Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7:10:27 PM UTC-5,
barry...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 3:44:40 PM UTC-8, Richard Oakley wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 4:29:42 PM UTC-5, Dental River wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 8:51:25 AM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > Her Majesty's Secret Madrigal
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Fireworks shook the street
> > > > > > > > > > Multicolored spiderwebs
> > > > > > > > > > Rattled Shadowville
> > > > > > > > > > changed the world forever.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Country doctor's job
> > > > > > > > > > Mixing medicine with words
> > > > > > > > > > Lead from gold
> > > > > > > > > > there and back again.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > With horse nor hound
> > > > > > > > > > I run through streets alone
> > > > > > > > > > Blindly through this dream.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > "Gold Turns Back To Lead" might be a more effective title, but what do I know.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > What part of you isn't utterly fake, Will?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hey, Barry... can you take it easy?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Maybe I'm programmed to tilt at windmills, but plagiarism should always be pointed out.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A real troll is the one you ought to be ignoring at the moment.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Take care, Richard.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > AFAICS he quoted the title of a Louis Armstrong song, a line from Shakespeare, and (cryptically) alluded to a James Bond book/film in the poem's title.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Quoting and/or alluding to classic literature are not considered forms of plagiarism -- unless you're leveling similar charges at Hemingway ("For Whom the Bell Tolls" from Donne), Steinbeck ("East of Eden" from the Bible), Fitzgerald ("Tender is the Night" from Keats), Faulkner ("The Sound and the Fury" alluding to Shakespeare), and pretty much every well known author of the past 100 years.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Or unless I've missed something in Will's poem. Have I?
> > > > >
> > > > > You missed the main clue in my post. Our Poet Laureate didn't just borrow from Shakespeare, he borrowed from the poem I posted here two weeks ago. Not technically plagiarism, but really, really lame.
> > > >
> > > > So, since my poem was written and copyrighted (fully, legally, with paperwork to prove it) then now, using your logic, I can speculate that you actually borrowed from me, "Barry?"
> > > >
> > > > Oh... the irony.
> > > >
> > > > :)
> > >
> > > That would be
> >
> > You did steal the idea from me, didn't you, "Barry"?
> >
> > :)
>
> A google search for "gold into lead" pulled up 12,200 results. Out of curiosity, I spent a few minutes randomly clicking on the results, and found one dating back to 1835, by Sir Walter Scott.
>
> You're both (unintentional) thieves.
I would call it "homage", but certainly not to a scumbag troll like "Barry".
:)