Poetry.com

One of my best works was chosen in 2000 and published with copyrights. I have searched to no avail and my poem appears to have just vanished. I recently lost the original and the book it was in to a fire and to make it worse, I had written it about my best friend and husband whom I lost in a car accident. No amount of money could ever compensate. I'd give my right arm to have those timeless words returned and respected.

My poems were published under different name. I submitted my poems in 2002 and I found something I wrote today with a different name as the writer. I want this fixed.

I submitted letters to poetry.com for years about taking down my poems. Then they put a menu on their site that I could take down my poems off their website, so I did that. Then they shut down their website. Now, they are back up and one of my poems is on their site again. I have emailed them again and again and my poem is still there. I want my poem taken down called "Alone" and I want all my poems to stay off any sites they have. Please help. Thank you.

I have submitted a number of my written works to Poetry.com and I can not locate any of them. Then I randomly received an email that stated that one of my poems would be published in a book in April 2008. I responded and I have not heard anything back about neither my poetry or the book. I would like all my poems to be sent back to be via email as soon as possible.

I can't find my poems, you only have one listed. Where are the other ones? I may have had a different email address, which I may not have anymore. Could you please kindly send my poems to the above email address or help me access through this email address. I will provide you other necessary info if you would like. You might have my Hawaii address too.

I've dealt with poetry.com going back to early 2000. Like everyone here, I was promised to be published. They have so many of my poems and I can't access any of them or find any existence that they are anywhere. I've searched everywhere for them. I'll never trust another site with my work ever again. I've lost something that I can never get back. It really hurts, especially when you're compassionate about writing like I am. I want my poetry back.

I too would like to know what has happened to my poetry! I was very passionate about writing, as most of you seem to be as well, and decided to post them online with poetry.com. I didn't worry too much about having a hard copy since things on the internet are around forever. What a mistake. I was talking with a professor about my writing and she was interested in seeing my poetry. Now, I look like a liar. To the person below me: What is the link you speak of? I would like to recover mine if possible.

Good luck to everyone else who is dealing with this idiotic company. If you find a solution, please post here again!

For many years, I posted my poetry as did the other poets and I continued to check in faith that by some miracle I would find my poems. It happened in same manner as it drifted from cyber space and they are back. It took some work but I found all my poems in the archives. Here is the link which my assist you. I hope this message find its way to the others so that they too can realize their fortune. Love and respect to my fellow poets who will soon retrieve their works of artistic expression!

I wrote a poem a few years ago and had it published on poetry.com. It is no longer there. I would, on occasion, go online and review my poem and I supposedly won an award for my poem. Now when I go to poetry.com, my poem is not there. I want my poem back!

Like the others, I submitted many poems online, which I don't remember most of the names too, but I am very sure they would be under my full name. I was promised to be in a book titles Immortal Verses and then out of nowhere my poems were gone, the site was changed, and my name or poems don't even show up on there anymore. I want my poems back! We deserve to sue. They deserve to go to prison for fraud.

All I read on here happened to me as well. I want my poems back. I got an Editor's Choice award from them supposedly. And the award that I couldn't afford to go to Vegas on either. It sounds like a fat scam. I truly just want my poetry back. I sure wish I would have made copies.

I was not able to retrieve my poetry and nothing was emailed or mailed to inform me of the change of ownership. What happened to my poetry and it's unethical. If i would have known I would have saved it on my external hard drive. If anyone is joining a class action let me know.

I have written and entered many poems on ** for over many years. I had them all saved to my favorites so that when I had time, I could put them on paper for my own book. I have done everything I possibly can to try to find these poems once I found out the site no longer existed. This is so heart breaking as these poems I wrote helped me get through a lot of tough times in my life and they belong to me. To have trusted this site now enrages me, that I was vulnerable to them, now stealing them! I want them back as they rightfully belong to me! I want to be part of any lawsuit as I, and many others deserve our hard work back into our hands!

My poems were stolen by poetry.com! I have read all of these posts and I had no idea that the website had wronged so much. This is a detriment to our lives. We should do something. My original works that I wrote long ago were stolen.

I've been sending poems on poetry.com I had poems on the site nd now I can't get them back. I really just want to know where all my poems went. I would love them back trlly. if there is anyone that can help please contact me.

I have been using Poetry.com for years. I knew that LULU had bought them but did not know that I wouldn't be able to access my poems anymore.

When I registered with them, I wasn't married yet. I do have them all printed out because I felt the internet wasn't an ideal place for them. What I am worried about is where all my poems went.

If there is a lawsuit against Poetry.com, I do want to be involved. We have all been robbed of our beautiful thoughts. Thank you!

I wrote a poem for a contest many years ago, actually a couple of poems. I received letters and copyrights for my poems. I was told I won a contest and I could read my poem to others in Washington, but I could not afford to do this, so I was told my poems would still be published in two books. For a long time I could go online and see my poems, I often wondered why I got nothing if I still had to pay for the books others did also, so where did all the money go?

Now I can no longer even bring my poems up online. I have searched a long time now. I want to know what I can do about this, I still have all the papers I was sent about my poems. I know I am not the only person this has happened to, and it is not acceptable any longer. Should I fear ever sharing what I hold dear, was it a scam. I want to know that I can do about this right away please.

