alone outside a Belgrave cafe till a stranger (with a dog) asked to share my space we chatted sipped coffee and patted the dog sage #intuition met compatibility and the dog knew #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 September 2026 at 10:11
hours before rain
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 9, 2026
ants sort their affairs
hastily
humans
check weather apps
regularly
but prefer
the ants' #intuition#vss365 #haiku #tanka
perhaps moon gods thrive in #moonglades but deadly moonflowers are not welcome #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 September 2026 at 08:20
the cosmos can be
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 8, 2026
a master painter
in puddled potholes
a moon
and her #moonglade
invite
cautious
reflection#vss365 #haiku #tanka
watercolour waters
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2026
highlight
watercolour magic
from a sensitive master's
brush#tanka https://t.co/S6aJK3zQ7k
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 7, 2026
of now
lives some yesterday
even the famed
Mona Lisa
hides another
side-glancing face
a #palimpsest#vss365 #haiku #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 5, 2026
a kookaburra
and a magpie#reconnoitre
the backyard
only one
can win
the dog's breakfast#vss365 #tanka #haiku
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 4, 2026
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
