TYPEWRITER TIME MACHINE

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clacking keys echo  
through eras, ink stains shifting~  
a misplaced comma

12th gradewritingsenryu

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Line Gauthier

December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM

Brilliant turn ~ love it

David Crandall

November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Yes - Writing is truly a time machine!

sara Etgen-Baker

November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM

glad you agree.

William Kelii Kekaula

November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Memories of the inky fingers unclogging the clumped up keys and resetting the timer with its now itchy fingers as it arches the key stroke board. Kids nowadays never had it so easy.

sara Etgen-Baker

November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM

I agree...I appreciate the tactile experience I had in learning to type and used a typewriter until the late 90s. Yes, kids have it easy, but they're missing a lot too.

Darlene De Beaulieu

November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Hello Sara, I would not know using a typewriter. i never used one. Hugs. /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu

November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM

Hello Sara, Really i do type on my computer. Age is just a number. Hugs. /Darlene/

sara Etgen-Baker

November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM

really? Now I feel old :-) HA

Gershon Wolf

November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Heh, heh. Brings back memories -- pleasant now, albeit mighty frustrating back then. :) gw

sara Etgen-Baker

November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Yes, it was frustrating. My first job was as a legal secretary--used a manual typewriter to fill in forms and type many documents. My fingers ached by the end of the day :-)