"To Magnolia Flowers", Liu Yin
Yin Chen - Mao She
Crown Mill - Vellum A5
@just-turnings.bsky.social

This is from "The Penguin Book Of Chinese Verse (1962). Liu Yin (1249-93) was a well known Yuan era Neo-Confucian scholar.

#poem #liuyin #chineseliterature #fountainpensandink

"The Coming Of Light", Mark Strand
Van Dieman's Federation Peak
Midori cream A7
Salz Bros "Peter Pan"

I love the last couplet, it seems so hopeful, venerating the now but also looking to what comes with tomorrow.

#poem #markstrand #americanliterature #canadianliterature #fountainpensandink

"Sometimes, When The Light" Lisel Mueller
Montblanc Corn Poppy Red
Leuchtturm a5
Faber Castell Loom EF

I read deja vu is often triggered by patterns of light that match early, unconscious memories.

#americanliterature #germanliterature
#poem #liselmueller #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

"Memories" Dannie Abse
Pelikan edelstein-Apricot Achat
Parchment and Hide A5 100gsm cream insert + cover
@just-turnings.bsky.social Sailor Slim model <14k B> with Poisoned Chalice resin

I left all my Melbourne ink acquisitions to be posted - no swatches for anything I've put into a pen there! Oops!

"Couplets", Šime Knežević
KWZ - Fields of Barley
Leuchtturm a5 standard
FWI Pencket

Poem sourced from "In Your Dreams" by Šime Kneževic, an Australian poet and playwright with Croatian heritage.

#poetry #poem #ŠimeKnežević #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

"Home (pixels)(praise)", Rae White
Fanyantan - Firefly Hunting
B6 52gsm TR
Twsbi eco glow green

I found this one in "Australian Poetry Journal, Volume 12, number 1" ISSN 2203-7519. Rae is a non-binary, Brisbane based poet and writer.

#poem #raewhite #australianliterature #fountainpensandink

"Presences", Bruce Dawe
Van Dieman x Soe and Soe - Strawberry Lime Cheesecake
Graphillo
Kaweco Ice Sport Red

A beautiful exclusive ink with not enough space to show.

Here:
www.instagram.com/jestabrick

#poetry #poem #brucedawe #australianliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia

"The Stones" and "The Station", Tomas Tranströmer
Translation by Robin Fulton
Kitty Inkpot x Soe and Soe - Misty Fairy Forest
Wearingeul nobile note (page) and Tomoe River (Hobonichi a5)
Pelikan M400 white tortiseshell

#poetry #tomastranströmer #swedishliterature #fountainpensandink

"The Heart To Carry On", Bertram Warr
DreamInk-Maple Falls

A poem about air strikes on Germany, by author (1917-1943)? He died in action when his plane was shot down.

'had Warr survived... he would likely have become an important voice in Canadian poetry.'

#poem #bertramwarr #canadianliterature

"Condolence", Noël Coward
Montblanc - Around the world in 80 days - Brown
Leuchtturm a5 standard
PenBBS P139 Green

Don't we all feel like we could be brilliant if only our bodies could match our minds?

#poem #poetry #noelcoward #englishliterature #fountainpensandink

"Quiet", Marjorie Pickthall
Wearingeul - Hades
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Penbbs 469

Night time photo as its been raining all day. I didn't bother with the swatch card, since I'm under no illusion that this is colour accurate.

#poetry #poem #marjoriepickthall #candadianliterature #fountainpensandink

"The Dream", Marie Howe
Iroshizuku Hana-Ikada
Leuchtturm a5
Lamy2000

The final stanza "the sense of being carried/by a current I could not name or change" puts me in mind of that famous painting "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais.

#poem #poetry #mariehowe #americanliterature #fountainpensandink

"A poem that does not flatten", J Tommy White
Wearingeul Siddathra
Small Stationery Studio passport TR52
Hongdian N1-S

This one is from a disability centred lit mag:
wordgathering.com/vol17/issue2...

Spot the unwanted cameo!

#poetry #poem #Jtommywhite #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia