#WriteitWednesday - A Pen Haiku

With April being National Poetry Month and Friday the 17th being Haiku Poetry Day, our #WriteitWednesday challenge for today, April 22nd, is to write a pen-inspired haiku. A haiku is a short, 3 line poem that consists of 17 syllables - 5 on the first line, 7 on the second and 5 on the third.

Share the pic of your entry on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #writeitwednesday and mention @goldspotpens to make sure we see it! You may also opt to e-mail us the picture at social@goldspot.com.

Deadline for entries will be Thursday at 10:00am Eastern US Time. We will randomly select a winner on Thursday at 12 Noon.

This Week's Prize

Up for grabs this week is the long-awaited Lamy Safari in Neon Lime! Each year, the Safari collection comes up with a new color that is produced in limited quantities, now with a matching ink color to boot. This year, the 2015 eye-popping color is Neon Lime with a package of Neon Lime ink cartridges included.

About #WriteitWednesday

Each Wednesday, we run a new social giveaway challenge with a different giveaway prize every week. Anyone around the world with an Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or E-mail account can enter. Once the entries have been collected and the deadline has passed, we randomly select one of the entries as the winner of the giveaway and send the prize accordingly.

No purchase is necessary to enter the #writeitwednesday giveaway. Those who enter the contest via social media may have their images shared by Goldspot on this blog or on Goldspot's Social media accounts. The winner will have 1 week to contact us by e-mail to claim their prize. If the prize is unclaimed, it will be used in a future giveaway.

What's your Favorite Pen & Ink Combo?

There's an endless selection when it comes to pairing your favorite fountain pen with an ink that complements the nib. It isn't a perfect science because it also depends on your writing habits as well. Are you a small, technical writer or a quick jotter of large letters? Lefty or righty? All of these (and more) make your selection of pen & ink fairly unique. My personal favorite, so far, has been my Pelikan m215 loaded with Pelikan Turquoise. The 215 holds a tremendous amount of ink that has me writing for about a month on one tank. The smooth nib and the wet flow of the ink offers a very fine line that is hard to beat. It works great for notetaking, for writing long letters and journal entries. But, like I said, the topic is subjective. What works for me doesn't work for everyone. It is always very interesting to know what other people are writing with, as it opens doors to new ideas for pairings that you may have never thought of. So, what's yours? P.S. Our next post will have some samples of different pen & ink combos on a Moleskine notebook so you can see the difference between the various nibs and ink flow quality.