I had two poems published with Poetry.com. One was titled "Forever" by Kira **. I do not recall the name of the other and have lost the original copy in a move. I do have the original of Forever and a printed copy showing the copyright date with my name and printed from Poetry.com. Now, I cannot access or find either poem that I had published with them. If there is a lawsuit I would like to join if possible, if not, what would it take to start a lawsuit?

Unfortunately, I have lost access to poems that are very important to me! Forever was to be used for mine and my husband's wedding vows.

It looks like we are all in the same boat. It's a shame. I had posted years ago as well and this was my first attempt to look at old poems, but no go. Sad. I want my poems back. Crappy or not, I want to read them.

I've been trying to look up my poems for a while now. Today when I went to the website, the format is completely changed. You're no longer able to look up certain poems or search for yours. I had several on the site. When it first started going under the changes, I wasn't able to find any of my stuff and now forget it is new management. I had one of my poems titled "Inside", published in one of the books and I was around 13 then. I'm now 23. It's annoying and in a sense hurtful that they did these changes and threw out mine, as well as countless others.

I had been using Poetry.com for years to copyright my poems, then all of a sudden it changed to lulu.com and I couldn't find any of my poems whatsoever. I had just cleaned out my folders too when this happened so now, I have absolutely none of my old poems that I had saved on there. It may not have been a lot of poems but they were mine and I want them back. It would've been fine if they had notified me that they were changing so I could retrieve my writing, but instead it's just gone. I had lost hope about getting them back until I came across this complaints page today. I really would love to get my poems back or at least some sort of compensation for my lost creations. This just isn't right and it would be horrible for this to keep happening to people who love to write.

Well, unfortunately, I got suckered into this scam or what not. They told me that I won, blah blah blah. I never ordered their book (because I was like 11) and it won. I needed to go to Washington D.C. to receive an award and read my poem out loud. Well, being that young and not that rich, obviously, I couldn't do that. I did electronically "sign" a waiver saying that they can publish my poem and I don't care to be compensated. I just want my poem back online. Back to where I have access to it so I can copy it for my records (which I should have done; but again, I was too young to understand). I can't remember the poem's name but it should be listed under my name (maiden name Bryanna **) as the author. My numerous Google searches came up empty. Is there anything you can do to help?

My poems are not there, the web site now does not even have my name. It seems that as soon as I stop sending them money, they no longer know my name or had my poetry on their web site. I wrote poems and had them copy write for me and put in books in which I had to buy. Now my poems are no longer there or don't they seem to have my name. I feel like it was scamming out money and my poetry. Can you please help me with this. Thank you.

I have submitted several poems to the site and am not able to gain access to my work at all. The poems were my creativity and belong to me. I want my work or compensation immediately.

First of all, the poetry I submitted on Poetry.com was supposed to be all copyrighted. There was no problem until Lulu took over (I did not post anything with Lulu), so all of my poetry should have been safe, although now Poetry.com is back and I am still unable to retrieve my poetry from their website!

They need to be set in place and they should not be allowed to try and steal poetry! All I want is assurance that it has not happened. I still have most of my Poetry.com info from 2007 up until Lulu.

I have not been able to find my poem in about four years. At one time, I was directed to lulu.com but I can't even find it there now. What can I do? This is wrong! It is sick that they published them in a book and are selling my poems. I recall others telling me that they received letters claiming to be the winners too. What a scam. Now, I want my poem back.

I was looking for my old poems that really mean a lot to me, and I went on the website, only to see that they changed the whole website and discarded my poems from there. All I want is my poems. They have more meaning to me than anyone could understand, and if I could get them back, it would mean a lot to me. I won't write on the website if this is what's going to happen if I don't write for a while, but I really need my old ones.

I had been posting my poems online for years. Now, all of them are gone. I can't access them at all. I'm so upset. The memories were lost!

I entered a contest on poetry.com and they sent me a letter saying I had won but I had to pay like a whole lot for getting there and hotel expenses. I was only like 10 when I entered but they promised me that my poem was copyrighted in a book and I could get to it online.

I went to the site and everything is gone. I am so upset. I don't have any of those poems and they are rightfully mine. What can I do about this? How can I get them back? I have tried contacting the new owner but there is no contact information. Please help me. I want my poems and justice for promises that were broken. Thank you.

I write poetry. I published through Poetry.com for years. Then Lulu took it over. As of this month, I went to retrieve a poem and the site has shut down. My point of view is that they should have notified us through email. It would have made sure we all would have known. My poetry is gone and I believe I have the right to get them back, even this many months later. We retain the rights to them and yet there is no record of them? Excuse me, I count this as theft and I want my poetry back. Something must be done. It's not just a scam. Theft is more like it.

Lulu, have the decency to return our property, as these poems are our property.

Poetry.com owes me royalties that they haven't paid me yet for any of my work that they published and promoted. Even until this day and all the way from 2003-2011

I wrote quite a few poems about loved ones that have passed away and I was looking to make them into a book of memoirs. But I am unable to retrieve them because this site no longer exists and the site who bought them out is a sham. What am I supposed to do? I just want what's rightfully mine!

I lost all my poems. One day they were there and then they were supposed to be at lulu.com and they were not. I have never been able to find them again. Now I don't know that they were that good, but they were good to me and my family and they helped me to work off some very emotional issues. They were stolen from me and I want them back. I don't even have copies of some of them. They are irreplaceable and beyond the price of money.

I had a few poems that I had put on Poetry.com over the years. I thought when they told me they were copyrighted, that meant I didn't have to worry. Now I'm worried that I can't even get into my account on the company that bought them out. It's a mess. I'm definitely glad I didn't give them any money.

