Press the button. The camera takes your picture. Thirty seconds later, a poem appears — written about this exact moment, this exact scene, this exact person. Not pulled from a template. Written fresh, every single time.
People read the poem. Then they read it again. Then they show it to whoever they came with. The reaction is the same everywhere.
Every poem is unique
The AI reads the photograph it has just taken and writes in response to what it sees. Run the same photo twice and you get two different poems.
Tuned by real poets
Poem Booth was developed with acclaimed poets. It reads like poetry because it is — in any language, with or without local poetic traditions woven in.
Roast mode
Prefer something sharper? Switch to Roast Mode and Poem Booth skips the sentiment entirely, writing a cutting, comedic takedown instead.
Made to keep
Every poem pairs with its photograph through a QR code, ready to share anywhere, and an optional built-in printer hands the visitor something to frame or send. Poems can be themed or branded for an occasion.
A new version — Portrait Booth
From moment to masterpiece. The same booth, the same button — but thirty seconds later a fully realised AI portrait appears instead of a poem, styled after the tradition of a chosen artist and generated for you alone. No filter, no preset; no two portraits alike. People queue, come back, and frame the result.
Poem Booth and Portrait Booth have appeared at festivals, public-art programmes, museums, shopping malls, train stations and corporate events — selected showings include Lowlands, the Sharjah Book Fair, Dutch Design Week, Vivid Sydney and the Leipziger Buchmesse. Both live under their own roof at poembooth.com.
- Power
- 100 W
- Materials
- plywood, plexiglass, aluminum, stainless steel
Where Poem Booth has been
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