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Hitting the Keys

To type on a keyboard today
Is a little like doing ballet
For each touch makes no sound
Even if fingers pound
So in silence is how you will stay.

But when hitting a typewriter’s keys
You can clack with considerable ease.
Every word makes a snap
Like when dancing some tap
So you make as much noise as you please.

Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2020

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/3/2020 5:10:00 AM I love the clickety clack of a real typewriter but pushing the keys was incredibly much more difficult to do as you had to really hit them hard. Remember how we had to practice light touch on the word processor or we would get 11 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTs? Login to Reply

Janice Canerdy Date: 10/20/2020 2:22:00 PM It took me quite a while to get used to noiseless typing. I learned to type on a manual. Good limericks, Ilene. Janice Login to Reply

Rico Leffanta Date: 10/20/2020 1:15:00 PM This is another example of your mastery of history and the language. Well done, Ilene! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/19/2020 7:21:00 PM Using a typewriter with its sound but it was hard to erase errors. Love the poem! Login to Reply

Angela Crabtree Date: 10/19/2020 4:42:00 PM This is great, ilene! Brought back many memories. Technology sure has changed a lot. :) ~Angie Login to Reply

John Watt Date: 10/19/2020 3:25:00 PM I grew up with a Remington manual typewriter and developed some pretty strong fingers! You're right about the sound... I remember when an office would have 10 or 20 of those going all at once. I loved the sound of the bell when you hit a carriage return! Another great write... Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 10/19/2020 1:37:00 PM Your poem brought back some happy memories as I learned to type on my mum's old imperial typewriter:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply