Jeremy Robkin
JEREMY ROBKIN has dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits over his 57 years on the planet. In music, he favors playing the vibes, in painting, watercolor, in theater, improv. With the written word, he favors poetry. He occasionally commits poetry to paper, but his first love is walking the tightrope of extemporaneous free verse. An experienced improvisational actor, he fuses his love of improv and poetry to create poems on the fly based on a single word provided by the audience. His listeners take a journey of unexpected connections and contrasts, celebrating the magic in little things, frivolous themes and precious moments. Whether the poem is remembered or forgotten, there is joy in knowing it lived once, it was heard, and it moved through us on its way to somewhere else.