Spontaneous Poems, Magical Events.
We’re the ones you hear on the radio. The ones with a team of poets at our table, clacking away. The ones with over a decade of experience, in Austin and nationwide.
“Thank you for keeping the sound and fury of typewriting available to all. Yee Haw!” - Tom Hanks
Since 2013, our sparkly, professional poets have typed on-the-spot poems at events across the country. Add some typewriter poetry magic to your next one!
We’re the ones you hear on the radio. The ones with a team of poets at our table, clacking away. The ones with over a decade of experience, in Austin and nationwide.
“Thank you for keeping the sound and fury of typewriting available to all. Yee Haw!” - Tom Hanks
Since 2013, our sparkly, professional poets have typed on-the-spot poems at events across the country. Add some typewriter poetry magic to your next one!
Spontaneous Poems, Authentic Connections
“Hello!
What can we write you a poem about?”
With Typewriter Rodeo at your event:
First, a guest gives a topic, like “cheese” or “It’s been a rough day...” Then we make up a poem, on a typewriter, while they watch.
The result is often smiles, high-fives, even hugs and tears.
It’s the opposite of AI — it’s a moment of genuine connection.
“I love this band of spontaneous writers. They always lift the mood.” -Naomi Shihab Nye, U.S. Young People’s Poet Laureate
Whatever your event, people will be talking about Typewriter Rodeo long after.
“Your heart is hungry for this art.” -Laurie Halse Anderson, National Book Award Finalist
“Hello!
What can we write you a poem about?”
With Typewriter Rodeo at your event:
First, a guest gives a topic, like “cheese” or “It’s been a rough day...” Then we make up a poem, on a typewriter, while they watch.
The result is often smiles, high-fives, even hugs and tears.
It’s the opposite of AI — it’s a moment of genuine connection.
“I love this band of spontaneous writers. They always lift the mood.” -Naomi Shihab Nye, U.S. Young People’s Poet Laureate
Whatever your event, people will be talking about Typewriter Rodeo long after
“Your heart is hungry for this art.” -Laurie Halse Anderson, National Book Award Finalist
Poetry for everyone.
We’ve typed at corporate conferences and museum exhibits from Maine to Mexico. Schools and festivals from Austin to Boston, Seattle to Sun Valley. Nonprofits to weddings, kid-friendly to adult-feisty. You name it and we’ve probably been hired for it – always to the delight of guests.
“Typewriter Rodeo is an exciting project that implicates perfect strangers in the business of poetry by spontaneously writing a poem about them…. Who said poetry need be limited to the library and the classroom?” - Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate (twice!)
“Not everyone loves poetry,” says Rodeo co-founder Sean Petrie, “but everyone does seem to love a poem, created on a topic they picked, typed for them while they watch.”
“This wasn’t just entertainment — it was a personal, emotional keepsake for each of our employees.”
PayPal, 2016
"WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE A POEM ABOUT?"Some actual poem topics we’ve been given at events: