she seems ultra chic...

she seems ultra #chic shampooed hair, curls cut and styled a cute model dog #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 December 2025 at 07:18

some vespertine wine...

some #vespertine wine tastes of bruised tropical fruits squashed by my regrets #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 December 2025 at 13:38

ajar weathered gate...

ajar weathered gate permanently #chivalrous for hefty shopping #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 December 2025 at 09:07

fractured but alive...

fractured but alive partly living and learning #aphotic childhood #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 December 2025 at 07:50

the essence of suave...

the essence of #suave groomed, model poise, eyes aglow black and white kitty #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 December 2025 at 09:01

in my last moments...

in my #last moments I hope to scroll the list of magic in my life #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 December 2025 at 11:47

3 states of matter...

3 states of #matter solids, liquids and gases you're the rare 4th state #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 November 2025 at 10:57

restless, confused minds...

restless, confused minds the balm of stillness offers real #health in silence #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 November 2025 at 11:01

old photos gathered...

old photos gathered #learning how some memories can comfort sad souls #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 November 2025 at 09:01

morning reflection...

morning #reflection my open blind's wavy fringe in my first coffee #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 November 2025 at 08:11

Big Ben of the mind...

Big Ben of the mind loudly tolls for joy and fear #timed understanding #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 November 2025 at 08:59

on my writer's desk...

on my writer's desk random notes of random thoughts #relevant some day #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 November 2025 at 08:32

achievable growth...

#achievable growth the process of persistence needs belief in self #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 November 2025 at 09:03

we may sense talent...

we may sense talent its #measurable outer flames but souls light the spark #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 November 2025 at 10:20

our new inventions...

our new inventions dissolve #specific answers born in yesterdays #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 November 2025 at 08:48

each action scribbles...

each #action scribbles on a latent leaf of time and shapes a future #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 November 2025 at 08:30

tomorrow will come...

tomorrow will come if I keep writing haiku past the midnight hour #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 November 2025 at 17:56

our rural night trian...

our rural night train drumming rails are one #option to share harvest yields #vss36 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 November 2025 at 07:54

raw reality...

raw #reality snake pit of many choices needs a just filter #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 November 2025 at 08:26

in my ev'ning space...

in my ev'ning space sometimes my memory's #goal is to soften time #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 November 2025 at 08:37

spring bees and flowers...

spring bees and flowers that pollen #issue for you is life for others #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 November 2025 at 10:43

bouquets of street shade...

bouquets of street shade bunches of summer relief thanks to stalwart trees #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 November 2025 at 11:51

words transport ideas...

words #transport ideas hail this train of thought and dreams at any station #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 November 2025 at 08:58

spicy winds dare me...

spicy winds dare me to step outside a moment and dance, fight or freeze #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 November 2025 at 17:16

from haiku to song lyrics with Songer...

Interesting how melting together a series of my own haiku written here can transform into lyrics of a song and offer a whole new dimension... songer.co/song/ppztvss...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 November 2025 at 12:06

gum trees are gurus...

gum trees are gurus barks stash #science data on summer fires #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 November 2025 at 10:36

in this country town...

in this country town black and yellow house #number on the gutter rise #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 November 2025 at 08:26

this digital age...

this digital age the blurred #myth of proven fact crammed in layered truths #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 November 2025 at 08:25

bruised piano keys...

bruised piano keys a #measure of hands intent on breathing music #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 November 2025 at 08:41

quills and pens archived...

quills and pens archived digital #literature is now on the rise #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 November 2025 at 08:13

song-riddled morning...

song-riddled morning but magpies' swift swooping #law threatens a spring walk #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 November 2025 at 09:50

two birds on the wire...

two birds on the wire keen to drift in the music of meditation #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 November 2025 at 09:52

summers and winters...

summers and winters speak the #language of extremes nature's challenges #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 November 2025 at 09:27

history's minefield...

