Colourful writing

We're adding colour to writing in issue #285 of your weekly poetry shot

By trpplffct · 2026-02-27

poetry, writing, haiku, fountainpen

In a world filled with
bland, dull tones, I prefer to
use a bright palette.

Recently I got a brand new fountain pen (the Kaweco Al Sport Piston Filler if you want to be precise), and I filled it with the blue ink that came with it. And it's a bit... mweh. So, now I'm writing a lot so that I can fill it with a brigther, more vibrant colour. One thing I wrote, is the poem above.

How are you bringing more colour into the world?

Poésie de la vie

When playing with my new pen, I also realised I needed to clean one of my pens that I hadn't used in a while, because it didn't write that well anymore. I went looking for a video that would tell me the best way to clean, and that, in turn, drew me into a fountain pen rabbit hole. This is one of the videos I found and wanted to share with you: