Polina_Popova
Polina_Popova
✨️ A Little Victory for the poem One Day It Will Dissipate ✨️
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⭐️ Today I’m happy to share a small but special piece of news—One Day It Will Dissipate has been awarded Third Place in The Time Vortex Awards for Best Poetry Verse!!
⏳️ This poem has always carried something deeper between its lines—a quiet ache, a soft hope, a truth that many of you once recognized as your own. The way you connected with it—saving it, returning to it, telling me how it echoed something inside you—has meant more than any award possibly could ❣️
If this poem ever spoke to you—even once—maybe today is a good day to revisit it. Sometimes returning to the words that once touched our hearts reminds us who we were… and why that still matters.
✒️ And if it stirs something new in you this time—a thought, a memory, a question—I’d love to hear it! ☁️
Polina_Popova
Ahh the feminine urge to delete all my accounts and dissappear with no warning >>>>>
Polina_Popova
✨ A Little Update ✒️
« Between Edits and Translations »
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I absolutely love translating my poems into English.
Honestly, the process itself brings me an almost indecent amount of joy, haha XD
It’s one of those things that makes me feel alive.
But before any poem makes it to English, it has to go through a tough and merciless wave of editing in its original language—Russian. And I have to admit, that’s the hardest and often the least enjoyable part of the journey...
It’s exciting… right up until you get stuck.
And oh, how awful that feels.
You rewrite the second stanza first—for some reason, that’s the one that flows—and then suddenly you’re sitting there, staring at the first and last ones, with no idea what to do next. You’re trying to preserve the idea, keep the voice and the tone intact. You can’t change too much, because if you do, it stops being the same poem. It turns into a new one, and that’s not what I want.
I’m always terrified of losing that original spark.
I’m all for making my poems sound polished and intentional, but if I have to leave a slightly naive or imperfect line just to stay true to the original emotion, I will.
Readers can always tell when a poet is lying—when something is too calculated, too polished, too… false.
And that’s where I am right now: stuck in that messy, frustrating middle.
I keep taking breaks, hoping a fresh idea will appear, and yet nothing comes. It’s draining, because all I want is to finish this part and finally move on to the translation—the part I TRULY adore. But the situation refuses to change.
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So, yes, that’s my little creative struggle at the moment.
And yes, I guess you’ve felt something similar—that restless tension between wanting to move forward and being held back by the need to stay honest. I’d love to hear how you deal with it!! <3
Polina_Popova
@Frederickwithrage, I hope this will pass soon!! To be honest, it seems that there is little we can do to influence this situation, and all we can do is wait and try to continue working, even if unsuccessfully, because at some point it will work out.
Frederickwithrage
@Polina_Popova litterally how I've been feeling lately. Like I don't want to lose that spark, but I have no feeling to write, and when I do it's not good enough, most of what I post is prewritten. But recently I've been kind of having writer's block.
Authorsam
Hye V4V??
Polina_Popova
...I realized today that I’ve never really shared my achievements here—even though I should have.
Like… why have I been keeping it a secret? Lmao.
After winning another poetry contest today (YAAY LETS GOOOO) and receiving so many kind messages and congratulations, I lowkey remembered that moments like these deserve to be celebrated!! ⭐️
So here’s a list of contests I’ve entered and actually won so far:
✒️ Winner of Echoes and Ink—Best Poetry Award.
✒️ Laureate of The Fathomless Verse Awards 2025—The Most Soulful Genre.
✒️ First Runner-Up of The Nine Tailed Crown Award—Readers’ Choice Award for Best Poetry.
And as of today...
✒️ Winner of Ashes and Ink—Poetry Contest—The Most Memorable Book ✨️
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And now, a little moment to say something important...
Thank you!
Seriously.
Thank you all for being here.
Whether you’ve been reading my poems since the very first line I posted or you joined along the way, you are the reason this journey has become so meaningful. Every read, every vote, every comment, every tiny message—they’ve all built the world my words now live in..!
It’s been quite a while since I started this account. I’ve grown as a writer/poet, my books have reached more people than I could ever imagine, and none of it would have happened without the support, love, and faith of this little but powerful community—400+ wonderful souls who make all the difference!!!
