Tyler Knott

"“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:58 -0600

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“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left” -unknown

I no longer want to be that girl. Thanks to your inspiration, I won’t be.”

”

- Coolest letter from a reader and Typewriter Series fan I’ve gotten in a long time. I Love this so much…so simple, so powerful. This made my week.

Typewriter Series #448 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:17:06 -0600

Typewriter Series #448 by Tyler Knott Gregson

"I know I’m too much and loving me can be hard, but I am worth it."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:44:14 -0600

“I know I’m too much
and loving me can be hard,
but I am worth it.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Have you come back for me? Did you miss the taste of my skin?...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:00 -0600

Have you come back for me? Did you miss the taste of my skin? Did you come to burn hot and shine white and then hurt no more? I feel you, I have been waiting, I am here.

Typewriter Sale is STILL ON! Just submit your money order to...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:28:31 -0600

Typewriter Sale is STILL ON! Just submit your money order to TheTypewriterPoet@gmail.com and in the notes let me know what numbers you wish, and where to send them! They are 8x10 and 8x12 prints on archival paper with archival ink and the dimensions are based on the original poem :)

I just sent out the first batch of orders to over 12 countries and ALL over the USofA. Have you ordered yet?

Typewriter Series #447 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:57:09 -0600

Typewriter Series #447 by Tyler Knott Gregson

"Will I ever be everything you have needed? All that you deserve?"

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:04:36 -0600

“Will I ever be
everything you have needed?
All that you deserve?”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Let them come, for I am ready. Let them wash over the sky and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:08:00 -0600

Let them come, for I am ready. Let them wash over the sky and cover me like a lid, like a blanket. Let the rain fall and the thunder roar. I have the lightning inside me and it wants to go home.

Typewriter Series #446 by Tyler Knott Gregson *Happy...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:25:00 -0600

Typewriter Series #446 by Tyler Knott Gregson

*Happy Father’s Day Daddy-O, and to all the amazing fathers out there. Thank you for what you do, what you are, and for the teaching all of us how to be the men we are, or are becoming.*

Text for Tired Eyes:

This isn’t and ode because men are raised to be strong and silent
and do things without the need for praise and remembrance,
for recognition and for tips of the cap or nods of the head.
This is, instead, a quiet and sincere whisper to the stoic and proud faces
we’ve seen staring back at us with absolute and unrelenting wonder since we learned
that we don’t need to learn to breathe.
This is to the fathers.
This is to the ones who watch and let tears fall no matter how long ago they vowed
that crying just isn’t for them when we first open our eyes.
This is to the opening of their hearts and the softening of those red walls
that fought so long to be as strong as possible. This is to the hands that are too big
for the bodies that are too little and the awkward way they struggle
to keep a hand behind our necks. To the “Just support the head” that trickles
down their eardrums and lodges itself like a mantra in their terrified minds.
This is to the fathers.
To the ones that adopt the silly voices and throw themselves into folly for the chance,
the fleeting chance at a smile on their children’s lips. This is to the stories
they tell and the characters they invent and the quick hands to our chubby armpits
when our feet forget to be feet and turn upside down yet again.
This is to the fathers.
To the nurturing that comes without being taught and transforms the man into a real man
for the first time. To the world-shaking realization that real strength
lives in vulnerability and stoicism doesn’t fit quite as well as unharnessed passion
and the colors of a heart worn on a sleeve. This is to the smell of freshly cut grass
and the leather of a new baseball glove, the cologne just applied for the airport
and the way it rubs off on you when work and life must pull them away. Away for minutes
or hours, days or weeks, weeks or even months and the way that your entire face lights up
when they come home again. This is to the road trips and the discipline no kid wants
but my goodness we all need. To the shaping of a new man out of the mistakes
and life lessons, the pitfalls and the glorious victories of the older man.
This is to the fathers.
To the fumbling through ingredients and the disastrous results when left to their
own culinary devices. To the attempt, to the attempt my friends because
it’s in the trying that’s the loving and it’s in the failure that’s the triumph.
This is to the ready willing and able to fight for you even if you’re wrong and even if
they know it. This is to the early morning wake up and the dress in clothes that are too tight
to sit in offices that are too small and drive in traffic that is too thick
and eat a lunch that is too greasy only to work too many more hours
to finally come home again.
This is to the fathers.
To the connection that began 9 months later for them than for the mothers but sped
itself to catch up the instant our first scream threatened to faint them to the floor.
This is to the way their smile crawls across their face with pride when we,
for all of those moments, remind them of that day. This is to the quiet confidence
and lifetime of lesson they cannot help but give.
This is to the fathers.

"Shut tight your eyes now, hold fast the breath in your lungs, be brave when I can’t."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:17:54 -0600

“Shut tight your eyes now,
hold fast the breath in your lungs,
be brave when I can’t.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Today is Father’s Day and this is mine. Thank you and...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:16:00 -0600

Today is Father’s Day and this is mine. Thank you and Happy Father’s Day to the man that taught me that when something hurts, you rub some dirt on it, it’s truly how you play the game and not whether you win or lose, and that helped show me the world and the great extremes that live on this perfect planet. I love you Daddy O.

Typewriter Series #445 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:55:51 -0600

Typewriter Series #445 by Tyler Knott Gregson

"Rise, rise up through this and as you stand above it, smile and be breathless."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:31:50 -0600

“Rise, rise up through this
and as you stand above it,
smile and be breathless.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Feet and the residue of things being made, painted and brought...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:47:00 -0600

Feet and the residue of things being made, painted and brought to life.

Typewriter Series #444 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:25:16 -0600

Typewriter Series #444 by Tyler Knott Gregson

"If only you saw, if only I could show you, if only you knew."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:36:16 -0600

“If only you saw,
if only I could show you,
if only you knew.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Which would you choose and how would the color look stained...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:39:00 -0600

Which would you choose and how would the color look stained across your fingertips?

Typewriter Series #443 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:16:13 -0600

Typewriter Series #443 by Tyler Knott Gregson

TYPEWRITER PRINT SALE is on again! I’ve been getting so...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:30 -0600

TYPEWRITER PRINT SALE is on again! I’ve been getting so many emails and comments asking about the Typewriter Series Print Sales and I decided to just re-announce another one :)

Thank you all so much for your support! There are over 100 new Typewriter Series poems since the last time I announced a sale, so it will be fun seeing what poems you related to and loved the most!

"Tell me what you want and I will help you chase it. I’ll chase it with you."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:21:37 -0600

“Tell me what you want
and I will help you chase it.
I’ll chase it with you.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson