Carpe Diem # 655 First Calligraphy (kakazomi)

This was my first writing for this new year:

half a century
 squeezed
into silver sequins
last year’s birthday

 

As a left hander my fingers always drag through the ink.  I’ve had many mishaps trying to learn the art of calligraphy as a child and young adult  I have since learned.to turn my paper sideways and form the letters sideways going down instead of across. No smearing.

ink smudges on hand
letters wobble on straight lines
first calligraphy

 

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first calligraphy
ink bleeds from trepidation
wavering haiku

Angelo-Gemmi-fountain-pen

Ink splats on paper
fountain pen leaking again
Thoughts lost in blackness

 

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