Poetry Stories
“Hello! What can I write you a poem about?”
In addition to books, I do poems on-the-spot:
Someone gives me a topic and I write them a poem — boom! — in 2 minutes on a typewriter.
I’ve done over 25,000 of those, most with Typewriter Rodeo.
The experience can be pretty magical ✨ —
How do people respond to a poem written for them on-the-spot?
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- Dallas Museum of Art
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- Gardner Museum Boston
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- Interabang Books
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- Ney Museum Austin
Below are some favorites, each with the story, the poem, and a little writing-lesson magic.
(Educators, feel free to use! 😊
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Birds
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
drop an elephant!
Nothing's Wrong
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
trust your weird
STARS
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
embrace your mistakes
Zombie Dance
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
rhyming “tricks”
LILI
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
reading your audience
Haunted Stopwatch
Writing-Lesson Magic ✨:
personification