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

bionic lab tests...

#bionic lab tests our century's brave milestones to aid animals helpless paralysed monkeys walk after spinal implants bionic fingers a pianist may still play the keys with deep soul forever lost is a myth pushed on to another day #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 August 2025 at 08:37

I am not my yesterdays...

..to live free.. ©️WIP-dww #writingcommunity #betterworld #spirituality #stayinthemoment #amwriting #nature #nurture #mystic #inthenow #zen #lyrics #love #life #quotes #micro #poetry #writesky

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— Dripping With Words | Intuitive Writer (@drippingwithwords.bsky.social) 30 July 2025 at 11:34

a deep minor chord...

a deep minor chord tolls teary #abject despair in today's low hours but even broken music feels new rhythms tomorrow #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 August 2025 at 08:28

an old temple shrine...

an old temple shrine rain #pummels the thin tin roof while monks meditate noise cannot drown their silence the mind makes its own shelter #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 August 2025 at 09:50

in my childhood days...

in my childhood days splattered ink all over me meant #pixies' mischief my blame was their life but I left crumbs in the grass to always thank them #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 August 2025 at 10:05

snow flecks crow's black wings...

snow flecks crow’s black #wings yin and yang in some frantic some bizarre motion #vss365 #haiku #micrpoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 August 2025 at 08:34

once a keen hunter...

once a keen hunter now a #mystical echo the thylacine case #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 August 2025 at 08:27

the soggy day warms...

the soggy day warms in the sun's sly golden grin #grumpy clouds retreat #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 August 2025 at 11:45

Pandora's box and a rainbow...

dark yesterdays in Pandora's box of mem'ries can torment progress but keep the #rainbow of hope staunchly grounded with the sky #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 August 2025 at 10:00

some winning lyrics...

some winning lyrics the #laugh that meets the music of a winning smile #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 August 2025 at 11:49

Charmian Clift recognition...

Charmian Clift is finally getting the attention 50 years overdue... www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 August 2025 at 16:12

somehow I can sense...

somehow I can sense that the #spider within you can be poisonous so being a wise one I'll reserve my love of webs to photography #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 August 2025 at 09:37

fiery inspiration...

The following image is a digital artwork I found in 2023. I have no further information. Little fluffy felines have played a major role in keeping the fire burning in my life...lighting up my creative spirit... a fire burning can be a fire creating new growth or new worlds #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 August 2025 at 08:17

 

Carl Sagan's cosmos...

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

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— Carl Sagan (@sagan.bsky.social) 6 August 2025 at 22:54

"We are star dust We are golden We are billion year old carbon And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden" - Joni Mitchell ✨

— 💙💚Bowie Maroney 💙💚 (@baxie71.bsky.social) 7 August 2025 at 01:10

rules of the street wires...

#rules of the street wires only friendly birds sing here to greet the new day #vss365 #haiku #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 August 2025 at 08:40

outrageous sass...

I am absolutely sure autumn winds know the meaning of outrageous #sass #vss365 ##haiku #blueskypoets

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 August 2025 at 08:17

my expensive tyres...

my expensive tyres #scowl at the rapid-fire mud reshaping their art #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 August 2025 at 09:48

Australia's mischief season...

Australia's #mischief season's based on numerators and denominators numerators are vicious storms and icy winds chilled sunlight and rain denominators thrive on stilled silence or mist minor shifts from cold winter party games when winter wields her freedom and most hide indoors #vss365 #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 August 2025 at 09:20