Until a few months ago, Poetry­.com held more than 14 million user-submitted poems, some dating back to the mid-1990s. … On April 14, the owner of the site abruptly announced that it had been sold and that every poem would be removed by May 4. “Dear Poets,” read an e-mail sent to the roughly seven million users. “Please be sure to copy and paste your poems onto your computer and connect with any fellow poets offsite. … “I get very cranky,” he says. “You know the Google ad where the parent is recording family memories on YouTube, and keeping photos on Picasa, and telling his kid, ‘I can’t wait to … Continue reading Matt Schwartz, Eva Talmadge