My website vanished with my personal artistic material and was replaced by Lulu, which is what comes up when you type poetry.com. Anyway, I was able to retrieve my poems by typing in one of the titles of my poems. Then I clicked on my name and voila!

All of the other disgruntled people who posted here need to remember the name of one of their poems, and that should be able to solve their problems! Since I was able to remember one of my poem's titles, I managed to alleviate the stress that I was experiencing with the new website.

A former teacher of mine loved my poems, and suggested that I enter one of my original poems online, at a poetry.com (now lulu.com) contest to have the best poems published. I received a correspondence from this website, after submitting my poem, stating that my creative and original poem was chosen to be published in one of their poetry collection volumes. I then received notice that I could purchase the volume published that had included my poetry/my artwork for around $44 or so. Being that I was young when I received this news (around 8th or 9th grade), I of course didn't have all the money needed to buy it, but when my family members heard I had actually been published, they all got together and pulled enough money for me to order not just one copy but 4, so that a few of us (my family) could proudly place it on their shelves to share with others.

We never received a single copy of the published book of poems, or even any mail discussing the issue. This poem called "Struggle of the Strong" was written by me, Brandy Victoria **, but I went by my father's last name also, Brandy Victoria **, and me alone. Since after they kept my poem, the money I was gifted to purchase this book, contacting them several times and searching online records, trying to get so called "re resisted" with poetry.com (new site lulu.com), and feeling of helplessness, I have still been unable to obtain my books, my poem, or my money. Through many searches, and according to information I have gathered by searching the web, and their site, I believe that it is possible I won't ever see my poem again, or my money, and most likely will not be able to have real contact with these people, as history continues to repeat itself.

If I could just take a minute to say thank you for allowing me to share my own personal experience (dilemma!) "Struggle of the Strong" was written by me alone, and it was written for a purpose much greater than some book. I was inspired by a very strong person in my life, who I love very much. It may seem like just some words to some people, and they are words, words that symbolize my idea, perspective, and respect for this loved one of mine. I have been searching for years to find this poem, I only remember a portion of it, so that I could read and share it with my muse for this writing. I have been unsuccessful in doing so, leaving me stressed, and saddened, that my loved one will never see it, due to complications from esophageal cancer with pneumonia.

The person who inspired my poem has recently passed away, and now not even can she read it. I am saddened that my special family member will never know how much she meant to me, and how I admired her strength throughout or hardships. I was also now unable to recite my poem at her memorial, which would have been beautiful and appropriate to pay respects and help me in my grieving process by being able to express and share my gratitude for her with a few spoken (written) words. I have no other copy, and only pieces of my little poem remembered. Honestly, waiting for the mail to come with your very own set of books, with a piece of your creativity in it, and never receiving them or a reason why not may only hurt me (emotionally), but make, and sometimes still makes, me feel as though. I wasn't even good enough for a silly book. I do not know why I cannot access my poem and why I never got a response on my refund requests, but I do know what's mine, and those words are mine. Thank you for your time again and good luck because I would love to read my poem again!

I have written a lot of poems on poetry.com and I want my poems back. Poetry.com has disappeared. How can I retrieve my poems?

I have also entered a poem called "Reflection" to Poetry.com. I have received an award for it, and supposedly won a plaque for it. Now, I can't retrieve my poem nor other poems that I have written. Someone help me out here. It's not on Lulu Poetry and I feels as if I have been shot. I want my poems. I am mentally torn because those are the poems of my life and poems that I wrote from my heart. I don't want no one else claiming my work.

I had written and submitted several poems on Poetry.com. I received notices that my poems were going to get a copy write in my name as my original work, and that they would be published. I did not order the books in which my poems were published, but I did go to the site and view my poems. It has been a while since I had gone to the site and I decided to go and read some of my old work.

I have not been able to find the site or any of my poems. I feel like they stole my work and vanished. I do not have copies of all the poems that I submitted, and I feel like I have suffered a great loss. These were not just words written, but deep feelings and emotions expressed. I thought the site was a safe place to keep my work. I guess I was sadly mistaken.

I have written poetry for the past 15 years, and about 50 pieces were posted on the website at www.poetry.com, now the site no longer exists. I would like to know how I can retrieve my poetry. I think this was so unfair to a lot of writers, who were testing their wings. Now the wind has been taken out of our sail.

I submitted a poem to poetry.com several years ago and I misplaced my copy. So, I went on to get it again. I learned that the site is now LuLuPoetry and I cannot get my poem! I keep searching for my name and it is not there. I tried reactivating my account by putting in every email address I could think of and nothing is working!

I am also one of the persons who trusted these people. I submitted poems to them starting with my first poem that help me through the grief of losing my Grandmother and quite a few other poems I published through them with my supposed copyrights. I was never able to get the book that my poems were published in mostly due to the fact that they were expensive and then I lost my job when I was able to do that. I also got the letters and certificates saying how my poetry was picked as one of the best poems, etcetera and etcetera and always felt like maybe I did have a know for writing and felt good that I was able to go online and get the copies of my poems for myself since I would just sit down and just write out what I was feeling at that time.

It has been awhile since I was on the website but I tried to get back now for the last 2 months and found out that they now longer exist and that I have to follow the link to **** and when I did, they claim they have not log in for my e-mail account or any record of me, it seems at all. Now they have all the copies of my poems and all the copies that I had are packed out into a storage facility that I cannot get to very easily. They are nothing short of criminals that should be jailed for their theft and emotional damage they have done to all who have submitted work to them. I also was never ever notified that they changed names or that there was a suit against them and now I feel even more cheated because I could not have my say in the matter. I just hope that they get what is coming to them for all the harm they have done.

After writing several poems. Poetry.com wrote me saying they were to be put into a book and in the library of congress and several books were purchased by my sons (at that time) elementary school and teachers as the book was poetry for teachers and pets.

All poetry was supposed to be copyrighted and I know it was because schools would write me and ask if they could use my poetry over the years. I have not been able to find my poetry on copyright site or library of congress site. Where is my book and poetry. I'm sure this was just another ruse and I also wish some class action lawyers would go after poetry.com.

November 1st, 2010, poetry.com has disappeared with over 30 pieces of poetry I wrote. Poetry.com had poetry contest, assistance with rhyming and style and many other services regarding poetry. Poetry.com gave poetry authors a copyright for each poem written. Numerous times poetry.com site issued offers stating that my poems were selected to be in one of their book volumes because they were well written quality poetry. I want my poetry and I am unable to find the poetry.com site. I look forward to any help I can get regarding this matter.

Carol **

Several years ago, I started writing poetry it was a really bad time in my life and it was my release. Well, I started posting my work on poetry.com and I had received several notices to be published. I signed and sent them back and then later received an order form to order the book that they were published in. I never ordered them but I went to access them a few weeks ago and the site had changed to lulu.com with no notice to me.

I have run a search in every possible manner to find my work and it just says unknown error. I have tried to claim my old profile and it says not enough information and all it ask for is an e-mail address and I have typed in every possible email address I could have used. It is my emotion on paper and I want it back.

I thought I was having some poetry published on poetry.com. and for awhile I could go there and I could look my poems up. Then all of a sudden, no more poetry.com. It's now lulu so where are my poems, re named or got a different author? I even received massive mail to my house about special offers all kinds of stuff and I will find that mail someday and then its on! Possibly have had the rights to my thoughts, my words, my poetry scammed from me.

I wrote poetry for Poetry.com from the time I was 17 until I was 25. My 11th grade English teacher got me to send my poems to them. I wrote under Brandi Leigh *** for a while until I got married and then I was listed as Brandi Leigh *** ****. I had poems on this website that I don't have copies of. Now, I can't find any of my poems. I type in Poetry.com and lulu poetry comes up but I don't know how to search for my poems. I paid for a book from Poetry.com and never even received it and when I contacted them to let them know I was told the book had been sent out and that I already should have had it. I paid a lot of money for this book to not ever get it. I don't want my poems to be used by anybody else and I would like to get them back. But I have no idea how or where to even start.

The site no longer exists and I believe it maybe owned by LuLu poetry. However, I have copyright poems/poetry on the site and I can't retrieve them. I got so frustrated that I was not contacted about the site closing and I did not have an opportunity to retrieve my copyright poetry from them.

All poems I submitted are no longer available. I am very angry about them losing my poems, and not able to find a copy of the book I was supposedly published in. They could have at least sent out a notice to my e-mail address before they destroyed all the records.

I had published a few poems on Poetry.com that I don't have copies to. These poems were copyrighted and I thought that they were safe. The website closed down and the poems just disappeared. What can I do and how can I retrieve my work? I definitely don't want my personal words being displayed without my permission. Can someone help? I am really stressed out about this.

I had at least 20-30 poems submitted to poetry.com over the years. The website no longer exists. What happened? They just stole everyone's work and decided to publish it somewhere else to make money off of us. That seems to be an easy way to not pay, right? Just disappear.

I loved those poems. I never copied them cause I figured they would be safe. Why not? It's on the website. I feel like I've been robbed. How do I get a copy of those poems now. They even sent me "Publishers Awards" for them. I'm stressed out over this situation. A lot of those poems were about my kids. How can I show them what I wrote about them if they disappeared?

I had poems that I signed away for the website to publish and share with the world, and I just, out of emotional curiosity, went to look at them and they are gone. I am very upset and would like to know how to recover my works. They are very important to me. I didn't suffer any economic or physical damage, just somewhat emotionally distressed and disconnected.

I had a lot of poems at Poetry.com and then Lulu took over they moved my poems OK but I forgot my password and I asked it to send my password and it said if I was in the system it would send. I never get an email so I entered a new poem to start over again and it says it will not register me because it has my e-mail so what do I do? I do not see any way to talk to them there is no Contact so I feel like crap right now because I wrote a lot of poetry and shared it with the world.

I had many poems published through Poetry.com. There used to be an email contact for them and a phone number. Now that it's Lulu poetry, there's no way whatsoever to contact them. And they have made away with my talent, my heart, and soul that I poured hours of work into writing that poetry. Not to mention, those poems I wrote are very meaningful to me, and I want my poetry back and I want it now. Good thing is I have all original work in my own writing and also have copyright copies that were sent to me from poetry.com for me to sign and agree for them to publish my work. But that still does not solve the problem to why I can't access my work from Lulu poetry.

