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   HarryLime to W.Dockery   
   Re: Robert Creeley's poetry (2/2)   
   13 Feb 25 19:13:23   
   
   [continued from previous message]   
      
   >> before either NancyGene or I became a part of the group.   
   >>   
   >> You had posted an obscure poem by Leonard Cohen, without identifying it   
   >> (asking only something to the effect of "What do you think of this   
   >> poem?").  In context of the discussion in which it appeared; one of the   
   >> members had just negatively critiqued one of your poems, and you made it   
   >> seem as if the Cohen poem was being offered as another of your original   
   >> works.   
   >>   
   >> Whether you stole it or not is moot, as you didn't specifically   
   >> attribute it to your hand.   
   >>   
   >> I have a vague impression that you may have posted some other poem   
   >> without attribution as well, after NancyGene and I had joined.  I could   
   >> be mistaken on that count, and willingly admit as much.   
   >>   
   >> Are either of these incidents what you are referring to?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> Since you repeatedly refuse to do so, I can only conclude that no such   
   >>>> proof exists.   
   >>>   
   >>> As I've just noted: since you failed to find the line poem I cited, you   
   >>> (and your Nasty "colleague") have concluded that I forged it.   
   >   
   > Again, I'm looking forward to seeing more details on the Robert Creeley   
   > poem, in the near future.   
      
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