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Originally Posted by Perna
It could be that the person just uses what she finds around the web that she enjoys; I don't see anywhere that she attributes the poem to herself or says anything about it. I think if she "borrowed" your poem she might have borrowed the others (why they're all uniformly "good"); I would leave a comment on her blog page where your poem is and/or send her a PM through her site suggesting she mention at least what site(s) she borrowed poetry from, if not try to start a conversation with each owner and ask to use it on her blog. I think she might be young/a teen, from the graphics and all?
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I'd say you're right about the blogger not attributing the poem to him/herself, except that if you read their profile, it rather implies that everything on the blog is written by them. As I said, I don't mind the poem being up there; I just wish I'd been asked and it had been made clear that it was my work. I haven't checked on the other poems, but you're probably right: there's no reason I'd be the only one. I wanted to leave a comment, but my college network refuses to let me for whatever odd reason, so I sent a PM, but I think I probably won't receive a reply.
Yeah, the person is probably young, probably a teen. I've done the "depressive youth trying to find herself through writing" bit myself, and I know what it's like. The difference is that I actually wrote the (mediocre) things I took credit for, and the process has helped me immensely. I wish this person really did find solace through writing. Just...not through plagiarism.