They need to get everyone's work that was submitted to poetry.com up on Lulu poetry for them to access and be given the chance to modify, remove, and make changes and updates to their email and password information! My email was changed long time ago because my provider for my internet changed from Alltel to Windstream. Therefore, I do not have the same email. So, resetting my pw would not be an option to me since Alltel internet provider no longer exists. I cannot access that email, and that's the email I registered with on poetry.com. The former staff and owners of Poetry.com should get their attorneys ready because I'm not going to sit back on a computer and keep complaining. I'm getting an attorney and I'm going to get my work from their site. All they did is change the name and probably publish books of poetry with others' original work. And If I find a title or words from my original work anywhere in a book or on another site under another name, I'm going to burn them a new **.

So Lulu Poetry, get ready to be taken down from operations. I was not given notice that the site was changing. There's no option to remove or make changes to any of my work or my email information. People do change their emails you know. And how can they access their work if they can't access the emails they registered under? I'm completely outraged and you will definitely be hearing from my lawyer. I'm not going to even begin to take this lightly. I want my Poetry up where I can access it, where I can remove it from the site and claim it.

Over the years, I submitted near a hundred or so poems on Poetry.com and now I have to come find out that the website no longer exists. Now, it is Lulu.com and my poetry is nowhere to be found! All those poems are gone now and I'm outraged! How could they just disappear and not say anything to their users! I want to know how to get them back.

I placed my poems on poetry.com several years ago and I wanted to show my family and friends to see them and there was nothing there but a site called lulu poetry but could not find the poems there either. I was so upset.

I wrote tons of poetry and also paid plenty of money. This was told to be always there. Help please. I have poems when my parents passed and poems I started writing in grade school on there. This is so upsetting. I am very angry at a scam like this. That used to my childhood dreams and playground and it hurts deep.

Account information has been frozen. Edit option removed from account page. I am no longer able to change password, provide new email address or update author biography. The site offers no way whatsoever to communicate with management.

I am so disappointed and outraged. I went to poetry.com which had the only originally written proof of my poems. Those poems are very precious to me. I lost my mother at a very young age, and I was in a lot of rage. Those poems released my anger and hurt. This is something that I planned sharing with children who were going through many of the things I had to endure--losing a mother to AIDS and learning how to recover from that and having to learn to trust a man after my mother died because she trusted.

There were also poems about my first love and soon-to-become husband. I wanted to use one of many poems as my vows to my husband. Right now, everything is gone without a trace and I'm giving someone financial benefit from something that has emotional value.

I have written as many as twenty personal poems on poetry.com and I want them back. I am very angry that I cannot find my heart written poetry. I am English major and I wanted to publish my poems now I cannot and I suffer from depression.

I wanted to show people some poems that I authored and copyrighted through poetry.com. I have found that the site no longer exists. Now all of my poems are gone. One in particular meant more to me than any other. Now, it can't be accessed.

I had at least 20 poems on poetry.com. Every one of them were written originally from my own fingertips, that I want back this very moment. I wrote three poems that were especially confidential to me and very dear to my heart. 2 were written about my aborted son. I will not mention the disgrace of a mother that aborted my son due to identity protection online.

The 3rd poem was titled "Just to Walk With You" and written on the day of my grandfather's funeral. The only remaining copy in existence is resting in my grandmother's casket. I want my poem back this very second. Action needs to be taken now. This is appalling and I will not stand for it. Emotionally damaging due to the fact that my whole poetry legacy has been taken to somewhere, I cannot access it.

My property has been stolen and I want it back now. This has emotionally damaged me to the point where I've lost many nights of sleep and been so upset to the point where I couldn't see straight. poetry.com has the only remaining copy in existence of "Just to Walk With You" and I want my poem back. Action needs to be taken now.

For years, I have written and published several original poems, including.."Whenever you Feel Sad or Blue, "I don't know where I'm going", and others. Now that I find out Lulu Poetry has bought them out, I haven't been able to find my poetry. That is a downright shame and disgrace! We, original poets have poured our hearts and souls into these writings, and now find nothing to show for it! Would you please check them out, and make them return my original work?

Today, I went to view my poetry on poetry.com only to find out that they no longer exist. I went to Wikipedia and found out that lulu.poetry bought out poetry.com. I followed lulu.poetry advice on how to retrieve my poetry, but to no avail. I am furious that I cannot retrieve my poems and that I did not even get an email telling me that they were no longer providing service! I have been with Poetry.com since 2003 and have submitted over 20 poems which I felt, were safe as I thought they were a legitimate website. Sad to think that all my writings are gone, the one place I felt safe enough to share myself.

I also submitted and lost my poem and I, just like the others, would just prefer to have it returned. I didn't save a copy so now, I guess it is lost forever. Its loss to me is unforgivable.

I just decided to search Poetry.com to view my poems I have submitted years ago, to find out the website does not exist and I cannot find a single poem of mine. I searched to find that Poetry.com is possibly a scam. I have bought the books in the past to have my poems and thought it was ridiculous that I had to pay to have my poem, but I did it. Now I would like to have all my poems back that I have submitted, about a dozen or so. I wrote the poems and that does not give anyone the right to hold onto them without permission let alone sell them to another company or website. I do not know if this is worth my time to even type this, but I really just want my poetry back, along with the others who have complained about this matter.

I have written more than 200 poems on poetry.com for 3 years. I have poured my heart and soul out into these masterpieces of poems, only to find out that the website is under a new name lulu.com. They have stolen all of my poetry. Every time I try to access my account, they act as if I don't exist. I have put more than 3 years of work into that website. Sometimes 7 to 10 poems a day. I have only a few copies of my poems. The majority of my work was on poetry.com.

What about our books that they promised to publish? What about the monies collect from us without delivering the product? That is called stealing. This is a crime punishable by law. Receiving under false pretenses. Why aren't they being held accountable? The law is supposed to work for the good of the people. To suck pure life out of people trusting in websites that assumes a common interest is misleading! To profit from it is extortion and in breech of the so called copyright laws. If high profile artists can take action against certain "free" download sites for making profit from their own work, then why can't we?

I had poetry on poetry.com and now lulu.com has bought the domain and I am unable to view my poetry. I want my poetry back. It was special to me and very personal. Where is my poetry? I tried to access my poems by following their instructions and still I cannot access my poetry. I need help. I am in fear that my poems were sold illegally. I am devastated and heartbroken; these poems were so much part of my life.

Well, I am submitting the same complaint that many have already done so. In regards to this website which has changed name or owners(?). I want to know where my previously submitted poems are. I think three or more. And where are the books obtained that they were published in. From 2004 - 2006.

I also submitted my words to poetry.com under the illusion that they became protected by copy-write. These words submitted were written from life experience, my life experience. They were actually song lyrics! Not so much poetry, but also written from the most inner personal depth of ones heart to vent by use of ones own creativity. Where is my work? Why has a certain legacy of mine disappeared? If my lyrics/poems were copied back then under the cloke of copy-write, how can i prove it today if it becomes re-released?

To suck pure emotion out of people trusting a business that assumes a common interest is misleading! To profit from it is extortion and in breech of the so called copy-write laws supposedly imposed! If high profile artists (bands) can take action against certain "free" download sites for making profit from their own work, then why can't we? Is the divide so far that it is only measured by a persons wealth or influence?

I submitted 3 poems to poetry.com over a period but never paid for a book. I just felt it seemed like a scam. My concern is the loss of my work and the potential abuse of copyright and intellectual property. I don't have access to my work any longer and this was very personal stuff. If these people have, as many claim, used our work in merchandising, then isn't it about time that someone took them to task?

The utter disregard for the emotional havoc wreaked on hundreds of people brought about by the destruction, theft and abuse of their often extremely personal and often irreplaceable work is reprehensible and undoubtedly criminal. So many people have been affected by these callous and greedy actions. It is disgusting that Maryland legal authorities have chosen not to act in some way to restore some dignity to all these innocent people.

This is our heart and souls put onto paper and our intellectual property that has been stolen. I am furious, disgusted, heartbroken, and gutted. I deeply regret the loss of my very personal sentiments and the memories they inspired in me every time I read the work. I have lost the people for whom I created the poems, I cannot stand to also lose their memory. This is a heinous and callous crime.

I am devastated to find that my original and irreplaceable poems from Poetry.com are nowhere to be found since Lulu Poetry has taken over. I had 12 (copyright) poems that were, for years, accessible to me at any time. Please tell me they are not lost forever. This is not acceptable or funny. I have tried over and over again to log on to Poetry.com and Lulu Poetry, but to no avail. Neither acknowledges my name, e-mail address or password. I have even opened an account with Lulu Poetry but they tell me I have no poetry with them or with Poetry.com. That's impossible. Someone must have stolen or erased everything. I just want my "words" (my property) back. A reply would be appreciated as to what action can be taken to retrieve my poetry. I have old e-mails confirming that I had business with Poetry.com and a book with one of my poems published inside. Thank you for letting me vents and explains my situation at this time.

I have been experiencing writers block for about 4 years now. December 31, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. I was laying in my bed and a poem came to me. I jumped up to write it down and once I finished I went to poetry.com to have it published. It was then, to my utter shock and despare, that I was informed that poetry.com was purchased by lulu.com. I tried logging in. When that didn't work, I followed the instructions on the page to have my password reset. I never received that email. I tried searching for my name and nothing. I even tried the link on the lulu.com site that say "claim your file". Nothing. I am outraged! I want answers as to where my poems are. How can a company take something that a person has wroked so hard to produce and just dump it like yesterday's lucnh. I want my poems back.

Anyway I just figured maybe the more complaints people hear about these people maybe someone will actually do something about it. Please someone do something about it. Just the emotional suffering, that I was told my poetry was so good it was going to be published to find out it was all nothing. It is just not fair that these people are still able to get away with this. What I really want to know is have they completely stolen my work? They said on their site that it was copyrighted for me and everything. I even have proof, because I printed them out from the site right after I posted them.

I wrote a poem on poetry.com I do not remember the name of it. And while the site was active it was listed. I was put in their published book supoisidly. However I do not know for sure. I would like to know where my poem is and if it was sold illeagally.

I submitted a poem in 2006. It was copyright'ed by them in 2006. I have no access to my work at all. Even after lulu.com bought them out. My work is my creation, and copywriten to boot. I do not condone the practice of selling my work, or denying me access to it; when we (all whosubmitted work) were all promised access to our works.

I did not puchase a book...they said they were publishing me in one of there books (I still have all the paperwork on it), because I could not see having to pay for something I created, while they profited from it.

I am extreamly dissapointed with poetry.co & lulu.com , in fact I am livid that I was used & lied to. I would like to join an action suit if there is one ongoing. Please let me know if anyone is aware of a solution, or an action suit. Because of the actions of poetry.com & lulu.com, I am unable to complie my works submited on poetry.com with my other works, and creat my own book to sell. I do not sway with copyright infringment. I have forever lost my work on there site; losing future capitol.

