Back in issue 5 we published Monkey Stops
Whistling by David R Morgan. It seems this poem is heavily plagiarised
from Colin Morton’s Empty Bottles. Other poems, published elsewhere
under Morgan’s name, also appear to be plagiarised. Trust between
us and our contributors has always been strong – and we aim to keep it
that way. Prole has operated transparently from the start and we expect
others to be transparent with us. It is not possible to check every
submission for plagiarism - and while we are very disappointed - we are
very grateful this information has come our way and we can set the
record straight. We do not condone any lynch mob mentality – but we do
strongly condemn Morgan’s actions and excuses and disassociate ourselves
from him.
Apologies to Colin Morton.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/22/plagiarism-scandal-poetry?mobile-redirect=false
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2 comments:
Thanks, Prole. I imagine that Morgan will have suffered enough from embarrassment and ostracism before this story dies down. I'm just sorry he forgot that the true reward for writing poetry is the respect of our peers.
Colin Morton
www3.sympatico.ca/cmorton
Thanks for picking up on this, Colin. We should have have added, by th eway, that it is a great poem - that's why we chose it in the first place. Full respect to you.
Phil
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