Typewriter Poet Writes Your Poem While You Watch

'I leave it to the universe': Meet the typewriter poet writing poems for strangers across California

By Maryanne Casas-Pérez | Edited by Rodrigo CervantesFRESNO, Calif. — Chicano poet Michael Jasso doesn’t plan his typewriter poems. He doesn’t outline, revise, or workshop them in advance. Instead, he listens.