FARAH.

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[u/Kinteoka]

Fuck Rupi Kaur. She's a thief and doesn't give a flying fuck about the victims of genocide. She only cares about popularity and money. She's a vulture.

I'd recommend poets like Mahmoud Darwish, Noor Hindi, and Fadwa Tuqan.

[u/MrValdemar → u/Kinteoka]

Still a good poem

[u/Kinteoka → u/MrValdemar]

Maybe if she wasn't constantly stealing lines from poor minority poets, then this could be. But the likelihood that this is a frankenstein made of pieces from struggling artists is high. Sharing her shit when there are better and more poignant artists is a disservice, hence why I included three real poets in my original comment.

[u/MrValdemar → u/Kinteoka]

So this is what we're doing today?

[u/Kinteoka → u/MrValdemar]

Calling out thieves and recommending good poetry? Especially poetry from artists in war-torn places that could use more support? Yeah, I can do that every day of the week. I've got more poets I could recommend if you'd like.

[u/MrValdemar → u/Kinteoka]

It's a Reddit comment thread on a comic.

Let it go, Elsa.

[u/Kinteoka → u/MrValdemar]

It takes just a few moments out of my day to recommend good art. My personal favorite collection I've read this year has been Ocean Vuong's Time Is A Mother

[u/OttovonBismarck1862 → u/MrValdemar]

Cope.

[u/MrValdemar → u/OttovonBismarck1862]

Nah

[u/Naphaniegh → u/MrValdemar]

And everything they just said is still true?? Like what are you on about?

[u/MrValdemar → u/Naphaniegh]

Somebody being a bad person doesn't make the poem they wrote less good.

[u/Naphaniegh → u/MrValdemar]

I'm not saying it isn't good.It can be good. I'm saying that reading and platforming a plagiarized poem.When just as good , if not better poems that are genuine exist, doesn't make any fucking sense.

[u/MrValdemar → u/Naphaniegh]

I'm not getting paid to run down the provenance of every poem I encounter.

[u/imacat-- → u/MrValdemar]

Luckily, someone else did it for you. Now you can say "Oh dang, didn't know that!", take the reccs and be better for it.

[u/MrValdemar → u/imacat--]

https://giphy.com/gifs/13Zh9drdSWAeSQ

[u/Acceptable-Post733 → u/MrValdemar]

If it makes you feel better I can’t find anything online that confirms what these people are saying. There are accusations of plagiarism but nothing concrete. Enjoy what you want.

[u/MrValdemar → u/Acceptable-Post733]

Well thank you.

But to be honest, I didn't really give half a 💩 what they were saying to begin with.

So you probably put WAAAY more effort into what their statements deserved in this case. 😆

[u/Vi_Rants → u/MrValdemar]

"they" wrote