Poetry in Ink

"Go Bush", Kit Kelen
Esterbrook - Quirky Leaf
Graphillo A5
Esterbrook "estie" <1.1 stub> quirky leaf

Another pen from "Living Systems", Kit (Christopher) Kelen is an Australian poet - blog here:

thedailykitkelen.blogspot.com

#poem #kitkelen #australianliterature #fountainpensandink

"Exhultation is in the Going" Emily Dickinson
Vinta Inks- Pink Rose/Binibini 1973
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Jinhao 20 <EF> Pink/Rosegold

We recently did an ink exchange on the FPA discord, and I received this sample!

#poem #emilydickinson #americanliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

"Piano practice exercises", Jenny Joseph
Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby
Plotter paper
TWSBI eco <EF> Plum

I suspect the couplets of this poem are based around beginner piano songs or exercises - can anyone confirm?

#poem #jennyjoseph #englishliterature #fountainpensandink

"Rondeau", Leigh Hunt
J. herbin - Kyanite Du Nepal
TR 52gsm passport
Twsbi eco <Magpie grind> heat

This ink is very well behaved, just a beautiful blue with very slight red sheen and silver shimmer.

#poem #leighhunt #britishliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

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Link to Goulet Pens saga. I personally will not buy from them again.

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"Beannacht", John O'Donoghue
Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz
Leuchtturm standard
Benu Euphoria <M> Earl Grey (Goulet Pens Exclusive)

I purchased this pen before the Goulet Pens anti-lgbtqa+ info.

"Beannacht is "blessing" in Irish.

#poem #johnodonoghue #irishliterature #fountainpensandinks

"What If This Road", Sheenagh Pugh
Leonardo Green
Leuchtturm Standard A5
Parker 180

The intent of this nib was you flip it 180 degrees to write on the reverse. It's a bit dry on the reverse, as if out of ink.

#poem #sheenaghpugh #britishliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

This poem is an incredibly subtle and lyrical WW1 era work. It captures the turmoil of military men moving around the country, and to the war front "going west". It takes a step further, applying the pattern to the hospitals.

64.98% of Australians deployed in WW1 were killed, wounded, or missing.

"Moving On" Banjo Paterson
Kobe Ink #4 Kitano Ijinkan Red
Leuchtturm
Parker 50 (Falcon)

Australians all know Banjo Paterson (1864-1941), but his bush ballads and epic adventures. We forget his Boer war and WW1 experiences.

#poem #banjopaterson #australianliterature #fountainpensandink

"One Evening", Molly Holden
Montblanc - Jane Austen Umber
Leuchtturm
Lamy 2k <F>

Molly had MS, and most of her work was produced post-diagnosis. You have to wonder if she felt trapped, not only on the darkening earth, but in her own body.

#poem #mollyholden #englishliterature #fountainpensandink

"Encounter" Czeslaw Milosz
Trans: Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee
Dream Ink - Shoal Water
Midori Cream A5
Kaweco x pen gallery <B> Durian

The speaker is not in the sharp teeth of early mourning, but reminiscing a time with that person

#poem #czesławMilosz #polishliterature #americanliterature

"Borders" Šime Kenževic
Kuretake Ink Cafe - Meiji no iro Shinbasi-iro
Passport TR 52gsm

Attempt #2 at forcing out the sheen - so close, just need a wetter pen I think.

#poem #simekenzevic #ŠimeKenževic #australianliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

"Unlike objects, two stories can occupy the same space", Charles Peek
Kuretake Ink Cafe - Meiji Shinbasi
Wearingeul - Nobile Note

We will have incomplete information, choose wrong. All we can do is weather it knowing it will pass.

#poem #charlespeek #americanliterature #fountainpensandink

"More River", Grant Chemidlin
Diamine - Seize the Night
Leuchtturm A5
Moonman M800 <F>

Its hot and humid and I have so many things I need to do but I feel like I'm being pressed firmly into the earth like a rather less tasty jam drop biscuit.

#poem #grantchamidlin #fountainpensandinks

Sorry, this is midori cream, not leuchtturm paper

"Short Distance Friendship", Lyndsay Rush
Pierre Cardin - Brave Schnauser Rosy Black
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Springfield Pens <F> Silverbark

This is a gift from a very close friend. I wish we were a short distance friendship.

#poem #lyndsayrush #americanliterature #fountainpensandink

"A Wanderer's Song", John Masefield
Montblanc - Horse
TR 52gsm Passport
Pilot <posting>

This is a rich, deep red. The colour is more accurate in the close up.

The posting nib is meant for cheap paper, so is rigid and writes dry + EF.

#poem #johnmasefield #englishliterature #fountainpensandink

"Let There Always Be Light (searching for dark matter)", Rebecca Elson
PW Akkerman #16 Oranje Boven
Midori cream
Retro51<F>Escape

This poem suits the pen, but also love the search for the light, no matter where in the universe it is.

#poem #rebeccaelson #canadianliterature #fountainpensandink

"Coming down from Hart Crag", Andrew Waterhouse
Ostrich - Glen the Sea
Leuchtturm
Diplomat Aero <M>

Why before they reach flat ground? Can things only stay "up in the air" for so long? Perhaps he needs the heights to fling himself from, if clear skies.

#poem #andrewwaterhouse #fountainpensandink

"Love is more thicker than forget" e. e. cummings
Ostrich Ink- Starlight
52gsm Tomoe
@just-turnings.bsky.social <EF> ET green abalone

E e cummings uses a lot of words to paint *around* love, holding it for a moment without making contact.

#poem #eecummings #americanliterature #fountainpensandink

"An Artist Was Here", Andrew Waterhouse
Ostrich Ink Red Ruby
Lamy "Booklets"
Diplomat Aero <M>

Sheen! The lamy mostly suppressed = halo. Leuchtturm is where the ink was heavier, and TR is 99% sheen. Close ups show sheen, not colour.

#poem #andrewwaterhouse #englishliterature #fountainpensandink

I had a different poem planned for today ("Ordinary Days" Stephen Dunn), but this morning as I settled to write a friend was being harassed in a cafe.

It's sometimes hard to sympathise with men who fear the ennui of time experienced alone, when my friends are actively being threatened and unsafe.

More ink photos! This was suggested by @ulrikeskadir.de

Seize the Night is fairly sheeny, and a bit of a colour changer. It goes down purple, but seems to brown as it dries, except on my leuchtturm swatch, which so efficiently murdered the sheen you can see the original purple!

"I want to go for a walk without my phone", D Coffyn
Diamine - Seize the night
Lamy "booklets"
Moonman M800 <F>

The lamy has no sheen, leuchtturm a tiny bit, and Tomoe River a little more. Tomorrow I'm pulling at the big guns - Ostrich Ink's Glen the Sea.

#poem #daniellecoffyn #fountainpensandink

Sorry about how imprecise this is! The word and photo limit is a challenge.
Tomoe and leuchtturm writing samples here!

"La Mer", Oscar Wilde
Waterman - Inspired blue
Lamy notebook
Rotring

Continuing the Lamy paper comparison, I used a plain ink and cursive. The feel of the lamy and leuchtturm paper was similar, but lamy a bit more absorbent, so I needed to write quickly.

#poem #oscarwilde #fountainpensandink

"For Jane", Charles Bukowski
Color Bar Ink - Martini
Lamy "Booklets" notebook
Esterbrook "estie" <Bacus M stub> Quirky Leaf

This ink when it goes down is almost the exact colour of this Esterbrook colourway, but as it dries it browns.

#poem #charlesbukowski #americanliterature #fountainpensandink

Oooh, I haven't tried too many Rohrer & Klinger, but I'm working on it!

I love it too! Its definitely a tough one (I think my grey/black classification is really tight, so I see it as brown, but it's very grey. I think MB should have avoided saying "Brown", and kept the box art that colour, like most of their inks.