I had my poems, "Daydreaming" and "Inner City Blues" copyright by this company. I was able to type in my name and both my poems were listed. Now I am unable to retrieve my poems on this new site Lulu. Reading all the other complaints, I would like to know whether or not my poems were sold illegally and if so I would like to take action against poetry.com for fringing on my rights. I am in the process of writing a book and I would like to insert those two poems.

I submitted a poem, they sent me numerous emails, saying they published my poem in Immortal Verses. I have noticed there are several complaints about this. I have no idea what became of my poem but it was mine and very wrong to have taken it. Told me several lies obviously. I would like to see something done about this.

I as well posted on poetry.com some years ago and now MY POEMS ARE GONE, VANISHED and I Couldn't BE MORE FURRIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If this isn't Fixed I Will Take Legal Action!

They have simply deleted my profile and Just recently they gave me a new password but I am like a new member with that re-set password they sent me, which i find it very weird.

I do not have backup copied of those poems. this was the only site for my storage.

Many of my poems were published on the old site.I even had one of my works published in the book "Twilight Musings" (copyright 2005 by the International Library of Poetry) My poem along with my artist's profile on the preceding page, was actually the FIRST poem in that particular compilation book.

I want to know how a company can take over another and just drop members from the archives. I am furious and sad at the same time. How do i know my work hasnt been plagerized by now? please get back to me asap. Oh and by the way- poetry need not RHYME to be considered poetry. Even the name LULU lacks the conviction for people to take it seriously.

My experience is much the same as everyone elses, they used my work sold it and told me nothing about it.

I am trying to recover my intellectual property from LULU.com It appears they have lost many of my properties since aquiriing the site from Poetry.com. I never gave anyone any permission to sell or use my property. I was never notified of any transaction before the sale or I would have required some document to the fact that my work would be protected in the sale.

LULU.COM USED TO BE POETRY.COM. I wrote many poems on both which if I wanted to copy them or edit them at any time I would be permitted to do that on the internet. Also, if they did not like a poem it would be deleted immediately and not put undr your name or perhaps they liked it so much, it was sold right away giving the poet no credit for it. Fortunately, I have copies of those as well. I have copies of all my poems from both Poetry.com as well as Lulu.com with the true copyrighted dates.

Before Poetry. com became Lulu.com I noticed that Poetry.com was selling my copyrighted poems to anyone that wanted to buy them to put on any product without asking my permission or paying me anything. This is illegal. I am unaware of how many items they sold. I entered the website a couple of months ago and noticed that Lulu.com changed my copyright date on all my poems I wrote for the last several years. Now they were all there but all the copyrighted dates read 2009. I sent them an e-mail in regard to this but they never answered the e-mail.

One used to be able to put one's name on the site and come up with thepoetry one has weritten. That is all gone. I feel that Poetry.com and Lulu.com are one in the same owners who are stealing everyone's poetry to sell on mugs, print, t shirts, etc. This is all copyrighted material and this is illegal.

I entered a contest to submit a poem. I was told my poem is selected for publication. Later I received a letter to receive my finished work. The book was to be Immortal Verses. Instead I received a book called Collected Whispers. Which I later found out that many received with their individual poem as the first page. My book featured my poem as the first page.

Now I found out on-line that the site have my poetry displayed for other to buy on t-shirts, mugs, baby clothes name it, it's there without my release. I am very upset. I think I have been robbed of my work.

The damage is that my proud work is out there in the hand of strangers.I am not even getting any feedback from this people. They refuse to answer their phone. The web-site is closed or under another name named Lulu.com. Something need to be done so other people don't go through fustrasion that I am going through right now.

Hey everybody who got scammed like me by Poetry.com, I found something interesting that the State Attorney General's Office didn't mention when emailing a reply that said they can no longer do anything because this company Poetry.com" is out of business". Is the name and site, I just found online "changed to protect the innocent"? It is now under a new website titled, "Lulu" or you can try, "Lulu.poetry" but whoever "Lulu" is...This is sure some Lulu alright!

In fact, let's all start a petition against Poetry.com and send our names to the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Washington, D.C. anyone game? Shock, amazement, and feeling that somehow the state attorney general's office are full of it!

On December 2, 2008, I received a letter from Poetry.com saying my poem was selected as a semi finalist. I paid $89.90 for a book they titled "Immortal Verses" which they said my poem would be inside a page of this book, including my paying for a bio and shipping costs. In February 2009, I received the cover-slip with no book inside, that had a thin metal plate inscribed with my name on it that did not attach itself to one side of the hard-bound cover-slip. I thought to wait, thinking the book would come after. I called their number several times to get info but all I got was their message recorder saying they were closed for the holidays. The holidays were over but still I could not get through.

Last month (May 2009), I got a package from them with a book inside that is not the book I ordered but another book titled "Collected Whispers" and does not display my poem on any page. I re-taped the small box it came in and mailed it back with a note asking for the correct book titled, Immortal Verses. The package came back "Moved, left no address." I immediately emailed the State Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler in Maryland, who his office replied today saying that Poetry.com has gone out of business and they indicated that there is nothing they can do. Also, I told them I was sending a package to this Attorney General with copies of email, initial letters and leaflets, including the wrong book I got to show some evidence, which they said is okay to send them, but I am still trying to decide that. It's at least some evidence of what I saved that will indicate to any District Attorney, that this is of one of the biggest scams of this century!

This company, Poetry.com, scammed many hundreds of contestants for thousands of dollars and to me, that is theft by taking and they should be gathered up and investigated and held accountable for this kind of crime that they have for years accumulated who knows how much money! I want the same thing any of you contestants want, my ** book with my ** poem and bio printed on a page within, otherwise, I think the CNN and FOX News People would love to know all about this. I am also very disappointed, but not surprised that an Attorney General refuses to pursue this case of people who have scammed hundreds of thousands of innocent people out of money!

Isn't the Attorney General supposed to go after criminals? Why are they allowing these crooks to get away with a crime this size? This should all be reported to the news media and the Federal District Attorney General's Office. Send in as much information or evidence as you can to their office in Washington, D.C. The State Attorney General's Office indicated to me today when I telephoned them that they do have some names. My question then was, why then aren't you questioning each of them and investigating this as a crime? Their reply was totally inadequate. Why couldn't Poetry.com just do the right thing and mail out the correct books that we were so looking forward to receive before they decided to end the business?

I submitted a poem to poetry.com in a contest.I was told I would be notified if my poem was selected for publicaation. I recieved a letter in the mail staing that my poem had been selected for publication and I was still in the contest for a money prize. I purchased a book with my poem in it which I DID recieve but the company spelled my name wrong. I spoke to an associate on the phone who reassured me that they would send me another book free of charge with the correct spelling of my name. I have tried numerous times since December 2008 to contact the company and i get a message saying they are out for the holidays.

It is now going into the month of March 2009 and i still get the same message and the address the message gives you to contact is not valid and you don't recieve any info back. I was offered to be in their clubs for a fee which i did not accept. I am still recieving emails stating that i will recieve a special award but that hasn't happened yet. I was also notified by mail from Noble House asking permission to print my poem which i did grant the company. They seemed sincere.

So I ordered a Plaque with my poem inscriped on the plaque and paid approximetely $80.00 and I have not recieved the plaque and have not recieved any other email or mail contacts from Noble House. I at this date 3/07/2009 still have been unsuccessful in contacting both poetry.com and Noble House by email or phone. I was also informed that my poem would be posted on the poetry.com website and that has not happened at this time which has been approximetely three months I have copy of money order that was sent for my order and I have all the mail that I recieved and the number I was given when I was told my poem had been published.

This number has a recording stating that they will be back after the Holidays on Jan. 2nd--Always unable to reach them--Called them several times in Feburary and March--Still the same recording. I want my Money Back from these Sammers! Put me on the list for a Class Action--These people need to be shut down!

I sent them a check for book--They kept my money and never sent me the book. Been trying to get book for over a year.

Early in 2008, I submitted a poem to poetry.com - an advertisement for a poetry contest I saw online. I received in the mail an acceptance letter and an offer to purchase a book with my poem in it. I became suspicious and researched the company - and never sent back the paperwork, etc. I just accidentally found that me poem An Angel is featured on their website and people can purchase shirts, bags, etc. with my poem and name on them. They never received my permission to do so. I called their phone # where a message tells me to EMail them at info@poetry.com I sent them an EMail telling them to remove my poem and that their practices were unethical and illegal.

I submitted a poem after seeing one of their advertisements. They informed me that my poem was accepted and they were going to publish it. They told me what the cost of the book would be and I sent in an order for 3 books. I was then contacted by mail to review a proof and return which I did. I then sent in my payment and was informed I should be receiving the books by the end of December 2008.

I have never received my books, and I get a message when I call that their offices are closed for the holidays and will reopen Jan. 2, 2009. This is now Jan. 26, 2009. I cannot leave a message but there is a message to contact them via email which I did on Jan. 22nd but have not been contacted from anyone at this company.

Loss of $341.95 which they cashed in December, 2008. Extreme distress over having been scammed. AND, they are still advertising in the Sunday Parade magazine in Albuquerque, NM!

I submitted a poem to them a few months ago, and soon after I received a letter from them saying that the poem had been accepted not only for the monthly contest they have, but it had also been selected for publishing in their annual collection. They praised me for my work, said how proud I should be to have been selected for publishing. Told me I didn't have to buy anything, but if I wanted to I could order copies of the book at a discount price (books are roughlyy $50.00).

I was given a form to return giving my permission for the publishing, but I didn't order any books. Then a month later I received an email saying sorry, your poem has been declined and is no longer available for contest prizes or publishing. THEN, a month later, I received another letter saying the poem had received an Editor's Choice award - again, saying how proud I should be. And not only did it receive the award, but it was selected by the editor for a special CD that was going to showcase only a very select few authors, and a professional would be reading the poem on the CD with beautiful music in the background. The CD set costed $50.00, a 3-CD set with only 33 poets on it, which I found to be strange, 33 poems could easily fit on one CD.

Well, I returned the permission form again, but didn't not order the CD (was told I didn't HAVE to). Again, now, I received an email a few weeks later saying sorry, after careful review your poem was declined and is not eligible for any contest prizes or publishing. But the craziest thing is that the rejection emails practically BEG me to return to the site again to submit another poem and try again. It seems obvious to me that they are only selecting poems by people who will pay them the money they want. When I try to phone, it answers with a recording saying something like Thank you for calling or editor's desk, if you want customer service... but it's a really poor recording, doesn't sound professional and I never get anyone on the line, I just remain on hold.

The only result of this was the time I wasted getting excited, the filling out of permission forms and mailing them, the phone calls to friends sayin yay I'm being published - crazy I know, I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you can do anything about but I thought it was worth reporting.