seasons of favourites...

I have 'seasons' of favourites - In earlier days - The Hobbit, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Handmaid's Tale, Csardas.
More recently, my favourites are The Book Thief and Mao's Last Dancer. pic.twitter.com/wnb2jEAkby

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

three trees...

three trees
metal frames
metal souls
real progress
crucified#tanka

📷 2018 Melbourne pic.twitter.com/5tzxTmy9S7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 16, 2024

spring colours...

spring colours
happily celebrate
awakenings#haiku

📷2017 - My Dromana garden pic.twitter.com/wKYrgLrDyn

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 15, 2024

old magic...

old magic
of old sails
captivates
old souls
and young #tanka

📷 2013 - September - I was lucky enough to watch tall ships sail out of Port Phillip Bay. This photo is taken from a Sorrento pier. pic.twitter.com/LJqcssVz4T

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

tangerine glamour...

tangerine glamour
a few ruffles
a few fanned stripes
I could be the Venus
of a spring garden#tanka

2024 - Spring in Temora pic.twitter.com/u4IIqGUKNt

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

Mother Nature's art gallery...

Mother Nature's
art gallery
proudly refreshes and
refreshes
daily#tanka

2020 - Hillview Community Reserve small wetlands in Dromana pic.twitter.com/zFFQmDWHf5

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 12, 2024

dangerous beauty...

dangerous beauty
alluring purple rosettes
mask
milky white
toxic secrets#tanka

2023 - Temora - Euphorbia atropurpurea, is a shrub native to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It can reach 2 metres in height, + grows in ravines, + on slopes + terraces. pic.twitter.com/JoVQnL0hwE

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

transit...

transit
pedalling a dream to life
in a far country
at great heights
a memory of memories#tanka

📷 2012 - My son realised an adventure - on the Andes Trail organised by Bike Dreams pic.twitter.com/k7XzcjjDcp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 9, 2024

window snapshot...

window snapshot
intimidating gathering
by day
spells a dark unknown
brewing#tanka

📷2022 - Temora street view pic.twitter.com/gGfBlI40xw

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 9, 2024

just chilling...

just chilling
just being
how I am

📷2014 - Hastings - Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/GZ9lKRorqh

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 8, 2024

when I am a poet...

when I am a poet
the rest of my days
will demand some painting time https://t.co/eVexotENmO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 7, 2024

a diet that depends on the seasons...

imagine
a diet that depends on the seasons
no preparing
no baking
no cleaning up
just find the buffet
and indulge

dropped scraps permitted#micropoetry

📷 2020 - Dromana - Spring winds are not the only thieves of fragile spring blossoms... pic.twitter.com/yyON4UVK2E

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

left the gate open...

https://t.co/hZ1krRShn5 pic.twitter.com/44j6JXj2jy

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

coffee can be a hit in many ways...

Coffee can be quite a hit in the home...https://t.co/2FEKRopGUF pic.twitter.com/D2X53WJlMD

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

no fancy chair...

no fancy chair
but through the seasons
I'd sit here
mesmerised
enchanted
as the weather
and the seasons
rolled in
rolled out

*micropoetry

2020 - September - overlooking Dromana beach and Port Phillip Bay pic.twitter.com/vmNOF17tz7

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

Retirement on the horizon...

For some reason tonight, I decided to dig around my photo archives. I found this one. The previous day, I confirmed my retirement from secondary teaching. I felt the strangest sadness. Came into work the next day, + my desk had new residents. Staff took a last photo of me there. pic.twitter.com/KbWGdxnHzX

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

Gurrumul re-visited...

1. So many times I have returned to this soul healing song. I expect I will continue to return to it in my future.https://t.co/1BXXJ7ifZe

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

The following lyrics in Yolngu language and English translation are sourced from https://t.co/2XUGvxxzMu

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

2. WIYATHUL
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Yolngu language

Uhm-hmmm........
Uhm-hmmm........

Märrma djiawurr näthinana,
nambawu larrunana Guwalilnawu
rirrakayunmina liyanydja milkarri,
nambawu larrunana Murrurnawu
roniyirri rirrakayyu. ya barrawajayu
Mutlwutjna galaniniyu.

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

4. Uhm-hmmm........
Uhm-hmmm........

Yä wulman näthinana, yä
dhiyanuna lanyindhu dhungunayu
yä bäpa Kamba-Djunadjuna,
miln'thurruna mayma Mayan-naraka
yä nändi manda, marrkapmirri manda,
nhumanydja nayathanana Ruypu Milinditj

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

5. Oh the old man cries, from the drink
oh dad Kamba-Djunadjuna, home Mayan-naraka bright in his mind
oh my two mums, beloved mums, hold Ruypu Milinditj
oh my two mums, beloved mums, cry for the sacred spring Burarrapu

yä namba guwalilna,
yä gunambal warradika,
yä namba Yumayna

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

6. oh place Guwalilna, 

 Warradika, 

 Yumayna. 

 Uhm-hmmm........ 

 Uhm-hmmm........