❣️ THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ❣️
Tab_assum777
BOOP! You have been booped, spread the chaos to twenty other people. Also:
Daily Reminder
You are amazing
You are beautiful
You are enough
You are important
You matter
You are strong
You are not alone
You deserve to be heard and seen
You are loved
You are needed
You are perfect just the way you are
I will never leave you
Drink and eat enough
I am proud of you
I love you
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If you are reading this, the person who sent it cares about you.
You mean a lot to them.
It also means they like books (or mangos).
A lot of books (or mangos).
Hey.
Do you wanna play a game?
Annoy as many people as humanly possible with this.
Make it travel throughout Wattpad.
Or else there will be no good fan fiction about your favourite fandom.
For the entire year.
Your crush will realize they love you whenever they do.
This thing can't control that.
Make sure you send it to at least 12 pookies of yours.
I should get a lot of these back.
Remember, only send this if you like books (or mangos).
Everybody loves you.
Toot-a-loo!!!
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SerendipityInk
@Ana_Miga yes buddy I checked it that site is running since 2018 and what I found is that every single story even wattpad originals r also there why wattpad not doing anything to protect their originals.
Polina_Popova
‼️ UPDATE ON THE TEENFIC•NET SITUATION [PART 2] ‼️
⚡️What I recently learned about Teenfic•net?
After digging deeper into this situation, I found out that this problem has been happening for years, not just recently. And the site Teenfic•net isn’t just stealing random stories—it’s what’s called a “mirror site.”
↪️ A mirroring site is a website that copies the content of another site (in this case, Wattpad) and republishes it elsewhere—often automatically and WITHOUT permission.
⛔️ This is NOT legal ⛔️
Even if they don’t make money directly, copying and publishing your work without your consent is still COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT—a VIOLATION of intellectual property laws. It’s the digital equivalent of someone printing your book and selling it without asking you.
What’s even more concerning is that this issue has been going on for years—and yet, most writers don’t even know their work is being mirrored elsewhere!!
⚠️ What you can do:
➡️ Go to Teenfic•net and search your username or story titles—see if any of your works are there.
➡️ If you find them, you can submit a DMCA takedown request through their domain registrar here: https://porkbun.com/whois/contact/registrant/teenfic.net
➡️ And most importantly: spread the word. The more writers are aware of this, the harder it becomes for these mirror sites to thrive.
✊ So here’s where we stand:
Writers are on their own. Wattpad is aware of the situation but is not planning to publicly address it or fight it directly. That means it’s up to us—the writing community—to speak up, stay informed, spread the word, and take action together.
Alexyborodin1
@Polina_Popova the best course would be to try and check if this can be legally resolved as a contingency. If we can file a case on teenfic, we have an option to go with if everything else fails
Ana_Miga
@SerendipityInk Or you could just ignore it for time being. They arent profiting from our stories and not publishing in other's name. It's still our story published under our name in another site. I know it's scary. If you have stories which you publish in other platforms or magazines, dont publish it here. You can also file DCMA with Wattpad. If you want to know how to do it check this out: https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/10375920731540-How-to-file-a-DMCA-takedown-notice
Polina_Popova
‼️ UPDATE ON THE TEENFIC•NET SITUATION [PART 1] ‼️
Last night, I reached out to Wattpad Support and asked why Wattpad hasn’t made any official announcements, and why everything has been left to regular users to spread awareness.
⤵️ Today, I received their response. Here’s what they said:
❝ We are aware of Teenfic and are investigating the platform. Unfortunately, we cannot remove content from websites other than our own as we do not own your work or its rights in any capacity. Because of this, they do not accept our takedown notices acting on behalf of our users.
Please report the copyright infringement(s) taking place on the website through whichever reporting process they provide. According to this website https://www.whois.com/whois/teenfic.net Teenfic's domain's registrar is https://porkbun.com/. You can send your DMCA through them to the website registrant here: https://porkbun.com/whois/contact/registrant/teenfic.net. ❞
⚡️In short: Wattpad admits they know about the problem—but they also say they can’t take any action because they "do not own our works" and therefore can’t submit takedown requests on our behalf. They suggest we contact Teenfic’s domain registrar ourselves and file a DMCA request individually.
‼️⬆️ READ PART 2 ⬆️‼️