#history's minefield unexploded bombs of truth wait for their moment #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 November 2025 at 08:53

morning coffee fix...

morning coffee fix my day begins with heaven repeat tomorrow #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 November 2025 at 07:40

our shifting contours...

our shifting contours urban #geography drifts from ruin to rise #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 November 2025 at 07:20

my community...

my community the one world I'm #famous for my odd adventures #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 November 2025 at 08:23

the 5 senses are...

the 5 senses are core #education teachers our inner mentors #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 November 2025 at 18:11

my domestic skills...

my #domestic skills tend to be downtrodden by procrastination #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 November 2025 at 09:34

some days you move mountains...

maybe disturbing...

maybe disturbing a freaky unknown #creature maybe a stranger #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 November 2025 at 08:24

in praise of solitude...

praise of solitude
gym for creativity
no muscles needed#haiku https://t.co/ZH7yxGWq3n

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) November 1, 2025

the business of art...

the #business of art is to be a unique voice in worlds of chaos #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 November 2025 at 07:51

halloween madness...

#halloween madness sugar-drenched, costumed children trek the neighbourhood #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 November 2025 at 08:28

a grumpy morning...

a grumpy morning a piqued sun fringed one cloud with a #ray of dawn light #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 October 2025 at 07:53

argent dew quivers...

#argent dew quivers on spiders' labyrinths till dawn's gems melt away #vs365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 October 2025 at 08:49

hurtful, darkened thoughts...

hurtful, darkened thoughts may #creep uninvited into vulnerable minds diversion alert I retreat to the music of peace in my soul #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 October 2025 at 07:51

heliacal winds...

#heliacal winds traces of forgotten suns ruffle my old soul #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 October 2025 at 09:17

mocking disrespect...

mocking disrespect ongoing, lurking #terror burdening seniors #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 October 2025 at 09:38

will it be one day..

will it be one day a blue light #Martian sunrise will stir our new life #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 October 2025 at 08:53

any music style...

any music style a talented composer lacking confidence a great musician talent publicly #unseen entombed in shyness #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 October 2025 at 07:56

I watch my child laugh...

I watch my child laugh her laughter's pure #energy invigorates me in my aging breath the #energy of life is my infinity #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 October 2025 at 08:32

tea gets a saucer...

tea gets a #saucer it's a decorum habit for any dining coffee rules vary home favours an arty mug no #saucer in sight but dining out may attract a #saucer with fancy sweets #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 October 2025 at 07:36

determination...

determination not an #atom of anger will destroy my peace #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 October 2025 at 09:17

life's covert band aids...

life's covert band aids hide many personal wounds my #spectral burdens #haiikufeels

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 October 2025 at 08:37

my good intentions...

my good intentions #hover hopefully over procrastination #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 October 2025 at 08:24

my day begins but...

my day begins but sweet spring vibes become heatwaves #veil of confusion #haikufeels

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 October 2025 at 08:52

air purifier...

air purifier my #android has life saving sensory filters #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 October 2025 at 19:12

yesterday's embers...

yesterday's #embers those sad, sour memories that simply won't die #haikufeels

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 October 2025 at 12:10

worlds may seem arid...

worlds may seem #arid but my imagination is always fertile #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 October 2025 at 11:56

these tough old miners...

these tough old miners have not struck gold lately nor plan to do so yet still they stick together locked in the bond of habit once rivals now friends where cultures respect cultures unexpectedly a new culture emerges #unearthly for now but will be #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 October 2025 at 10:48

I am so honoured...

I am so honoured I am the best Christmas bug top Christmas #beetle #vss365 #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 October 2025 at 08:48

the deluxe version...

the #deluxe version of some hotel packages still amuses me gyms and spas massages heated pools in your own room a queen-size, canopied bed separate lounge and dining room a well-stocked library room service for your every wish I'm 86 needing help with my wheelchair Is that counted? #vss365

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 October 2025 at 09:02

it's the undertone...

it's the #undertone in a speaker's informed voice that holds real meaning #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 October 2025 at 13:03

the ocean...

the ocean a colourful wonderland of fishy worlds of hunters and victims but never underestimate freshwater worlds in South America the #piranhas of mighty teeth are mighty scavengers #vss365 #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 October 2025 at 07:38

in pollen season...

in pollen season a customised #raincoat needs to be invented #vss365 #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 October 2025 at 08:50

I am quite certain...

I am quite certain my mojo is feeling limp sleeping in limbo I am quite certain my #verve has gone walkabout somewhere anywhere I am quite certain until my mojo and #verve resume partnership my writings will be scratchings a tally of time on wood #vss365 #haiku #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 October 2025 at 11:15

museum of words...

museum of words 16th century mores doth include insults a knave and a #libertine were far from socially cool #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 October 2025 at 09:38

the ash of the day...

the #ash of the day is born not of a cigarette but of deep secrets secrets aflame with despair inner despair with no voice #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 October 2025 at 13:40

never ending myth...

never ending myth how much more war will it take to prove no winners to prove there are no real winners such a #clash means such a loss #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 October 2025 at 07:40

cyclic paradox...

cyclic paradox spring drives the hope of new life new warmth and new dawns but some #associate spring with poor health stirred by pollen #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 October 2025 at 12:36

my exhibition...

my exhibition a Halloween opening for art then and now art's not just adept painting but multiple mediums that needs an #advert inviting writing, sketching and photography an old yarn as drama art shines on, complements art Temora's a town a unique regional town with a daring soul #vss365

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 October 2025 at 10:18

Pooh and Piglet...

So wise so cute...https://t.co/y9P5rDYBiv

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 5, 2025

pliant elastic...

pliant #elastic a held stretch action avoids a snap reaction I stretched my senses to understand your quirks but soon let go #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 October 2025 at 14:28

so many Taylor Swift connections...

So many Taylor Swift connections...
Emily Dickenson in her lineage?
The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era https://t.co/SRyrp4PN9C via @lithub

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 5, 2025

'Swift alludes to the Lake poets on her eighth studio album Folklore and speaks movingly of visiting William Wordsworth’s grave in her Long Pond Studio Sessions documentary. Swift commemorated Emily Dickinson with the release of her album Evermore on the poet’s birthday and Ancestry.com more recently posited that they share a lineage. Swift’s lyrics suggest a love for the novels of the Brontës and she has spoken effusively of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Much has been rightly made of Swift’s fascination with Jazz Age novelists Fitzgerald and Hemingway, the Gothic writer Daphne du Maurier, and the poets Robert Frost and Dylan Thomas, among many others.'

OOOOps...Just noticed...
🙏😦🙏That should be Emily Dickinson...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 5, 2025

he is all about...

he is all about
meeting famed astronomers
I am not one of them#haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 5, 2025

a legend speaks...

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often… pic.twitter.com/bKVmCY22Jt

— Cian McCarthy (@arealmofwonder) October 3, 2025

the pulp of grim lives...

the #pulp of grim lives acts as invisible traps feeding on the mind melancholic dusk a time when the sky's bruised fruit leaks the wine of wines inviting the troubled mind to reach for wisdom's colours #vss365 #haiku #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 October 2025 at 08:49

when springtime appears..

when springtime appears and seems to drive the hope wagon far from discontent my #oasis can only be unladen with pollen #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 October 2025 at 09:30

in the blur of pain...

in the #blur of pain time became a black hollow of fathomless black and strangely anxieties became a blissful white out #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 October 2025 at 11:36

my conundrum trait...

my #conundrum trait my soul gathers storms and smiles and gives them a home I dine on tears and laughter I drink the pain of others some say I'm a kind healer of others but a rather clumsy healer of self #vss365 #micrpoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 October 2025 at 11:20

synethesia...

synesthesia all the colors I've tasted

— Paul David Mena (@extraspecialbitter.bsky.social) 30 September 2025 at 03:16

grey winds blow today...

grey winds blow today a sunless, sighing spring morning fraught with restless moods opportunities random weather surprises may seem negative but can be a special time to settle inner feelings #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 September 2025 at 10:09

in the warm spring light...

in the warm spring light and soft breeze of mid morning carefree games emerge flighty silver eyes play cheeky hide and seek rounds with friendly sparrows for the human eye this is a prized distraction from some darker games #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 September 2025 at 10:39

at first scrutiny...

