What do you do?

In Spring 2017 I quit my job and started writing poems for strangers.

I sit in Washington Square Park in New York City with a sign that says ASK ME FOR A POEM. I write poems for everyone who asks, and live off the donations I receive.

 

This is your fulltime job?

Yes.

 

Links to media

Here’s a Reddit AMA I did. It’s a bit of a carwreck, but also some good thoughtful discussion in there.

Here’s a podcast I was on where I rambled about this project—you can listen to it on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify.

 
 
 
 

And here is an “inspriational” video someone made of me in 2017—