If there’s one thing we know about the folks at Typewriter Rodeo, it’s that they’re into expressing themselves through poetry. But why via typewriters? And not just any ol’ electric typewriter — but vintage, manual typewriters. This poem explores that.
A Tribute to Typewriters
In this day and age
Of worshipping screens
Of words that are fleeting
Digital dreams
Give me some CLACK!
Give me lines that PERSIST!
Not glowing electrons
That barely exist
I want to FEEL my words
I want to make them true
I want them to sink in
Like a well-earned tattoo
I want to own my mistakes
Not hem and haw
Or hide behind a delete key —
I want my words raw
With this paper and ink
I can’t correct
I can do so much more
I can connect.
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