Poetry is Therapy

Wedding or Love Letter Books

Wedding books are so unique! These books are made of handmade, high-quality leather, card stock, and sleek pages of custom poems. For wedding books, I offer to set up at wedding receptions with my antique typewriter and hear stories from the guests about the married couple. I take these stories and create individual custom poems. These poems are to be compiled into a book for the couple to read through, and enjoy together after their special day. This is a keepsake that you will have to come back to and witness all of the people in your life that came to celebrate and honor your day, your connections, your sacred union. This is a unique combination of wedding entertainment + a beloved finished product.

Love letter books are a very nostalgic and thoughtful gift. I meet with you and gather all of your thoughts and ideas about what it is you want to capture, and I begin writing out the poems. From there, we take a look at them together, make any necessary changes, and then the poems are typewritten and carefully bound together to create a simple, clean, and stunning piece of custom art. These love letter books are not limited to romance. These can be gifts to yourself, a family member, and even a book to commemorate the memory of a loved one.

Other options: Anniversary love letter books, birthday books, “Just because I love you” books, funeral/memorabilia books & more. Contact for inquiry!

Custom Poems

A custom poem, with the choice of your topic, captures your deepest emotions and offers clarity for what you may be processing, feeling, or contemplating. This style of poetry is a medium to connect, relate, and offer a sort of therapy. Custom poems are keepsakes and can be wonderful relics of the things we experience throughout our journeys. They are words to return to again and again that give meaning to our lives and what lives within.

They make for eccentric gifts!

Poet for Hire at your Event

This is one of my favorite things to offer! Setting up with my table, lights, decor, and a stack of papers ready to roll through the typewriter. These moments with people are so special. It’s a moment for someone to be the main character in their story. To lay something out on the table in the hopes that the poet (me) in front of them can transform their questions into answers or cloudiness into clarity. It’s a moment for someone to have for themselves and THEN get to walk away with a written poem.

Having this set up at a party, event, mixer, etc. is so special and one of a kind. This will most definitely elevate the experience and be one to remember. It’s a sort of low-key performance having a poet in the room sitting and waiting to offer up heartfelt words of wisdom to you and your guests.

Email me @ alexisleigh220@gmail.com for all inquiries