Spontaneous Poems, Magical Events.
For over a decade, our sparkly, professional poets have typed on-the-spot poems across the country. Bring some poetry magic to your next event!
Spontaneous Poems, Authentic Connections.
Typewriter Rodeo is a troupe of professional, sparkly writers who create custom, on-the-spot poems on typewriters. Bring us to your next event!
“Hello!
What can I write you a poem about?”
With Typewriter Rodeo at your event:
(1) Your guests give us a topic — like “cheese” or “my dog” or “I’m starting a new job…”
(2) In a few minutes, we make up a poem, on a typewriter, just for them.
(3) The result is often smiles, high-fives, even hugs and tears.
It’s more than entertainment — it’s a moment of genuine connection. Of each guest feeling truly seen.
Whatever your event, people will be talking about Typewriter Rodeo long after.
“Hello!
What can I write you a poem about?”
When guests come up to our table and give us a topic, we give them a poem — made up right then and there on a typewriter. The experience is more than entertainment — it’s a moment of genuine connection. Of each guest feeling truly seen. In just 3-5 minutes, guests come away with a unique, personalized gift that often results in smiles, high-fives, even hugs and tears.
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.
“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.”
“Not just entertainment: a personal, emotional keepsake for each employee.”
PayPal, 2016
"WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE A POEM ABOUT?"Some actual poem topics we’ve been given at events: