Love the words in the latest tourism ad for Tasmania...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 30, 2024
'This place has 360 degree views
and slow moving fluffy lawnmowers'...
the simple dream
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 30, 2024
of a simple life is
an alluring temptation#haiku https://t.co/Rf4Hf6f60z
team spirit
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 29, 2024
defiance
pride
war games
in female boots
I love odd facts...The photo is of the WWI women munitions workers' football team from the AEC Munitions Factory at Beckton, London. Women were banned from playing in Football League grounds in 1921.
https://t.co/DFK0JUgin3 pic.twitter.com/P00FApLyR8
early Spring morning
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 28, 2024
riddled and spiced with
precocious winds
wisely, safely
I stay inside and watch
the flash dance party#micropoetry
the art of clouds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 28, 2024
a canvas swayed by
the art of winds#haiku
📷 2017 Dromana pic.twitter.com/lYRKXy5Vc0
innocent tree canopies
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 27, 2024
another entitled
human structure
invades
higher spaces#tanka
📷2017 - Dromana pic.twitter.com/s03SP1QfMw
a dog in waiting
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 26, 2024
meditative patience
in unflustered
quiet
regal pose#tanka
📷 2018 Dog at Balnarring waiting patiently for owners to finish chatting over coffee pic.twitter.com/hQncTkI2C0
happiness is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 25, 2024
a jaunty walk alone
minus a leash#haiku
📷 2018 - Little wanderer pic.twitter.com/CQAxaTdmvJ
mini sails
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 24, 2024
boldly fly the colours of
young thirsty learners#haiku
📷 2019 - One of many Nippers' sailboats at Mornington, on the Mornington Peninsula. When young ones learn to sail these boats, they are supervised closely. pic.twitter.com/TqRMrvPRTe
A man of powerful words and who paints with a powerful brush... https://t.co/GTHGQdsTzZ
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 24, 2024
feathered friends
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 23, 2024
from a distance are
resigned friends#haiku
📷2019 - Hastings foreshore, Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/ZdNA3IaV9K
coastal streetscape
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 22, 2024
early morning
a smattering of
walkers and wheels
until the high tide
barrels in#micropoetry
📷 2015 - Nepean Highway as it passes through Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/ScXiNxRJdf
If everything around
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 22, 2024
seems sad, look again
you may be the joy
If everything around
seems chaotic, look again,
you may be the peace https://t.co/Pc5WK8FCIk
A man with 2 voices. Utterly amazing and mesmerising.https://t.co/tTEk0pbD7V
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 22, 2024
a limestone kiln's flames
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 22, 2024
spill relentless charring breath
stone to vital dust#haiku
📷2014 - A history bite recorded by a Rye beach on the Mornington Peninsula... pic.twitter.com/eNXzbZcDhy
a mini mountain
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 21, 2024
of sand
parts
old valley waters
with stubborn grit#tanka
📷 2015 - Rosebud beach view on the Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/ZLKFqrlauR
even artificial flying
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 19, 2024
offers a unique taste
a thrill
an unearthly memory of
real wings#tanka
2017 - In September of 2017, The Eagle was testing out its new wings. Now it flies daily over the Mornington Peninsula at Arthurs Seat, Victoria. pic.twitter.com/wvaE3RTtDv
always value
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 18, 2024
the furry friend
who has your back
knows your vibe and
shares your coffee break#micropoetry
📷 2023 - Temora - One of those quirky, circumstantial moments - not staged by me but maybe staged by my neighbour's cat... pic.twitter.com/ZXdSkfHhO5
I have 'seasons' of favourites - In earlier days - The Hobbit, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Handmaid's Tale, Csardas.
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 17, 2024
More recently, my favourites are The Book Thief and Mao's Last Dancer. pic.twitter.com/wnb2jEAkby
three trees
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 16, 2024
metal frames
metal souls
real progress
crucified#tanka
📷 2018 Melbourne pic.twitter.com/5tzxTmy9S7
spring colours
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 15, 2024
happily celebrate
awakenings#haiku
📷2017 - My Dromana garden pic.twitter.com/wKYrgLrDyn
old magic
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 13, 2024
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
tangerine glamour
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 13, 2024
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
Mother Nature's
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 12, 2024
art gallery
proudly refreshes and
refreshes
daily#tanka
2020 - Hillview Community Reserve small wetlands in Dromana pic.twitter.com/zFFQmDWHf5
dangerous beauty
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 10, 2024
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
transit
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 9, 2024
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
window snapshot
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 9, 2024
intimidating gathering
by day
spells a dark unknown
brewing#tanka
📷2022 - Temora street view pic.twitter.com/gGfBlI40xw
just chilling
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 8, 2024
just being
how I am
📷2014 - Hastings - Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/GZ9lKRorqh
when I am a poet
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 7, 2024
the rest of my days
will demand some painting time https://t.co/eVexotENmO
imagine
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2024
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
https://t.co/hZ1krRShn5 pic.twitter.com/44j6JXj2jy
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2024
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 3, 2024
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
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024
- 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.
4. Uhm-hmmm........
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024
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
6. oh place Guwalilna,5. Oh the old man cries, from the drink
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024
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
