watercolour magic...

watercolour waters
highlight
watercolour magic
from a sensitive master's
brush#tanka https://t.co/S6aJK3zQ7k

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2026

palimpsest...

ancient Troy was built upon Troys upon Troys Central Station is built over an old cemetery history has many voices many secrets and a #palimpsest flow #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 September 2026 at 10:13

beyond each layer
of now
lives some yesterday

even the famed
Mona Lisa
hides another
side-glancing face
a #palimpsest#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 7, 2026

adroit...

a determined, #adroit river splits and circles a boulderous boulder then flows on as usual a barrier need not be a barrier be the river #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 September 2026 at 08:39

social tensions
want and need
may befuddle life
offering restless
competitive goals

but the ageing#adroit mind
has learnt to depend on
a personal
constant heartbeat#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2026

reconnoitre...

new resident in a nursing home #reconnoitres the dining room from its tired doorway is there a space and a face for him #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 September 2026 at 10:23

on a clothes line
a kookaburra
and a magpie#reconnoitre
the backyard

only one
can win
the dog's breakfast#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 5, 2026

silhouette...

through the window late sunlight taps a numb rocking chair briefly the #silhouette rocks a silent rhythm but his chair does not tune in sometimes music lives on beyond #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 September 2026 at 09:16

a grand Riverina
canola-gold field
holds
one small tree
hostage

but the lengthy
and short#silhouette of
that one small tree
knows the real story

canola lives
a brief
showy life
but the humble tree
grows on#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 4, 2026

elixir...

an old woman's chipped cup captures the first rains in months her #elixir her blessing #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 September 2026 at 08:42

for your ageing
ailing
faithful dog
the vet recommends
rest and sunlight

but your dog
recommends
his own #elixir
a slow walk with you and
checking odd smells#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 3, 2026

I am a lover of the bizarre...

When I lived on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, I loved to wander, seeking the unusual, the imaginative mailboxes...

And there were many...