HC 010223 New Year’s Resolve
New Year’s Resolve 010723 - Copy written for the holiday of New Year’s celebrated Monday the second. This poem was composed then and written here in Diamine Oxford Blue on Tomoe River A4 52 gsm, using both sides of the sheet with the wet and heavy Waterman’s Ideal #14POC II
122922 song Down On the Farm
Down On the Farm 010623 - A brand new rendering of the song from a week earlier on L!FE Bank Paper T25 with Diamine Oxford Blue through the Waterman’s Ideal #14 POC II
120722 song Sparrow Haven
Sparrow Haven 120722 - First final draft of song composed the morning of 120722 in what looks like Tomoe River 68 gsm A4 using Waterman Serenity Blue in Waterman’s Ideal RMHR #14
120122 song The Mower’s Song
The Mower’s Song 120422 - Composed a few days earlier this version is on Tomoe River 68 gsm A4 using iroshizuku take-sumi in a Waterman’s Ideal #0572 1/2
121222 sonnet As Winter Shows, The River Flows
As Winter Shows, The River Flows 121222 - Written the day of composition on L!FE Bank Paper T25 using Diamine Oxford Blue in the inimitable Waterman’s Ideal #415 “Jake Moose”
083022 sonnet On Time and Place
On Time and Place 010623 - Copy written during Winter of a climate poem from late August, 2022. This version on Crown Mill Pure Cotton A4 with iroshizuku kon-peki in the justly renowned Waterman’s Ideal #14POC
010323 sonnet To York for Sure this Summer Dear
To York for Sure this Summer Dear 010323
Handwritten original copy on Crown Mill Pure Cotton A4 in Noodler’s Black using Waterman’s Ideal 0572 1/2
122722 sonnet A Picture of Dancing Fools
A Picture of Two Dancing Fools 122722 - Day of composition rendering on Tomoe River 8.5 x 11, 52 gsm in Waterman Serenity Blue with Waterman’s Ideal RMHR #14
123022 sonnet Our Frank Bears Introducing
Our Frank Bears Introducing 010523 - Week later rendering of this composition on Tomoe River 68 GSM A4 in Diamine Oxford Blue with Waterman’s Ideal Desk pen with stub/flex nib