Poetry.com, Int'l Society of Poets, Int'l Library of Poets Exaggerated praise of poetry ripoff submitted money plus for trophy, medal, plaque, membership and poem in published book scam Owings Mills Maryland 21117

When I sent in a poem, it was total garbage, stupidest poem you ever heard and I was also served the bullsh*t sandwich...luckily I was having fun.
I knew it was a scam similar to the "pay to model" scams...if someone really likes what you have to offer (talent) they arent going to ask you to pay, especially for goofy awards/trophies...only a moron would actually pull out an award they "paid" for and brag...lol

When I sent in a poem, it was total garbage, stupidest poem you ever heard and I was also served the bullsh*t sandwich...luckily I was having fun.
I knew it was a scam similar to the "pay to model" scams...if someone really likes what you have to offer (talent) they arent going to ask you to pay, especially for goofy awards/trophies...only a moron would actually pull out an award they "paid" for and brag...lol

When I sent in a poem, it was total garbage, stupidest poem you ever heard and I was also served the bullsh*t sandwich...luckily I was having fun.
I knew it was a scam similar to the "pay to model" scams...if someone really likes what you have to offer (talent) they arent going to ask you to pay, especially for goofy awards/trophies...only a moron would actually pull out an award they "paid" for and brag...lol

When I sent in a poem, it was total garbage, stupidest poem you ever heard and I was also served the bullsh*t sandwich...luckily I was having fun.
I knew it was a scam similar to the "pay to model" scams...if someone really likes what you have to offer (talent) they arent going to ask you to pay, especially for goofy awards/trophies...only a moron would actually pull out an award they "paid" for and brag...lol

The daughter of a very good friend of mine was a "rube" in this scam.

They fell for it. I've seen the book in which her poem was "published". I use that term loosely. Is it just me or is it coincidental that her poem was on the very first page?

My friend and his ex-wife got into a very heated discussion about this topic. Is it a scam or is it not? He paid $85 for this book and, call me crazy, but there are more posts for this "poetry scam" then there are for Tupper Lake.

(And, I'm an absolute Tupper Lake fan!)

I, too, received and keep receiving offers to buy a book that is suppoes to have my poem in it.

After reading the many posts here on ripoffreport.com, I decided not to have anything more to do with poetry.com or any of their counterparts.

I just received another email stating my poetry is exceptional, just what they are looking for. Of course, there is their spiel for money to buy, yet, another book just so I can grace their pages with my poem and story.

Needless to say, I just deleted it.

Thanks.

C. Anderson