A Pocket Poem

A Pocket Poem is a project in which I placed short poems inside film viewers to create a different, more intimate experience of reading them. I have wanted to work with a format like this for the longest time and was able to find some vintage film viewers in flea markets in Bogotá, Colombia.

It has been joyful to see people’s heartwarming responses to them. Here’s to more poetry exploration and writing!

You can find them for sale at the MCBA shop. If you wish to order online, click here.

Special Collections that have acquired this project:

• Full series: Special Collections Library at Princeton University, in New Jersey. For availability and further information, click here.
• Full series: Decker Library at Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore. For availability and further information, click here.
• The Answers May Evade/Every Day: Virginia Commonwealth University, James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives, in Richmond Virginia. For availability and further information, click here.
• The Answers May Evade: Flaxman Library Special Collections at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago.
• Sunlight Over Me/Every Day: Baylor University Book Arts Collection, in Waco.