since I started writing prose, but I tend to stray away from the very common symbols, like stars and things to do with the sky, even though it does make for pretty poetry
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I totally stole your phrase "we used a bed frame to capture a picture" but i gave you credit for it in my authors notes and I think I told you before I did it so but other then that i dont have any thing thats not mine
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aw well i love that! what poem was that line from?
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i've been told i did this accidentally once, but i didn't know the poet who i was told i copied, so i think i'm all safe.
but yeah, art theft needs to be eliminated from allpoetry. -
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highly agreed
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oh dear... i try my best to keep from doing that but i do admit in using words from different titles and adjusting them to my liking.. does that mean i am a art thief? :/ and i agree with what deadpixie said, she explained it best.
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it's not necessarily titles that matter as much, i don't think. though i personally have had people use titles i've come up with and just change the words around a little which bothered me.
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i haven't seen a whole lot of blatant, deliberate art theft... it's mainly just young poets read a whole lot of the same fairly emo prose and everything they write is sort of trying to emulate someone better. it is annoying... but if you're a 14- or 15-year-old just starting out, it's probably hard to know your own voice, you know? i mean if someone obviously takes something from you, you should tell them. but i bet most of the people who do it don't even know it.
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agreed! and no, not you at all. i happen to think you're pretty original
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haha that's good, i appreciate that lol. it's pretty easy if you stay away from high school failed-love scenarios, as far as most of this site goes
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haha! so like...
the deepness of my heartbreak
when my lover
didn't go to prom w/ me
makes me so sad
and i cut myself at night
b/c of how sad it is
...the end.
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omg. how touching xD
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Lol what horrid, gutwrenching pain! truly a traumatic experience, and expressed in such a beautifully poetic way... it brought tears to my eyes.
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I haven't noticed this. who are you referring to?
examples, please! lol -
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let's just say you definitely aren't one of them. haha
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Mm. Copycats are unpleasant.
Question: are we discussing art theft or newbie poets trying to imitate-with-their-own-flair? -
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well, technically both of those are worth taking down.
although there was a poem on chloris' page ABOUT art theft which I loveeeed a while ago. Not sure if it's still there or not. -
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Art theft = inexcusable.
The second one, while annoying and unecessary, I think is part of growing as an artist. NOT stealing plotlines/images, but being inspired by another poet, and trying to do what they do.
I think that as we grow as people and as artists, we stop trying to be like other artists. We start finding our own voice.
Sorry this was so long and ramble-y.
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definitely. like i said to tyler, when i first started out, everything i wrote was a second-rate bukowski imitation, and then i found other sources of influence along with my own personal voice.
it's a process for self development. but still, taking something that is undeniably replicated from someone else is not cool. regardless of age or artistry level. -
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Of course! Blatantly stealing someone else's story or image is just lazy/low/ridiculous.
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people like that are annoying. I know I never consciously try to do that. if I ever sound like anyone else, I am never going for that, but honestly I don't feel like I do, at least not now. I have found my own voice.
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Yeah you have nothing to worry about.
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why thank you
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you definitely have your own original voice. without a doubt.
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I probably didn't for a while, honestly, but I've been figuring out who I am & I write through myself not anyone else.
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i completely agree. i have to admit it's kind of funny yet heartbreaking (depending on my mood) to see people imitate others...and faily miserably.
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sometimes it is humorous, just because of how blatant it can be. i will occasionally see the exact same themes and phrases mismatched in two different poet's most recent pieces and i want to ask if they are doing it on purpose or if they just subconsciously imitate others. who knows?
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i think they steal other people's ideas simply because they cannot come up with something themselves. also, they want to have a stronger, more distinct voice, so they dibo other people's ideas and general themes of imagery...and how they think that makes a difference? I don't know man...
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Hahaha so true! i used to do that with bukowski when i first started, definitely. like before i was even on the site i copied his style a lot.
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lol at least you're honest about that. bukowski is amazing though and is very inspiring...especially to young people, because they are generally new to the writing experience and, in their minds, the good way to write is to write like bukowski or whoever they admire. eventually they will realize that each person has a voice, a general word bank in their vocabulary - and the tones of those words are what essentially makes up their diction style. as they get older, they'll develop a higher vocabulary and, having read more novels and poems in English class, will broaden their view of what's good writing.
this response could have been better, but my mom thinks it's okay to talk while i'm writing. it's ironic how adults demand respect yet hardly give any to others...i guess that explains the wars and whatnot...but that's en entirely different topic.
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