December Artist in Residence Joshua Beckman and Machine’s Poet Laureate Anthony McCann are offering a dial-in Poetry Delivery Service throughout the month of December.

On Mondays thru Thursdays, 9pm-10pm, call 213.448.7668 to request that a poem be read over the phone to you.

On Sunday December 21st, from sun-up to sundown, we switch over to a door-to-door Poetry Delivery Service. Joshua and Anthony will be taking poetry delivery requests over the Poetry Phone at the same number, 213.448.7668. Poetry deliveries will be made exclusively on foot to homes or other locations within a 1 mile radius of Machine Project. To request a poem call 213.448.7668. If no one answers just call back later — they’re out delivering poems. Don’t leave a message. No one knows how to retrieve messages from the Poetry Phone. No one.

Stay tuned to this Machine webpage and your own inbox for future installations of the Poetry Delivery Service.

Testimonial from this past weekend’s first installmant of the Poetry Delivery Service:

‘I was nervous about having a poet come to my house, but it wasn’t uncomfortable at all! They were really quite nice, and left when I wanted them to!’
- anonymous new fan of poetry delivery

Wanna see if you fall within our delivery range? Click here!