Typewriter Poetry
BESPOKE WEDDING AND EVENT ENTERTAINMENT
Based in Limerick || Serving Ireland, Europe, and Worldwide
I celebrate stories with on-the-spot typewritten poems.
// THE PROCESS.
Guests of your event come to my table and offer me a topic of their choice. After a brief conversation, I will type them a one-of-a-kind personalized poem on the spot. Guests sometimes stay to watch me type, but usually walk off and return sometime later to get their poem. Usually I keep finished poems at my table for guests to retrieve, as very often I end up with a queue of requests to keep me busy all evening.
The vintage typewriter, the hand-crafted poems, the skillful speed - all fuel the buzz and get people talking. They go home from your event with an incredible memory and a wonderful gift. A great addition to drinks receptions, corporate events, and all kinds of parties!
From America, to Ireland, to Switzerland, and beyond
// THE POET.
I have been a typewriter poet for almost a decade, bringing on-the-spot poetry to weddings, corporate events, whiskey release parties, private parties, and more. Originally from Ellicott City, Maryland; I moved to Ireland in 2019 to pursue a degree in counselling. I now live in Limerick with my wife and daughter.
The Olympia Typewriter has a beautiful font for your poetry
// THE POETRY.
Poems are typed on A5 sheets of paper. Often in rhyming stanzas, they evoke the emotion of story, wonder, and delight. Sometimes heartfelt with an aim to heal, sometimes nonsense with an aim to amuse, always crafted just for you. At the top of the page, I include a special letterhead or emblem to commemorate your event. The poems are enclosed in a premium envelope with colours to match your event theme.
Poetry table setup for a corporate event in November 2023.
// THE PAYOFF.
Booking me for your event offers you the chance to provide a type of entertainment for your guests that you really cannot find anywhere else.
I don’t just type poems, I seek to connect and understand your guests, so much so that they often walk away with much more than a poem: they leave with a sense of being seen and valued in a most remarkable way.
It doesn’t matter if the poem request was whimsical or heartfelt, I’ll connect with your guests anywhere they show up in their humanity.
// THE PURSUIT.
Contact me below to book my services for your event. Weekend event rates start at €400.
In your email, please let me know the date, approximate number of guests, location, and any thematic details you can provide.
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// THE PRAISE.
'We booked Jeff for our office 10 year anniversary event. Not only the booking process was very easy and friendly, our employees and guests were absolutely obsessed with the custom poems by Jeff. It was definitely a huge hit, thank you!’
- Zanda Lecite, Squarespace Dublin
“Typewriter Poetry was a great addition to our dining event in Washington DC. [Jeff was] prompt, very easy and pleasant to work with, communicative, and I hope we have an opportunity to work with [him] again in the future! Our guests left raving … a key factor in elevating our event and adding a special, unique element to the evening.
- Lexie, 160over90
"Having Jeff do typewriter poetry at our drinks reception was one of our favourite "icing on the cake" components of our wedding. It was entertainment for the guests and a gift for them to take home all in one, as guests can take home their poem (in the subject of their choice) on beautiful paper which we had personalised with our wedding date, as a memento. It was such a lovely conversation-starter for guests to mingle with as well, with people asking each other what their poem was about. Jeff really can write a poem about any subject and has such a beautiful way with words. We also asked him at the end to write us a poem about our wedding day, which was a such a special keepsake for us too. Jeff is a gentleman and was such a pleasure to work with and we would highly recommend having him at your wedding!”
- Abigail & Dan, Killyon Manor, September 2020 Wedding