In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched the Google search engine from a garage in Menlo Park, California, an event that would transform the way people access information, communicate, and conduct commerce. The rise of Google and the internet enabled a new era of e-commerce, making it possible for small producers of wine, olive oil, and other specialty foods to reach a global market without the need for a physical storefront. The online marketplace, facilitated by search and delivery logistics, revolutionized the food and drink trade, connecting producers directly to consumers and reshaping the patterns of food transport.

Google and the internet have transformed the way poetry is created, shared, and consumed, leading to the rise of online literary magazines, blogs, and social media. The technology of the internet is a central subject for contemporary poets, who write about the digital world, its algorithms, and its effects on human connection. The ability to order a bottle of wine from a small producer in another country is a fact of modern life that poets are beginning to explore, making the internet, and the logistics it enables, a theme for the poetry of the 21st century.