church candles #burn yet bear whispered prayers their flame is the soul's higher songline #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 March 2026 at 09:51
church candles#burn yet bear
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 27, 2026
whispered prayers
their flame is the soul's
higher songline#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
our laundry essentials a copper a pot stick and a wringer were wash day tools concrete twin tubs to de-mud the dog soak the sheets pluck the chook clean the fish grandmother's real life stories #fascinate the child #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 March 2026 at 08:35
our laundry essentials
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 26, 2026
a copper
a pot stick and
a wringer were
wash day tools
concrete twin tubs to
de-mud the dog
soak the sheets
pluck the chook
clean the fish
grandmother's
real life stories#fascinate the child#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
checkout queue marked by shuffling feet and a rising #tempest of peeved sighs but for some the mighty phone becomes the default reality the lifesaver #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 March 2026 at 06:26
checkout queue
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 25, 2026
marked by
shuffling feet and
a rising #tempest
of peeved sighs
but for some
the mighty phone
becomes
the default reality
the lifesaver#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
Some signs have a sense of humour...in some cases 'toilet humour'...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026
📷Dromana 2012 pic.twitter.com/rwUG8PGMMp
Sometimes just a humble puddle can magically reinvent the reality we think we know... 📷March 2012 - carpark by Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula...
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 10:11
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a tired faithful old dog chases his youth but uncooperative bones #frustrate his run #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 09:51
a tired
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026
faithful old dog
chases his youth
but uncooperative bones#frustrate his run#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
dawn magpies #endorse their song as daily bread meanwhile trails of ants #endorse work beyond the self #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 March 2026 at 08:57
dawn magpies#endorse their song
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 23, 2026
as daily bread
meanwhile
trails of ants#endorse work
beyond the self#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
