The Inprint Poetry Buskers spread the joy of poetry by writing poems on demand at festivals and events throughout the city. These talented poets, using typewriters and their quick wit, write personalized poems for people based on the themes they request. The buskers write in both English and Spanish, and are mostly graduate students from the prestigious University of Houston Creative Writing Program. The poems are given away free of charge and people love taking home a poem written just for them. For many, interacting with the buskers makes poetry feel relevant and accessible for the very first time.

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Poem by an Inprint Poetry Busker

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by Conor Bracken

 

It’s invisible
When you got it it’s got you
a tender smile in its velvet jaws.
You wear it when you want
to not be you but “You!”
It’s the dress that you take off at night
to remember how it feels
to be seen.

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Bring the Inprint Poetry Buskers to your community

The Inprint Poetry Buskers write poems on demand at public festivals and events all across Houston. If you would like to bring the Inprint Poetry Buskers to your community, please contact Inprint staff at info@inprint.org with the date, time, and event description.