golds and silhouettes...

golds and silhouettes
sunset heavenly light
brimming with riches#haiku pic.twitter.com/SsHBMUji4Z

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 30, 2024

humble window ledge...

humble window ledge
sunlit shadows can create
colourful dream waves#haiku pic.twitter.com/6hcWCjHa7J

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2024

Emptiness...

This sculpture, "Emptiness", a bronze statue located at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, haunts me...
The original artist is Albert György. pic.twitter.com/UJzuiQ08pZ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 28, 2024

choices...

choices
personal mindsets drive
personal directions#haiku

📷Pelicans at Hastings, Mornington Peninsula - February 2014 pic.twitter.com/zWaky4aBso

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 28, 2024

autumn garden...

autumn garden
sandalled feet brave muddy earths
on a frosty morning#haiku

📷Temora 2020 pic.twitter.com/mPqk7cez7I

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 26, 2024

**Click - to see the full photo - another sandal and shadows... 

classics I have read...

I checked and double checked...Yes...I have read them all...Some I have taught as well... https://t.co/XrueBe78OM

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 26, 2024 

 Source: Toad With Books

ANZAC Day 2024 - art on a beach...

Another creative response to yesterday's ANZAC Day 2024...on Brighton Beach, NSW.
The artist is Sue Norman...https://t.co/XEo8VNjg8J pic.twitter.com/FIbc2J1qsu

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 26, 2024

Temora ANZAC Day 2024...

It's Anzac Day. I always like to capture the parade and service. But I also like to find a unique moment. I have never seen a 'remember' umbrella before. This image was taken at Callaghan Park, Temora. pic.twitter.com/YCUUzo1Ohj

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 25, 2024

another ANZAC Day of yore...

A little piece of precious ANZAC history that I had no idea existed... https://t.co/qGjPUYQBhH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 25, 2024

Shakespeare's Birthday...

(I'm a day late in Australia, but it is 23rd April in other parts of the world) 🤔🙏...

Stratford's son
graphic, wise, immortal words
live on#haiku pic.twitter.com/AWr9rjrSxt

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 24, 2024

unfinished drafts...

*Unfinished drafts of random thoughts.
*Simple words glazing wild philosophies.
*Haiku riddled mixed media art.
*Bringing writing to street galleries.
*Pioneering digital age creative writing. https://t.co/ncemPGpuBr

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2024

I am sure that if the mothers...

pic.twitter.com/ksPgclKmtH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2024

I happily embrace...

I happily embrace
the innocence of morning and
the melancholy of twilight
but carefully dodge
lurking dungeons in my nights#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2024

I like people who get excited...

https://t.co/34uNRI90Hu

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2024

in this old house...

in this old house
of many secrets
you can smell the odour of
an awkward after-presence
born of vanished lives#tanka

* Inspired by a 2nd reading of Simone De Beauvoir's 'Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter'...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2024

some autumn rains...

some autumn rains
tenderly colour the earth
with an afterlife #haiku

*Autumn has begun colourising my Temora earth's... pic.twitter.com/bZFXRHZb0O

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2024

autumn treasures...

autumn treasures
posies of warm, bright colours
ephemeral gems#haiku

*Early autumn morning Temora street pic.twitter.com/QlsZwSKDB2

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2024

Professor Alice Roberts and Michael Palin...

Loving SBS Friday nights...Professor Alice Roberts travels Egypt by train (and boat). Michael Palin explores Iraq. I revel in the feasts of yesterdays and tomorrows with these beautiful, informative, entertaining guides... pic.twitter.com/04rg1QiRoC

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2024

searching for creative art ideas...

I have been searching for creative art ideas. I think I have found some inspiration...https://t.co/4omuO7ssIR

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2024

don't close the book...

pic.twitter.com/7BWtiMttZs

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2024

calmly reading...

calmly reading
seeped in autumn's
afternoon twilight
an alternative reality
a real alternative#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2024

a curled wave of stormy water...

a curled wave of
stormy water
tamed by teacup walls
art drinks a sip of
iconic art

# tanka https://t.co/ypDSYTDhRR

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2024

daily morning trudge...

daily morning trudge
all seasons, all weathers
same time, same pathway
old couple celebrates
stayin' alive#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2024

dreams and peace lost...

dreams and peace lost
aching prayers beg for refunds
the blight of war#vssdaily #prompt for April 16, 2024 is #refund

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2024

city's foul night pulse...

city's foul night pulse
rats in street shadows
unwelcome messengers

#vss365 #haiku #rats

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2024

sky and earth...

sky and earth
pools of night light magic
nurture the lone soul#haiku https://t.co/GxFcQLnKgr

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 13, 2024

autumn-coloured streets...

autumn-coloured streets
some trees prepare
to meditate in style#haiku

*Austral Street, Temora pic.twitter.com/epW9Aiy6O1

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 10, 2024

a small wetland...

a small wetland
a pocketful of magical life
living secretly#haiku

📷Hillview Community Reserve wetlands, Dromana - 2012 pic.twitter.com/vKTm0YlA4p

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 6, 2024

morning beams...

morning beams
misty, pencil-thin shapes
slowly strengthen

The #vssdaily #prompt for April 5, 2024 is #pencil

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 5, 2024

disoriented...

disoriented
on line to the seasons' board
where's April's autumn

The #vssdaily #prompt for April 4, 2024 is #phone pic.twitter.com/swbnwWS4uP

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 4, 2024

the thrill of flying...

the thrill of flying
a pendulum of physical
and mental contexts#haiku

📷The Eagle, Arthurs Seat, Victoria had only been operating for just over 2 years when I took this photo on this day, 4th April, 2019... pic.twitter.com/CmS060S67p

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 3, 2024

Spiritual Song of the Aborigine...

pic.twitter.com/ASDfXH9f8P

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 3, 2024

I like to be destroyed by books...

I like to be destroyed by books. Looking for your best “this beautiful book completely wrecked me and I’ll never be this same” recommendation. 😭

— Kelsey Francis (@ADK_Kelsey) April 2, 2024

Words whispered to a child under siege...

I've definitely been shadowbanned for posting this pic.twitter.com/ldZQ7VFpXz

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) April 2, 2024

aging with grace...

aging with grace
a fallen tree does not mean
a broken tree#haiku

📷Balnarring, Mornington Peninsula - in a small park near The Heritage - 19th April 2019 pic.twitter.com/pt4cIbneMH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 2, 2024

parched life...

parched life
xeric summer days desperate
to feel green#haikuchallenge (xeric) #haiku #haikufeels

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 1, 2024

Anne's Easter morning with Pine Marten...

Anne has injected a huge menu of delicious vibes into Easter morning...
I have savoured them slowly once and now quite prepared to savour them again...
May you enjoy a wonderful Easter, Anne... https://t.co/OmtG2np8YG

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2024

a blurry context...

a blurry context
yet a tailor-made gift is
claimed with thanks#haiku

📷Late March 2010...Strangely, I cannot remember the online context, but I do remember feeling quite special for a day... pic.twitter.com/P0Uh3KseLh

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2024