Sitting with her faithful typewriter in front of her, the wordsmith allows commuters to stop by, pick a subject and a price, and get themselves a custom poem.Shana responded calmly, wishing the harasser a better day amidst the confrontation.
The video captured the artist indulging in her craft and being interrupted by a woman, who was clearly being a ““I’m allowed to be here,” Shana replied, prompting the rude interrupter to say, “This isn’t your neighborhood.” The comments section of her video was flooded with positive comments encouraging the street artist to continue her work.
“Oh, you have a boyfriend and he pays. Or mommy and daddy pay, right?” said the audacious woman. “Uh-huh, you’re a poet and you have no words?”Calling it “poetry-on-demand,” she revealed that people can choose any subject and, within minutes, she can conjure up a “one-of-a-kind” poem that’s put together using a vintage typewriter.
“Shana continues to write custom poetry for people, describing her favorite part as, “The way the words will live forever as a memento of that moment, that meeting, and that day,’” reads the website.