April 13, 2002

1:27 PM

What a cool idea!A poetry publisher that not only puts out an online journal, but also distributes poems via gumball machines. As of now there's only 7 Gumball Poetry machines worldwide, mostly in the Western US, but they're ready to make more. Next time you've got a quarter jinglin' in your jeans skip the gum and get some free verse instead.
posted by jonmc (6 comments total)

I agree. Great idea. I thought the web site was pretty awful though, nav-wise. Thanks for the link!
posted by dobbs at 1:55 PM on April 13, 2002

Yeah, I noticed that when I was buliding the post, dobbs. But the concept was so amazing I decided to post it anyway. I wish my grocery had one of these.
posted by jonmc at 3:21 PM on April 13, 2002

there's been a gumball poetry machine in the park at Sandpoint in Seattle for about two years. between the soundgarden and the former home of the monolith if you want to visit
posted by roboto at 4:16 PM on April 13, 2002

Next time you've got a quarter jinglin' in your jeans skip the gum and get some free verse instead.

Hmm, what would Homer Simpson do?
posted by lucien at 5:58 PM on April 13, 2002

Homer: "raullugh, rallugh...Byyyrrrrooonnn"
posted by clavdivs at 6:50 PM on April 13, 2002

Hmm... seems like an easily copyable, and completely un-patentable (unless the US Government, well, acts like it usually does) idea.
posted by benjh at 7:17 PM on April 13, 2002