at first #scrutiny his character seemed quite bland no obvious sounds a soft khaki buttoned right up long-sleeved shirt hung over a tall, lean frame pale khaki jeans some kind of no brand sneakers but as he removed the said sneakers neonic candy pink socks appeared mischievously smiling #vss365

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 September 2025 at 10:24

a sonorous, insistent ringtone...

a #sonorous insistent ringtone shatters the velvet hush over a crowded funeral one mourner mutters surely the wells of grief deserve a flight mode of respect of a silent break from worldly demands #vss365 #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 September 2025 at 13:42

my fav lunch time haunt...

my fav lunch time haunt the menu offers salads but cake's a magnet my #caprice grins knowingly my wisdom will chat later #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 September 2025 at 12:39

freedom and freewill...

freedom and freewill desirable life choices not always in reach life's #eventuality may toll a lone, tragic bell #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 September 2025 at 12:14

freedom and freewill desirable life choices not always in reach life's #eventuality may toll a lone, tragic bell #vss356 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 September 2025 at 10:41

my bellwether sign...

my #bellwether sign I'm a puppet who needs strings and a mojo #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 September 2025 at 11:27

the morning dateline...

the morning dateline where the shy crested feathers meet, greet together #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 September 2025 at 10:27

silent dusty books...

silent dusty books #conspire to staunchly protect forgotten voices they stand shoulder to shoulder waiting for 'The One' to come #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 September 2025 at 10:26

a crowded room...

a crowded room busy with endless chatter till a surprise pause a #rein of silence tightens lengthens its power of covert power #vss365 #micropoem

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 September 2025 at 11:25

a robot pauses...

a robot pauses #flinching at sparking circuits void of programmed whys perhaps even robots may suffer a semblance of human fear #vss365 #micropoem

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 September 2025 at 08:10

sloth style...

I will always admire the unassuming the usually docile sloth this climbing creature has mastered the art of living in slow-moving #style an admirable feat that can never be outdated #vss365 #micropoetry #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 September 2025 at 07:50

a wealth of books...

a wealth of books unworn some open on the floor but unread large, antique desk laden with busy papers scattered in antique, small cups a range of pens uncapped paint brushes unused a sense of #potential creative progress pervades the room but sabotaged trapped in time's cobwebs #vss365 #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 September 2025 at 09:15

when exhausted eyes close...

never fear when #exhausted eyes close possible dreams may, in fact, be possible healers soothing scars no pre-booked appointment required #vss365 #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 September 2025 at 08:29

a powerful storm of grief...

at first a powerful storm of grief is not #bearable there is only a yearning for silence deathly silence but slowly a little bird's song sung each morning teaches the ear to appreciate sweet music again #vss365 #micropoetry #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 September 2025 at 07:28

in a heartbeat...

in a heartbeat the sweet dissolved and my mouth tingled with exquisite joy that lingered too short a while so I kept the tiny rumpled #wrapper and tucked it in my jeans pocket a micro time capsule of sugared summers and sticky laughter #vss365 #micropoetry #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 September 2025 at 08:20

a hawk circled high above a rabbit...

A hawk circled high above a rabbit crouched in tall grass. To the hawk, #power was altitude and visionary diving. To the rabbit, #power was patient stillness and cover. Neither creature was powerless. Survival depended not on the strongest, but on how each wielded their skill and mindset. #vss365

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 September 2025 at 08:49

welcome to the beautiful writing world living in Blue Sky...

Me: Hey there, I'm making my first Bluesky post! World:

— JD Frain (@jdfrain.bsky.social) 4 September 2025 at 01:40

Welcome to the beautiful writing world living in Blue Sky. I too have packed my writing tools and moved on from Twitter.

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 September 2025 at 08:10

synchronicity...

As I mentioned in a Blogger post on 28th June, 2025, I created this song on Songer. It is a mix of my tanka and haiku I posted on Blue Sky. They have then been converted to lyrics. I selected a mix of music styles and struggled to ask Songer to create male and female voices alternating. Finally did it. This is the result. 

Embers and Echoes

Today I was playing this...a few tears...and suddenly a message from my soulmate (across the sea for 6 weeks) as the song played.

