Poems on Tap

Poems on Tap – I will bring my typewriter and write poems on demand for the occasion and poems personalized for each guest. Parties, receptions, graduations, birthdays, holidays, any occasion. Scroll down for examples!

Upcoming Dates:

• My Posh Galentine at Sleepy Creek Winery Sunday, February 13, 2022 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Past Dates/Times:

• Common Ground Food Co-op Poets on the Patio, Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:00 to noon
• Private wedding, Thursday, October 31, 2019
• HandMades Sale at the State House Inn, Friday December 6, 2:00 to 7:00 and Saturday December 7, 2019, 10:00 to 5:00

I am Jim O’Brien. I publish under the name James Escher. My poems have most recently appeared in Pegasus, Bear River Review, Pilcrow & Dagger, and The Tishman Review. I live and write in East Central Illinois, where I am co-organizer of the Champaign-Urbana Poetry Group, a weekly poetry workshop.

Contact:

poetjamesescher.@gmail.com  Twitter @poetjamesescher  FB poet.james.escher

Here’s a fun one from The Handmades Sale in Springfield December 1st/2nd

For this one, a young woman with a big camera threw down a challenge. She said, “I’m going to make this hard for you; I want a poem about this pack of tissues on your table.”

challenge accepted!

Tuscola Odd Market November 4, 2017

Makers on Main, Downtown Urbana First Friday, August 4th/First Sipyard August 2nd

March 11th, 2017 in Springfield, IL during Art at 835 pop-up art show

Poems on Tap Boneyard 2016 at Jane Addams Bookshop

Poems on Tap sample flight

Past Dates/Times:

• At Love For All Poetry Crawl: Feb. Urbana First Fridays in Cafeteria & Co., downtown Urbana from 6:00 to 7:45 on February 1st
• At the 2nd Annual Guys’ Night Out hosted by Yellow & Company in Mahomet from 5:30 to 8:00 on Friday, February 8th
• At the Frabjous February Home Show hosted by Hooey Batiks, 905 S. Lynn St., Urbana, IL from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, February 9th
• At the Allerton Park and Retreat Center Annual Spring Soiree Fundraiser from 4:00 to 9:00 on Saturday, May 18th