Monthly Mail Club & Live Poetry Events
Poetry delivered by mail every month, written live at your event on a typewriter, or commissioned just for you. By published poet Ka'eo Yoshikawa.
Every letter, written with intention.
What Ka'eo offers
Whether you want something to arrive in your mailbox, a poet at your event, or a poem written just for someone you love.
Real letters, real poems, delivered to your door every month. Something to hold, keep, and return to when the ordinary days need a little more.
$8/month SubscribeKa'eo sits with your guests, listens for a moment, and writes a personalized poem on a typewriter — live, on the spot. For weddings, corporate events, and gatherings.
Custom pricing Book an EventSigned copies of Everything Is a Poem and Turbulence & Tenderness, plus custom-commissioned poems written just for you or someone you love.
From $25 Visit the ShopHis debut collection, Everything Is a Poem, earned literary recognition and a devoted readership. His second book, Turbulence & Tenderness, continues that work, putting language to what people carry but don't always have words for.
With over 2,300 readers following his work online and a growing audience in print, Ka'eo writes from a deep belief that poetry belongs in everyday life, not just on shelves.
Letters for Ordinary Days began as an extension of that belief. Every letter sent, every poem written at an event, every commissioned piece, comes from the same place: careful attention to people and the moments they're in.
"I write free-verse poems shaped by a brief conversation and the moment we're in. They usually end up putting words to something people didn't quite know how to say."
— Ka'eo Yoshikawa
The Mail Club
In a world of notifications and feeds, Letters for Ordinary Days gives you something to hold. A letter written by hand, a poem for wherever you are in life, something that actually arrived for you.
Not digital. Not a download. Something physical that travels to you and yours to keep.
Each installment is written with intention, for the season, the moment, the ordinary days that deserve to be marked.
Gift subscriptions available for 3, 6, or 12 months — a meaningful gift that keeps arriving.
Also available as a gift subscription (3, 6, or 12 months)
Live Events
Ka'eo sits with your guests, listens, and writes them a poem they get to keep. Live. On a typewriter. Personalized to the moment and the person in front of him.
Weddings
Cocktail hour + receptions
Private Gatherings
Celebrations + milestones
Corporate Events
A meaningful experience for your team
Church & Retreats
Presence, meaning, and connection