The typewriter

My child joined in fun children's play.

She can ask a poet any question

and the poet will answer her.

I participated and gave my own answer.

She asked why do you use a typewriter?

I use my fingers to write a poem

When I press my fingers

I hear the click of each letter,

The letters form with the sound

Words form and sentences flow.

I remember the typewriter of my youth

I type not just poems,

I type to answer questions.

I remember the writers of the past

who used the typewriter.

They too remembered the writers before them

who used the feather quill.

When words flow in the break of dawn,

when I am out on the road,

I no longer use the typewriter today to write.

I use whatever tools I have that I can carry in my bag

but I will not forget how useful

my old typewriter was in my youth

I will always find joy in its use.