Walking Mall Poet

Walking Mall Poet Street Poet of Winchester, Virginia. Also a member of With Ink: Typewriter Poets. Walking Mall Poet is the street poet of Old Town Winchester, Virginia.

I write uplifting, inspiring, transcendent poems on-the-spot, by commission, or for events. When not writing, I collect and repair typewriters and do teaching events at schools and other locations. My small art business is officially operating "offline" meaning the best way to reach me is by mail at PO Box 291, Winchester VA 22604, or by phone at 202-681-2608. Posts to this page are automated and

scheduled in advance. You can try leaving comments or messages here on my page but I may not see them right away.

New Substack post!  I wrote this one a while back and it is from the archives, but it is a good reminder, especially for...
05/26/2026

New Substack post! I wrote this one a while back and it is from the archives, but it is a good reminder, especially for myself in these days. It can be amazing how difficult it is to set down to write, but I have some great drafts I am working on about stuff more present and pertinent. Coming soon!

It is so easy for the tides of life to pull me away from my writing and posting, but one of the quirks of being a buskin...
05/23/2026

It is so easy for the tides of life to pull me away from my writing and posting, but one of the quirks of being a busking artist is that in between my requests, I can get my own work done - this has happened a lot recently. Swipe to see some streetside edits of a poem for my in-draft collection about becoming a father. Featured is a tuxedo cat who bid me farewell after my evening busking on the bricks.

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PO Box 291
Winchester, VA
22604

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