hi lainey. great to see you jumping in. you and everyone else here can respond to all or part or none of any post in the discussion forums.
for me, once a writer throws their poetry to the masses. it's a done deal. when we/i say the poem no longer belongs to the poet, we're talking about intent, the text always belongs to the poet and plagiarism should be taken really seriously less everyone steals everyone elses work and claim the text their own. the poet can't tell us what we see, can't tell us how to read it. can't tell us we're missing something. the poem now belongs to me. (to read, dissect applaud etc, but not to steal)
for me, once a writer throws their poetry to the masses. it's a done deal. when we/i say the poem no longer belongs to the poet, we're talking about intent, the text always belongs to the poet and plagiarism should be taken really seriously less everyone steals everyone elses work and claim the text their own. the poet can't tell us what we see, can't tell us how to read it. can't tell us we're missing something. the poem now belongs to me. (to read, dissect applaud etc, but not to steal)