This is not the first time such a connection has happened...

And still I am rocked and very grateful it is there when I need it...

And I have found a soulmate

With a blackbird on his shoulder

Who gives meaning to guitar strings

And warms my heart as it grows older

overnight, on a crowded city street corner...

Overnight, on a crowded city street corner, a #doorway with rippling mirrors appeared. Curious, some people entered, only to find versions of themselves arguing about past choices. Some emerged wiser, others shattered. mirror of questions multiple selves weighing up multiple past truths #vss365

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 September 2025 at 08:24

daredevil magpies...

daredevil magpies ride the morning gutsy winds rarely pause for breath but when they stop on street wires it seems, by #chance, they're lovers #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 September 2025 at 08:35

yellowed article...

yellowed #article but claims of what was once truth are still readable for now, new truths outshine those archived curiosities #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity P.S. I had in mind the ongoing truths of why the Titanic sank...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 September 2025 at 10:23

barely conscious eyes...

barely #conscious eyes machines blip in colour codes tracking the pulse signs just colours and numbers now or is life's story still there #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 September 2025 at 11:08

never ending tale...

never ending tale our life's still being written still more blank pages perhaps inner wisdom means avoid repeating the #past #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 September 2025 at 05:55

building your songlines...

This is my tanka, written in a card for my grandson and his wife to be. They are getting married on Wednesday 3rd September. 2025. building your songlines a parallel life journey laden with purpose where strength ensures survival and love is the key to hope #tanka #wedding

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 September 2025 at 16:45

winds bear my old songlines...

winds bear my old songs faint old songs from my old life my #yearning connects past songlines and tomorrows locked in one anxious refrain #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 September 2025 at 09:35

my bookshelf features...

my bookshelf features a #constellation of thoughts yesterday's thinkers their pioneering network binds ongoing theories #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 August 2025 at 06:26

pungent smoke swirling...

#pungent smoke swirling #pungent pyre of old letters #pungent memories perhaps the acrid scents wane but the scars of truth live on #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 August 2025 at 08:07

without tradition we'd be lost...

'Without tradition we'd be lost. Without innovation we'd be bored.' - Adam Liaw - 'The Cook Up' - SBS 29.8.25

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 August 2025 at 16:29

in this techno world...

in this techno world will humans blindly create #malignant AIs new #malignant seeds 'blossoms' bear a metal shine with poisonous scents #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 August 2025 at 12:21

a roaring bonfire...

a roaring bonfire #jovial songs sear the night a fun happy place yet all know this is surreal in these days of endless wars #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 August 2025 at 07:34

vaults locked by power...

vaults locked by power the endless hunger for gain an endless blindness greed can quash the soul propaganda sales of self negate #sentient vibes it's a machine world proud of robotic success human souls seem lost yet there's cracks in data banks because hearts and souls feed them #vss365

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 August 2025 at 09:52

sometimes and somewhere...

sometimes and somewhere #audacious summer sun burns fragile energy sometimes and somewhere #audacious endless chilled rain annihilates homes sometimes and somewhere survivors of heat and cold are someone's heroes #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 August 2025 at 08:50

on hot summer nights...

on hot summer nights large #bass glide to cool shallows predator spaces the canny angler becomes the hunter of the hunter #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 August 2025 at 09:13

a potter's wheel spun...

a potter's wheel spun a face emerged from the clay success or failure to some the face seemed #malformed but some saw signs of beauty #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 August 2025 at 09:27

aged books reek of dust...

aged books #reek of dust yet each pale word still whispers no thoughts can vanish somewhere in our deep archives ideas wait to be reborn #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 August 2025 at 08:50

mundane afternoons...

#mundane afternoons no appointments or routines no lurking surprise just the rising hum of my kettle preparing my gift of peace #vss365 #tanka #micrpoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 August 2025 at 08:45

an abandoned track...

an abandoned track an old man's daily #vigil set in deep silence did he miss a vital train or does he wait for someone #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 August 2025 at 08:26

when I really seethe...

when I really #seethe I keep it private, at home in my study cave a monologue's madly typed then my PC's firmly closed #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 August 2025 at 07:47