# Colourful writing

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

By [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct) · 2026-02-27

poetry, writing, haiku, fountainpen

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> _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.

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### 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:

[![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Pema2UeeA)

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*Originally published on [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/colourful-writing)*