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