Who is poem lady?

Daiva Friedmann is the self-appointed poem lady of Copenhagen, a title she takes very seriously. Hailing from a small Canadian town no one has ever heard of, her lifelong romance with words grew from a bedroom habit into a street-side poetry project when she came to Denmark.

From markets to park paths, music festivals to fashion events, she sits behind a typewriter writing custom poems for the curious and poetically inclined. A sign hangs from her small table stating: “Pick a subject, get a poem, pay what you want”.

The intent behind her work as Poem Lady is to make poetry for everyone. To listen to stories, experiences, and laughs and wrap them into poems. Deeply meaningful, sarcastic, romantic, beautiful, or dire, it’s about writing words that reflect each individual person.