Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Poetry Grove ("the Service"), you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

2. Description of Service

Poetry Grove is a platform that provides access to poetry collections, poet biographies, and community features. Our service includes:

• Access to a curated collection of poems from various poets
• Poet biographies and historical information
• Search and discovery features
• User accounts and personalization features
• Community features such as favorites and comments
• Educational content and resources

3. User Accounts

To access certain features of our service, you may be required to create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information
• Maintain and update your account information
• Maintain the security of your password and account
• Accept responsibility for all activities under your account
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use

4. Acceptable Use

You agree to use our service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

• Use the service in any way that violates applicable laws or regulations
• Transmit or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising
• Impersonate or attempt to impersonate another person or entity
• Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use of the service
• Use any automated system to access the service for any purpose
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the service
• Interfere with or disrupt the service or servers connected to the service

5. Intellectual Property Rights

5.1 Our Content

The service and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Poetry Grove and its licensors. The service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.

5.2 Public Domain Content

Many poems and literary works featured on our platform are in the public domain. We make every effort to ensure that only public domain content is displayed, but users should verify copyright status independently.

5.3 User-Generated Content

By submitting content to our service, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute such content in connection with our service.

6. Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the service, to understand our practices. You can find our Privacy Policy at /privacy.

7. Prohibited Uses

You may not use our service:

• For any unlawful purpose or to solicit others to perform unlawful acts
• To violate any international, federal, provincial, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances
• To infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others
• To harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate
• To submit false or misleading information
• To upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code
• To spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape
• For any obscene or immoral purpose
• To interfere with or circumvent the security features of the service

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

The information on this service is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Company:

• Excludes all representations and warranties relating to this service and its contents
• Does not warrant that the service will be constantly available or available at all
• Does not warrant that the information on this service is complete, true, accurate, or non-misleading

9. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Poetry Grove, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Poetry Grove and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees).

11. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

13. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect.

14. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at: