Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

~ John W. Howell

Today’s good news is a little different. It is all about poetry. It is not just about poems but a unique way to deliver poems. It is called Telepoem.

These are refurbished phone booths that when visited and a number is dialed, the caller can listen to a selection from over 1000 poems. You don’t need a quarter either.

 – Vintage phone booths and kiosks with 1000+ verses in the poetry directory allow you to dial-a-poem on a rotary or push-button phone. 

– A multi-sensory community gift: visual, haptic and aural, multi-genre and multi-media. ADA accommodations provide poetry for all users of all physical abilities.

-Poetry, art, and music pieces, that engage participation and feature community poets. Performance vehicle for voices of many kinds. Co-created with the community.

Current Installations:

Telepoem Booth® Iowa

in the Millwork District covered walkway connecting East 10th and East 11th streets, Dubuque, IA

​​​​​​Telepoem Booth® Bisbee
Jonquil Motel, 317 Tombstone Canyon Rd.

Bisbee, AZ

Telepoem Booth® Santa Fe
Genoveva Chavez Community Center
3221 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM

Telepoem Booth® NMHU
Burris Hall, National Ave., New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, NM

​Telepoem Booth® State College

The Maker, 209 W. Calder WayState College, PA

So the good news is there is poetry is available in refurbished cast-off phonebooths. Even better news would be a poem booth on every corner. Today’s JohnKu talks about joy. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Surprise by John W. Howell © 2022

Finding some good news,

When all the world genders bad . . .

Is a joy for sure.

 

89 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News”

  2. That’s a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing the news, John! When there were still these phone booths, I remember some people staying in them for almost an hour. They had probably already had something read to them back then. 😉 Have a nice Friday! xx Michael

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  7. I know where there’s still a payphone in a little town on TX 35. If I thought I could dial-a-poem, I’d stop there in a minute! No phone booth, though. I’m glad to see my home state of Iowa included in your list.

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  13. Oh my, like the street pianos these booths offer delight. Ingenious! Thank you for sharing this novelty, John — and wonderful haiku! 💗

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  22. What a fantastic idea! Thanks for letting us know, John. I hadn’t heard this news before. Good use for all those dinosaur phone booths; I hope it will promote more interest in poetry, too.

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  31. What a terrific plan. Some of our old red boxes are now mini libraries places to drop off charitable gifts food banks ans I saw one where you could get your fortune told though it was a squeeze. Long may this continue.
    Just imagine what other splendid uses that could be put to old redundant buildings. The house of commons say or the White House?

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  33. OMG! Talk about street art.
    Did I mention street installation art?
    LOVE this phonecept.
    How do I get one on my street?
    To good to be true.
    Your JohnKu erased my blue. Thank you!

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