An Interview With a Typewriter Poet
I'm relatively a new fan of Tyler Knott Gregson 's work, but that doesn't make me any less a fan. He's rekindled some kind of primal poetic urge in me I've long had dormant. He seems to be mostly known for his "typewriter" series (as pictured above). He's also a photographer. A little while ago, I sent him several questions. Tyler replied yesterday, and read on to see what his answers were to my questions: UC: How/why did you get started doing typewriter poetry? Tyler: I have always been writing, as long as I can remember, and I have always loved spilling out my words however I could possibly do so. After writing a Daily Haiku on Love for over 3 years, I ended up buying an antique typewriter at a local antique store and just to break it in, I sat down and wrote an entire poem in about 2 minutes...no thinking it through, no proofreading, nothing. Just sit and spill. After the first, I was hooked and haven't slowed down since, 33...