Is plagiarizing yourself still plagiarism?

Inspiration,

Something lost on me

Inspired,

Something I wish to be

Lazily, my words strewn out

Spewed out from a mouth once so 

Eloquent!

That word is quite familiar.

Familiar to the

Crickets

Those chirping in the back whilst I wait for recognition.

That word I like 

To use..

 Utter

Again, lazy

Such as this

Stanzas shrink in size,

I separate 

Select

Emphasize 

So it appears what I write

Is

More

Appealing 

To those...

Same crickets chirping

In the back

Repetitive

Repertoire!

Oh dear

Again a word, but this one more recent,

Does my audience remember

Do 

You

Remember

Are these words

Better

Should I

Emphasize?

..

Did the spacing help

Did it make me seem

Literate 

Is

My comprehension 

Correct

Do I

Understand how to

Grab attention

Inspiration,

Something lost on me.

Inspired,

Something I wish to be

Lazily, my words strewn out

Spewed out from a mouth once so 

Articulate 

Did you notice 

I used a different word

Did you notice 

I copied all but that word

Did you notice 

Did you notice?

That usually, I only add punctuation when sentences are italicized

Quite lengthy this piece had gotten,

I wonder if I'll have a different variety of pests 

Joining us

This time

This

Poem

Less crickets?

Or maybe more

Did you pause when I did

Or did you keep a steady beat

Sometimes for me, it's hard to read

Hard to see

And feel

Did you notice 

I broke the rhythm 

Did you notice,

How I've seemed to grow obvious with my

Quips

?

(I've noticed this poem reflects one I've read. One that is not mine. So, perhaps this is plagiarism of another. Not myself. How ironic)

Did you notice 

That

That

Was

Apart

Of

The 

Poem

?

I use two parentheses 

Did you remember?

Did

The crickets

The crickets, oh the crickets

The joke is over

I've used that line

Many, many, many a times

Have you grown bored

Did you skip to the end

Did you wish for something similar to

The beginning?

I did

Isn't that fascinating 

Fearsomely beautiful 

That

My own work

Is not something I adore

Based off of no muse other than I, and my selfish, lazy, repetitive 

Words

((You made it to the end. Truth!! I'm using two parentheses, see? I am unsure how I feel about this piece. It is basically my mind. As words on a screen. I couldn't think of words for a poem I'm writing with an insanely cool title so I, instead, started this nonsenss. I hope you read it all. Didn't get bored. It's one of my longer pieces.))

July 14, 2026