Poetry Fox

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The Poetry Fox bangs out custom poems on his vintage typewriters. Give him a word, get a poem. He's perfect at your event, festival, party, & posh affair!

I bang out custom poems on-demand on my trusty typewriter. Also I am a giant fox. Bring me to your next event! Give me a word, get a poem! [email protected]

04/24/2026

NEW TYPEWRITER, folks! And I’ll be out there writing this weekend.

Friday 5-8pm I’ll be

Saturday is Indy Bookstore Day! I’ll be 9-11am and 2-5pm!

Find me and get a poem!

04/22/2026

21 POETS, 1 GREAT NIGHT. The Reading for the End of the World is Thursday April 30 and you don’t want to miss this lineup of poets reading into our shared apocalypse!

4/30, 6-9pm, main branch in the auditorium, FREE

& the Durham Poet Laureate pgm

04/20/2026

Join me Tuesday 4-5:30pm Main Branch downtown for a bookmark-making workshop! Collage/draw on your own and I’ll write you a custom poem to go on it too!

Have you seen these bookmarks around town? The starry night image is and the poem is

Photos from Poetry Fox's post 04/17/2026

Catch me tonight at the Cary Night Mkt for poems, and elsewhere on the weekend! Also check out my hot orange typewriter acquisition!

04/06/2026

MARK YR CALENDARS! The world is ending daily and poets are writing about it in real time—come hear 20+ area poets read all in one night into this perpetually approaching end-times!

Thurs April 30, 6-9pm, free
Durham County Library Main Branch auditorium

City of Durham Cultural & Public Art Program Poetry Fox

04/03/2026

I’m only able to be at this fundraiser 11am-Noon so please come early and buy a custom poem! All proceeds go to the Trans Youth Emergency Project, which needs every $! 🦊❤️

03/21/2026

morning poem for you all.

03/20/2026

What a place to get married? is lovely and they’re having an OPEN HOUSE Saturday 3/21 from 1-4pm. Check it out and get a custom poem from ! Poems at the Cookery makes the best wedding ever.

03/19/2026

Sign up now !! Compete Sunday night in the Golden Slam with a short poem (incl the words Bull, City, and Golden), read it live in a 3minute slot, and if the audience says you’re the best then you get a YEAR of free burgers 😮🍔 Sign up, write something fun, see you Sunday night! will be emcee so it’ll be a delight!

03/17/2026

Join Sunday, March 22 at 6:30 PM for a night of poetry, burgers, and friendly competition hosted by Durham Poet Laureate Chris Vitiello (), known around town as the Poetry Fox and famous for writing custom poems on a typewriter (sometimes while dressed as a giant fox).

Want to compete?
Write a poem or spoken word piece (max 3 minutes) that includes the words Bull, City, and Golden somewhere in it. Perform it live and the audience will vote for their favorite.

🏆 The winner takes home the 3rd Golden Bull and FREE burgers for a year.

Not a writer? Come be part of the crowd and help choose the winner.

📝 Register on the Bull City Burger and Brewery website in advance so we can add your name to the ballot.

03/10/2026

Booking for spring and summer! Any reason to gather is made more meaningful by custom poems! Life can be too generic, and it dulls us to everyone and everything around us. Fox poems work against this! You’re alive! You need a poem!

03/08/2026

Awoke early from this, with a smile on my face

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