a ragged, hungry child...

a ragged hungry child plays quietly alone in dusty ruins she plays with a scrap of paper shaping a semblance of beak and wings then her cupped hands offer her paper #dove to the sky #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 May 2026 at 09:51

a ragged
hungry child
plays quietly
alone
in dusty ruins

she plays with
a scrap of paper
shaping
a semblance of
beak and wings

then
her cupped hands
offer
her paper #dove
to the sky#vss365 #tanka

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

eremition...

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— words 🌊 (@thewordsionary) May 6, 2026

orchard fragments...

orchard fragments bruised fruits rest in a spa of #moonbeams a lone fox drinks rain drops from old sleeping drones humanity is absent in this brave new world for now but new seeds spin new hope #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 May 2026 at 13:49

orchard fragments
bruised fruits rest
in a spa of #moonbeams
a lone fox drinks rain drops
from old sleeping drones

humanity
is absent
in this brave new world

for now

but new seeds
spin
new hope#vss365 #tanka #haiku

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

faded and chipped...

faded and chipped but still my key to resilience my #dear old teacup may just outlive me #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 May 2026 at 09:54

faded and chipped
but still my key to
resilience
my #dear old teacup
may just outlive me#vss365 #tanka

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

a hollow room...

a hollow room just a #phantom violin sighs softly as if some deep grief has found a voice #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 May 2026 at 09:01

a hollow room
just a #phantom violin
sighs softly
as if some deep grief
has found a voice#vss365 #tanka

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

an ageing mirror...

an ageing mirror softens an ageing face accumulated dust on a mirror may represent an enigmatic form of long-term #affection #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 May 2026 at 09:46

an ageing mirror
softens
an ageing face

accumulated dust
on a mirror
may represent
an enigmatic form of
long-term #affection#vss365 #haiku #tanka

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

against my will...

against my will my poem scripts its own lines I meant to leash my #fury but my poem knows #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 May 2026 at 09:51

against my will
my poem scripts
its own lines

I meant to leash
my #fury
but my poem knows#vss365 #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 2, 2026