Today's poet

[Old Whippet]

Morally I'm happy with what we do on here. Legally, I'm sure we are not strictly above board, but we'll keep on having fun until someone says otherwise.

Hey! can we be the Fell Poet Pirates?
Morally - well obviously we're on dodgy ground with the fish fingers and chocolate biscuits - but if poetry was my trade, I'd want them to be read.

[Mark Smith]

Remind me not to hum a tune I didn't pen in a public place... :-)

[Hes]

Hey! can we be the Fell Poet Pirates?
Morally - well obviously we're on dodgy ground with the fish fingers and chocolate biscuits - but if poetry was my trade, I'd want them to be read.

That is a great idea OW! I am digging out my bandana and eye patch...not sure how the patch will affect my running but I did run half of Fox and Hounds with only one contact lens in as it got knocked out after I fell down a hole in the heather. It was an interesting experience!

[Hes]

Remind me not to hum a tune I didn't pen in a public place... :-)

Hey Swiss Toni...stop humming that 'Dancing Queen' in Tescos.

[Hes]

[QUOTE=Harry H Howgill;305101]You have an interesting point of view on this as you are in the position of the being a person who's work could be technically "stolen". (I'm also sure that an original will be of far superior quality to a cut and pasted version). It must be difficult as you will lose some control as to how the work is presented, but you are right also in that you will get increased exposure, and as long as you are credited correctly that seems ok, like you say. Have you ever had to ask anyone to remove a picture of your work from a website? QUOTE]

I have never had to ask anyone to remove my work because mainly they are just pasted on blogs or people's websites and are credited to me. I actually find it flattering and am chuffed to bits that people like my work. The times I've had to deal with copyright issues have been over illustration work and drawings being used repeatedly for successional projects without me being paid. Also had my work ripped off by another artist who got a job I went for and he had the cheek to copy my drawings badly! Oh yes...years back someone copied one of my prints and started selling it but it was really poorly made so I wasn't too bothered. The techniques I use are very hard to replicate, have been developed by me over years of experimenting and you need a press and printmaking knowledge.

[Hes]

I hadn't spent an hour of my life reading poetry before this thread started nevermind writing anything. It has been a revelation to me and I have several poetry books now in addition to the Neruda one I bought someone else for Chrismas The fact that thousands of poems are available on the web with public access is fantastic

I do think it is brilliant that you write such great stuff having never even been interested before.

a talent unearthed
Derby Tup creates beauty
thanks to Freckle's thread

[stevefoster]

All looked bleak
Then out of the blue
Work till May

[Stef F]

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Then out of the blue
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Great news Half decent work?

[Derby Tup]

All looked bleak
Then out of the blue
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[Mountain Goatess]

All looked bleak
Then out of the blue
Work till May

good news for dear merrylegs
may it last and last
shiny new shoes and manbags