Steal This Poem Poem by Alan W. Jankowski

Steal This Poem

Rating: 5.0


You probably were a bully,
Who never did well in school,
Stole other kid’s lunch money,
And thought it was really cool.

And now you’ve moved on,
To stealing other’s work and time,
All without a hint of remorse,
As if it’s not even a real crime.

I’d like to think people like you,
Deserve a special place in Hell,
For when you steal an author’s work,
You steal a piece of them as well.

So now I’m going to dare you,
To try and steal this poem,
Post it on another site,
And try to call it your own.

And if you think you can do it,
And never will get caught,
The only thing I can say to you,
Is you’re dumber than I thought.

04-22-11.

Steal This Poem
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: crime
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Go ahead, make my day...this one is in response to the very real and very persistent theft problem of my poems and stories...in fact, it's what lead me to Hello Poetry...someone had posted a few of my poems here under their name, they are no longer here, but I figured I'd check out the site and maybe stick around a bit...
COMMENTS OF THE POEM

I usually check my name on line.Maybe I had better look for my poems...

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Wes Vogler 19 November 2015

Alan you write beautifully when you get angry. Do your eyes sparkle? By he way for the record do you pronounce your name YON-KOFF-SKI? or JOHN-KOFF-SKI? (I know, I know, you pronounce it Alan) ta Old Dad

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Alan W. Jankowski 23 November 2015

Actually, I pronounce it more like Jan-Cow-Ski...very American, as I was born in Perth Amboy, NJ...it should say here on my profile page btw...and thanks for the compliment, I think anyway...

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Spock The Vegan 16 November 2015

Excellent! I hope there are not many bullies here. I hive you a 10.

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Brian Mayo 25 October 2015

I just did a search to see if any poems had a title like mine- -boy, not many responses, here... Your poem isn't half-bad; it's pretty good, in fact- -so why hasn't anyone responded? How long ago was this posted? I've only been on here a few weeks, so I don't know if comments are supposed to dribble in over ten years or flood you all at once. This poem should be getting comments- -it's amusing and poignant and written better than most. I will check out some of your other stuff, later, and no, I won't steal it. lol

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Alan W. Jankowski 27 October 2015

It was written in 2011 in response to the tremendous amount of plagiarism going on, and quite a few of my poems have been stolen in the past few years, but I guess I only posted it here a few months ago...it looks like May 6,2015...anyway, thanks for stopping by...and glad you like it...

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Alan W. Jankowski

Alan W. Jankowski

Perth Amboy, New Jersey
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