From: cujo@petitmorte.net   
      
   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in   
   news:OdadnZoyLPFW6g_0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   >> HarryLime wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> NancyGene wrote:   
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   >>>>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>>>>> February   
   >>>>>>> by Ina D. Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Newly wedded, and happy quite,   
   >>>>>>> Careless alike of wind and weather,   
   >>>>>>> Two wee birds, from a merry flight,   
   >>>>>>> Swing in the tree-top, sing together:   
   >>>>>>> Love to them, in the wintry hour,   
   >>>>>>> Summer and sunshine, bud and flower!   
   >>>>>>> So, belovéd, when skies are sad,   
   >>>>>>> Love can render their sombre golden;   
   >>>>>>> Turn the winter to summer glad,   
   >>>>>>> Make of the weary heart a holden   
   >>>>>>> For the sunshine, and the flowers that bloom,   
   >>>>>>> Even in February’s gloom.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Note that this is not "Ida," of the Columbus postcard fame.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We see that George Jealous Dunce stole this poem from us and   
   >>>>> posted it as his own.  He is so covetous.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ina told me that she was never in Columbus and is not planning to   
   >>>> go either.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Will Donkey is claiming that the time stamps tell the story.  Well,   
   >>> we posted Ina's poem at "Sun Feb 15 2026 11:19 am," and George Dunce   
   >>> stole our poem at "Sun Feb 15 2026 3:12 pm."  Bad George Jealous   
   >>> Dunce!   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> In Dunce's defense, it isn't technically an act of theft as the poem   
   >> is in public domain.   
   >>   
   >> Dunce is, however, guilty of being a "second-hander" (and seems to be   
   >> hell-bent on second-handing all the poems that you post).   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Public domain, yes, but we went to the trouble of contacting Ina and   
   > asking for a suitable poem.  We posted it and four hours later, George   
   > Dunce posted the poem.  He is not only jealous of us but wishes that   
   > he were us.  And we are not Moose.  Should we be concerned?   
      
   You know those clip-on antlers people sometimes wear on their heads   
   around xmas time? Maybe you can fake him out.   
      
      
   --   
   "The fact that it doesn't apply to the poem is of little consequence to   
   you, because your poems don't have a literary basis, because you're   
   functionally illiterate and haven't got a clue as to what a poem is." -   
   Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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