Custom poetry, written to order and sent by mail.
Share a person, story, memory, feeling, celebration or moment you’d like captured in poetry. A Poetry O’Clock poet interprets what you share and creates an original poem specifically from it.
Original. Individually Typewritten. Wax-sealed by hand.
Share what you would like your poem to begin from. Each month, a limited number of original poems are written individually by Poetry O’Clock poets.
The Post opens for a limited number of custom poems each month. Choose Kenya or International and place your order while writing places remain.
1st-10th of each month
By the 10th
Tell us about the person, story, memory, feeling, celebration or moment you would like us to write from. You’ll also provide the details we need to prepare and deliver your Post.
11th-22nd
A Poetry O’Clock poet interprets what you share and writes your original poem. The finished piece is individually typewritten, wax-sealed by hand and prepared for delivery.
23rd-End of Month
Your Post is dispatched on working days during this window. We’ll let you know once it is on its way. Delivery is included, and arrival times vary by location.
Written specifically from what you share. Every Post begins with a person, story, memory, feeling, celebration or moment and becomes an original poem created for its recipient.
Once your poem is written and refined, the final piece is individually typed on one of our typewriters. It is not a reproduction or digitally printed imitation.
Your finished poem is enclosed in a Poetry O’Clock envelope and individually sealed by hand with wax.
The wax-sealed envelope is placed inside a protective outer envelope, carefully prepared for its journey to you or its recipient.
Every Post is prepared individually, from the writing and typewriting to the final seal and presentation.
You give us something to begin with. From there, Poetry O’Clock interprets what you share and shapes it into an original poem. Part of The Post is discovering how your story returns to you through poetry.
Tell us about the person, story, memory, feeling, celebration or moment you would like us to write from. A short paragraph is enough. Share the details that feel important, including any names, dates or facts you would like us to get exactly right.
What you share becomes the starting point for an original poem. A Poetry O’Clock poet interprets it with care, allowing the writing to take its own shape while remaining rooted in what you shared. The finished poem is personal to its recipient while still holding an element of discovery.
Everything you need to know about membership, delivery and participation.
The writing desk opens on the 1st of each month at 9:00 AM EAT and closes on the 10th at 5:00 PM EAT. A limited number of poems are written each month, and the writing desk may close earlier once the month’s places have been filled.
You may order one poem or several during the writing window. Each poem is written and prepared individually from the details you share.
Kenya: KES 3,500 per poem
International: USD 35 per poem
Your order is confirmed once the required details have been submitted and payment has been successfully received.
Delivery is included in the listed price.
Your Post is dispatched from the 23rd through the end of the month on working days. We’ll let you know once it is on its way. Arrival times vary by location and delivery method.
Nairobi
The Post is delivered door to door. We’ll notify you ahead of the scheduled delivery, and our delivery partner may contact the recipient when approaching or upon arrival.
If you will not be available, please arrange for someone to receive The Post at the address provided. If the scheduled delivery cannot be completed, your Post will be made available for collection from the courier office.
Elsewhere in Kenya
The Post is sent for courier office collection. The courier will contact the recipient using the details provided once it is ready for collection.
International
The Post is sent via registered international post through Posta Kenya. Tracking or postal reference details are shared where available. International arrival times vary by destination and may extend beyond the month in which the poem was written.
If your Post is significantly delayed, damaged or appears to be lost, please contact info@poetryoclock.com so we can check the available delivery information and advise on the next step.
If a resend is required because incorrect or incomplete delivery information was provided, an additional delivery charge may apply.
Delivery is included in the listed price.
Your Post can be written for you or for someone else. When ordering, provide the delivery details for the person who should receive that particular poem.
If you are ordering several poems for different people, provide the recipient and delivery details for each one.
Please check all names, phone numbers and addresses carefully before submitting your order. Complete and accurate information helps us prepare and deliver each Post correctly.
The Post is intentionally interpretive. What you share gives Poetry O’Clock the starting point, while the language, structure and final creative direction of the poem are shaped through our writing process.
Finished poems are final. We do not offer previews or creative revisions. If Poetry O’Clock introduces a clear production error, such as incorrectly typing a name or detail that was supplied correctly, we will correct it.
Each finished poem is individually typewritten. Subtle variations in ink impression, spacing, alignment and occasional corrected typewriter marks may naturally appear as part of the character of the medium.
Poems are assigned across the Poetry O’Clock writing team. A particular poet is not guaranteed.
Please check names, dates and other important information carefully before submitting your order. Poetry O’Clock may decline requests that contain explicit, hateful, discriminatory, harmful or unlawful material or that otherwise fall outside the work we create.
Your finished poem is yours to keep, gift and share personally.
Commercial, advertising or promotional use, reproduction for sale, merchandise, commercial publication or use that implies Poetry O’Clock’s endorsement of a person, organisation, product or cause requires prior written permission from Poetry O’Clock.
The poem should not be altered or presented in a misleading, hateful, harmful or unlawful context that misrepresents the work or Poetry O’Clock.
Custom poems and the personal context shared with us are treated as private by default. Poetry O’Clock will not publish or publicly share them without separate permission.
For commercial, editorial or promotional use of a poem, contact info@poetryoclock.com.
Choose where your Post will be delivered and place your order during the monthly writing window.
By completing your purchase, you confirm that you have read and agree to The Post’s ordering, delivery, creative and usage terms outlined on this page.
Questions? Contact us at info@poetryoclock.com
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