a micro night light...

the wind's gentle breath...

the wind's gentle breath snagged me in a friendly bough under cobalt skies but in cool mists my #vision's of a child who let me go #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets *Image created by AI ChatGPT

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 May 2025 at 09:08

mariner's compass...

mariner's compass locks in #brine's preserved byways unmapped yesterdays magnetic north is each tear lurking behind weathered doors #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 May 2025 at 09:15

passing glitch in time...

passing #glitch in time sometimes cats breach sunbeam veils their tails spread stardust #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 May 2025 at 08:19

a touch of coffee humour...

“Can we go outside and play now?” “Soon, boy.” “You said that ten minutes ago.” “As soon as I finish my cof-“ “Oops.” “You did that on purpose.” “It slipped.” “I’ll get my coat.” “Excellent.”

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— Uncle Duke (@uncleduke1969.bsky.social) 28 May 2025 at 22:43

We all need a coffee break at times...even writers...correction...esp writers...But this one has been dunked, interrupted with the temptation of better things to do outside...according to the dog... 

cryptic nudibranch...

cryptic #nudibranch their mystic toxic colours meander sea worlds surreal flamenco dancers surreal winging butterflies #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 May 2025 at 22:49

survival theatre...

survival theatre in human or animal life is an ugly dance rabid hunger or power drives a #predator to win #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 May 2025 at 18:05

PLUS

Beautiful comment just made on SBS 'Mastermind'... 'I hope all the points I could have got go to my friend...'

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 May 2025 at 18:24

AI place in our world?...

Intriguing article that resets AI place in our world? https://t.co/z4az3Ud7RF

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 24, 2025

beneath northern lights...

beneath northern lights a #silkie sings her midnight while stars weave her hair her song tells of broken love of dreams stolen by cold winds #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 May 2025 at 20:15

chair yoga has grace...

chair yoga has grace
slow grace for the slower years
a vital switch on

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #yoga #chairyoga

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 21, 2025

This is a very real routine for me to keep the ignition and all associated must move parts well-oiled. 

the power of rain...

the power of rain validates my side-step from incomplete duties each drop a gentle #defence to watch the world turn without me #vss365 #tanka #poetry #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 08:11

On a few occasions, maybe even more, I have used rain as an excuse not to complete some task...esp if the task is outdoors and especially if it is cold and windy outdoors as well... 

There is simply nothing so heavenly as snuggling up with a blankie and coffee on a cold rainy day to spend time just reading a book...

the mind's midnight yens...

the mind's midnight yens stalk even the smallest sun but desire's blind the deceptive #anglerfish turns predator me to prey #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 May 2025 at 08:23

laced in brittle golds...

laced in brittle golds a #wraith drifts round autumn trees a wraith of my love #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 May 2025 at 07:53

one hushed sphinx-like door...

one hushed sphinx-like door leading to an unnamed sky beyond earth-bound walls this #matrix of hope and chance inside dreams, inside my dreams #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 May 2025 at 09:37

soulmates in the clouds...

soulmates in the clouds daily bonding dawn and dusk on internet lines #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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

fixed clarity lacks...

fixed #clarity lacks a firm, guaranteed lifespan at any odd time it may be superseded by a new, better model #vss365 #poetry #tanka #blueskypoets

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 May 2025 at 09:51

I feel clarity is a personal experience, not necessarily a shared one. Personal context and understanding tend to colour and frame the accepted clarity. However, time is an influencer... Time may add more detail to the clarity or go so far as to replace the original clarity. 

The world of love spins fluctuating clarity...

I didn't build walls...

#vss365 #prompt #immunity (Origin, Latin – "exemption, protection") On #WorldFamilyDay, a shield—built by love, or from it. What no longer reaches you? What do you choose to keep out? Last prompt for this fortnight. Over to @katrevier.bsky.social from tomorrow Stay well, Adios.

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— Anish K Gupta #vss365 Host 1st May - 15th May (@uropoet.bsky.social) 15 May 2025 at 15:30

insensitive growth...

insensitive growth #immunity to karma is not an option #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poetsonbluesky

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

longings, fears and hopes...

longings, fears and hopes the ephemeral tides of inner #hiraeth #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 May 2025 at 07:59

soporific scents...

#soporific scents perfumes of dusk and showers cloud every secret #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 May 2025 at 12:59

It's a warning not an instruction manual...

Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

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— tamrakat (@tamrakat.bsky.social) 14 May 2025 at 04:35

weathered yesterdays...

weathered yesterdays #dissolve into helpless tears welcome droughts follow #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 May 2025 at 08:37

your shadow slipped by...

your shadow slipped by my day became a cloak of night unleashed from its post an #eclipse remodelling all the worlds I thought I knew #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 May 2025 at 09:17

furball and books...

Shell Jae's beautiful post on Facebook... www.facebook.com/groups/34526...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 May 2025 at 08:59

tree bark bruised with scrawl...

tree bark bruised with scrawl of young lovers long passed by one #scar holds our names #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 May 2025 at 07:53

locked in a storm's eye...

locked in a storm's eye my #pallor shifts to iced white farewell's in my air #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 May 2025 at 08:25

my night's sleep...

my night's sleep the #suture mending raw wounds from my careless days #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 May 2025 at 12:46

a trace of old air...

a #trace of old air mangles, curses my old clock that time now whimpers #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 May 2025 at 08:00

fading horizon...

fading horizon our #elegy without end penned, sung in sea mist #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 May 2025 at 10:00

crumbling script...

crumbling script inks from long forgotten wells bleed into the dust call to read or even sing #selcouth words of old voices #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 May 2025 at 10:15

I walk with sea winds...

I walk with sea winds shoreline waves nibble my toes and further my quest to seek old stories in the #echolalia of tides #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 May 2025 at 08:59

humanity only survives...

Humanity only survives if it matches every advancement in technology with a deepening of the soul. Without clarity about ethics, without sensitivity to truth and beauty, we will quickly lose ourselves in a heartless hellscape of digital minds.

Teach the humanities and the arts.

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) May 2, 2025

our apocalypse...

our apocalypse plundering Nature means death our death, our #karma #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 May 2025 at 10:38

nirvana is rare...

#nirvana is rare a personal gem stashed in my bank safe with a combination lock cleared only by upbeat thoughts #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

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

an additional line fades...

an #additional line fades on my map of old days your name submerged in rising seas of pain new topography #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 May 2025 at 08:55