“In a city where you can find music on every corner, why not poetry, too? Poems are not so different from songs, after all. At best, they uplift, inspire, evoke emotions; at least, they amuse. And the instruments of the craft are varied. For Noaa Rienecker and Adam Jones, it might be a 1937 Remington 5 or a 1939 Corona—vintage writing beauties on which they clack out clever, lilting verses for bystanders.”

Noaa and Adam started Austin Typewriter Poets Collective after busking their writerly wares on South Congress for several years. Today, they’re hired as event entertainers: corporate, weddings, fundraisers, private parties. For Noaa, who’s also a musician, slinging poetry has been more lucrative than playing music on the street, for a few reasons. “You have more time to sink in with people. There’s more time to build a connection. It’s rarer,” he posits…”