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Semi-weekly handwritten poetry I found somewhere.
"Time Which Had Made Ruins", Karen Gershon
Wearingeul - The Glass Bead Game
Leuchtturm A5 120gsm
Twsbi diamond mini

Kareln's work is incredibly impacted by her childhood as a Jew in Nazi Germany, and the exile that followed.

#poem #karengershon #jewishliterature #fountainpensandinks
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Neighbours" John Kinsella
Vinta - Plume
Leuchtturm 120gsm
Conklin Durograph <1.1>

I read this as an enmeshment of the drought and the couple who own the land. They are childless, but the wife wants a family to take over. She sees no future if they stay.

#poem #johnkinsella #australianliterature
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Going", Philip Larkin
Birmingham Pen Co - Fire Hydrant
Midori Cream A5
Ians handmade pens resin +Tiger Myrtle

Darker than the swatches, and more red sheen. Evaporated a bit in the bottle? (BPC has metal lids with no extra seal)

#poetry #philiplarkin #americanliterature #fountainpensandink
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Vigil", Phillis Levin
Weenk - No. 4 Kitsch Magenta
Midori cream A7
Conkin 1898 misto green

A really well behaved, fine shimmered ink. I'd like to try more! It looks a little dry here because its the last of my sample.

#poem #phillislevin #americanliterature #fountainpensandinks
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Mother, Summer, I", Philip Larkin
Birmingham Pen Co - Fire Hydrant
Midori Cream A5
Ians handmade pens resin and Tiger Myrtle

Unfortunately the day has gotten away from me and it was too dark for good photos.

#poetry #philiplarkin #americanliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"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
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"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
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"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
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"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!
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"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
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"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
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"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
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"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
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"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
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"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
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
"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
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"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
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"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
October 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The Uninvited", Dorothy Livesay
Wearingeul x Atlas Stationers - Twelth Night
Wearingeul Nobile Pad A5
Benu Pixie Stardust Pink

Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996) was a Canadian poet, described as lyricial, imagist, and modernist.

#poetry #poem #dorothylivesay #canadianliterature #fountainpensandink
October 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Yellow Gramophone" Shelia Cussons
Robert Oster- Honey Bee
TR 52gsm, B6
Parker Urban

Shelia Cussons (1922-2004) was a South African Afrikaans poet, writer, artist and translator.

This #poem reminds me of "You're" by Sylvia Plath.

#sheliacussons #southafricanliterature #fountainpensandink
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love", Bruce Dawe

This is really long and makes for bad photos BUT its impossible to find online, and I want to preserve it for future readers.

This is about the hanging of Ronald Ryan in 1967, the last execution in Australia.

#poem #brucedawe #australianliterature
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Small Boy" Norman MacCaig
Herbin Ambre de Birmanie
Crown Mill
Wingsung 699

I can feel myself now, trying to throw stones, but they cling to my hands and find their way into my pockets until all I want to do is walk into the surf.

#poem #normanmaccaig #scottishliterature #fountainpensandink
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Wearing Thin", Roger McGough
Wearingeul - The Secret Garden
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Platinum Little Meteor

I only had 1 ml of this ink, and initially chose a bad pen, so when I moved it most of the shimmer was lost.

#poem #englishliterature #fountainpensandink #fountainpensaustralia
October 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Poem for Stillness", Garous Abdolmalekian
Translated: Ahmad Nadalizadeh and Idra Novey
Van Diemans - December 2023
Leuchtturm a5 standard
TWSBI eco glow purple

I finally bought this dual language book of poems.

#poem #garousabdolmalekian #iranianliterature #fountainpensandink
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Ode", Noor Hindi
Colorverse - Butterfly Nebula
Crown Mill Vellum A5
Kaweco Sport Ocean

I've seen it called "Ode" and "Ode to Friendship". Noor Hindi is a Palestinian-American poet - I wonder which country she refers to?

#poem #americanliterature #palestinianliterature #fountainpensandink
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM