A Poem A Day

[Ted Nashe]

One for me girlfriend 🐭 

 

Pen: Parker Lady 17.

Nib: Broad Left-Oblique, Semi-Flex.

Ink: Pelikan 4001, Dunkelgrün.

Paper: Basildon Bond P4TO. White.

[inkstainedruth]

That's ADORABLE!  Love the poem and hope your girlfriend does too...

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mercian]

5 hours ago, Ted Nashe said:

One for me girlfriend 🐭 

 

Pen: Parker Lady 17.

Nib: Broad Left-Oblique, Semi-Flex.

Ink: Pelikan 4001, Dunkelgrün.

Paper: Basildon Bond P4TO. White.

 

Thank you for revivifying this thread! 

 

Also, I am tagging @Bo Bo Olson, to show him that it is actually possible to squeeze some shading out of 4001 Dunkelgrün!

All you need is a vintage Parker UK Duofold with a bouncy 14k nib!
(Yes: I am posting this solely in order to 'enable' Bo Bo into buying a vintage British pen!)

 

Slàinte,
M.

[Ted Nashe]

22 hours ago, Mercian said:

 

Thank you for revivifying this thread! 

 

Also, I am tagging @Bo Bo Olson, to show him that it is actually possible to squeeze some shading out of 4001 Dunkelgrün!

All you need is a vintage Parker UK Duofold with a bouncy 14k nib!
(Yes: I am posting this solely in order to 'enable' Bo Bo into buying a vintage British pen!)

 

Slàinte,
M.

Ha! 🙃

[RedPie]

On 6/15/2025 at 1:47 PM, Ted Nashe said:

One for me girlfriend 🐭 

 

Pen: Parker Lady 17.

Nib: Broad Left-Oblique, Semi-Flex.

Ink: Pelikan 4001, Dunkelgrün.

Paper: Basildon Bond P4TO. White.

Nice and I also like that Dunkelgrün... 💚

[GlenV]

A poem for September by Sara Teasedale

Aikin Lambert c 1916 Pelikan tanzanite ink

[hh1990]

[GlenV]

Nice one!

 

[hh1990]

[Ted Nashe]

 

 

Pen: Parker Lady Duofold, Broad Nib.

Ink: Parker Quink Permanent Blue.

Paper: Basildon Bond White.

[Mercian]

As the area in which I live has been paralysed by the overnight fall of a few inches of snow (), here's a poem that has a wintry theme; 'Up in the Morning Early' by Robert Burns:

 

 

 

If you are having trouble reading this, it will help you to know that the words are written in 'Scots' - a Scottish Lowlands dialect of the English language.
Burns wrote his poetry in that dialect, and it will help you to enjoy the poem if you read it to yourself in a Scottish accent.

 

The text of the poem is:

Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west,
The drift is driving sairly;
Sae loud and shrill’s I hear the blast,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

 

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

 

The birds sit chittering in the thorn,
A’ day they fare but sparely;
And lang’s the night frae e’en to morn,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

 

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

 

I like the 'music' of this poem, and I very much agree with Burns' thoughts about getting up early in Winter!

 

Slàinte,
M.