Typewriter Rodeo: Happiness (for Andrea)

Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.

By Sean PetrieFebruary 20, 2026 12:40 pm,

Happiness (for Andrea)

Maybe it’s there
In that moment
When the morning sky
Turns from dark to blue
To a light pink
Just before the sun
Wakes

Maybe it’s there
In that moment
When you stop
Mid-walk
To notice a shade of yellow
On a flow you can’t name
That you have never quite seen
Before

Or maybe
it’s here
this moment right now
hearing this poem

Take a moment
to look around
See the people
feel the breeze
hear the music
of your own voice

Maybe it’s here
and so strong
that you never need
to come back to
this poem

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