sparkling city towers and flood lit city streets claim the night are we #blind to the power the mystery the wonder of star light? #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 April 2026 at 11:34
sparkling
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 10, 2026
city towers and
flood lit
city streets
claim the night
are we #blind
to the power
the mystery
the wonder of
star light?#vss365 #tanka
the shy couple strolled the lake's #bank tossing breadcrumbs to grateful passing ducks and passing swans do we lead together or does others' hunger lead us to be together #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 April 2026 at 09:28
the shy couple
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 8, 2026
strolled the lake's #bank
tossing breadcrumbs
to grateful passing ducks
and passing swans
do we lead
together
or does others' hunger
lead us
to be together#vss365 #tanka
drones human drones film the moon's surface on return each astronaut chooses to #ink the memory as a tattoo #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 April 2026 at 07:37
drones
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 7, 2026
human drones
film the moon's surface
on return
each astronaut
chooses
to #ink the memory
as a tattoo#vss365 #haiku #tanka
one staunch but ragged #arm still points upward crows perch now on the scarecrow's hat and on his shoulders fearlessly guarding the guardian #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 April 2026 at 09:52
one staunch
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 6, 2026
but ragged #arm
still points upward
crows perch now
on the scarecrow's hat
and on his shoulders
fearlessly guarding
the guardian#vss365 #haiku #tanka
the #hand that touches your #hand may one day dance your rhythms #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 April 2026 at 11:28
the #hand
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 6, 2026
that touches
your #hand
may one day dance
your rhythms#vss365 #tanka
winds comb brush the footsteps in dune lines a record wiped yet buried deep in that #sand may be a precious artefact proof of earlier life #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 April 2026 at 09:39
winds comb
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 4, 2026
brush
the footsteps in
dune lines
a record wiped
yet buried
deep in that #sand
may be a precious
artefact
proof of earlier life#vss365 #tanka
morning coffee leaves a faint brown #ring so past time bequeaths a #ring of smiles or dents #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 April 2026 at 09:14
morning coffee leaves
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 3, 2026
a faint brown #ring
so past time bequeaths
a #ring of smiles
or dents#vss365 #tanka
courtroom judge one stroke of his #pen splits a life into a before and an after #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 April 2026 at 09:03
courtroom judge
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 2, 2026
one stroke of his #pen
splits a life
into a before
and an after#vss365 #tanka
old work boots weathered by the seasons and dust what keeps a #man's life full when his fields are silent and empty #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 April 2026 at 09:37
old work boots
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 1, 2026
weathered by the seasons
and dust
what keeps
a #man's life full
when his fields
are silent
and empty#vss365 #tanka #haiku
hollow spaces delayed supplies an #outraged chemist helplessly skims scripts-in-waiting #emoetry #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 April 2026 at 12:12
hollow spaces
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 2, 2026
delayed supplies
an #outraged chemist
helplessly skims
scripts-in-waiting#emoetry #tanka
culture keeper
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026
timekeeper
healer
the infinite power
of music https://t.co/dz97Wictcv
Bowiethe internet
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026
sphinx-like
ecosystems
re-inventing our life
birthing our future
# https://t.co/8EiyXXG2yU
lone lizards perfect stillness on a warm stone lone lizards head upraised prayerfully #conduct the sun to their need to breathe #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 March 2026 at 11:07
lone lizards
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026
perfect stillness
on a warm stone
lone lizards
head upraised
prayerfully #conduct the sun
to their need
to breathe#vss365 #haiku #tanka
the art of
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026
finding art
embedded
artfully
in functional art https://t.co/KUJdVkm4nr
life needs stillness select purrs in select primary colours of life
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 March 2026 at 14:26
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a storm snaps thunder jolts the earth lightning claws the sky between bursts surreal echo chambers formed by a leaping wild #sprite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 March 2026 at 11:26
a storm snaps
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026
thunder jolts the earth
lightning claws the sky
between bursts
surreal echo chambers
formed by
a leaping
wild #sprite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
cloudy childhood our #illusive kingdoms in broken sheds our crowns rule over war-weary fields imagination our basic strength our survival #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 March 2026 at 10:16
cloudy childhood
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 28, 2026
our #illusive kingdoms
in broken sheds
our crowns rule over
war-weary fields
imagination
our basic strength
our survival#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
church candles #burn yet bear whispered prayers their flame is the soul's higher songline #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 March 2026 at 09:51
church candles#burn yet bear
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 27, 2026
whispered prayers
their flame is the soul's
higher songline#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
our laundry essentials a copper a pot stick and a wringer were wash day tools concrete twin tubs to de-mud the dog soak the sheets pluck the chook clean the fish grandmother's real life stories #fascinate the child #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 March 2026 at 08:35
our laundry essentials
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 26, 2026
a copper
a pot stick and
a wringer were
wash day tools
concrete twin tubs to
de-mud the dog
soak the sheets
pluck the chook
clean the fish
grandmother's
real life stories#fascinate the child#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
checkout queue marked by shuffling feet and a rising #tempest of peeved sighs but for some the mighty phone becomes the default reality the lifesaver #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 March 2026 at 06:26
checkout queue
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 25, 2026
marked by
shuffling feet and
a rising #tempest
of peeved sighs
but for some
the mighty phone
becomes
the default reality
the lifesaver#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
Some signs have a sense of humour...in some cases 'toilet humour'...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026
📷Dromana 2012 pic.twitter.com/rwUG8PGMMp
Sometimes just a humble puddle can magically reinvent the reality we think we know... 📷March 2012 - carpark by Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula...
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 10:11
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a tired faithful old dog chases his youth but uncooperative bones #frustrate his run #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 09:51
a tired
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026
faithful old dog
chases his youth
but uncooperative bones#frustrate his run#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
dawn magpies #endorse their song as daily bread meanwhile trails of ants #endorse work beyond the self #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 March 2026 at 08:57
dawn magpies#endorse their song
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 23, 2026
as daily bread
meanwhile
trails of ants#endorse work
beyond the self#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
barbed fence lines round well-watered fields #waver in heat a fettered private oasis #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 March 2026 at 08:50
barbed fence lines
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 22, 2026
round well-watered fields#waver in heat
a fettered
private oasis#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
my memoir the #divide between my lives closes slightly #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 March 2026 at 09:57
my memoir
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 21, 2026
the #divide
between my lives
closes
slightly#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
#overcast my road dissolves sometimes but life is just a cycle sunlit my road inspires often #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 March 2026 at 08:34
#overcast
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 20, 2026
my road dissolves
sometimes
but life
is just
a cycle
sunlit
my road inspires
often#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
morning tides erase yesterday's footprints and sandcastles waves renew their schedules their art I #mediate between the values of to and fro rise and fall here and there any permanence leans on the controversial yin and yang status of now #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 March 2026 at 08:35
morning tides
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 19, 2026
erase yesterday's footprints
and sandcastles
waves renew
their schedules
their art
I #mediate between
my concepts of
to and fro
rise and fall
here and there
permanence
leans on
the controversial
yin and yang status
of now#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
cracked river beds dusty window panes empty water tanks we #entreat drifting dark clouds to linger universal thirst is the raw heart of need #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 March 2026 at 08:58
cracked river beds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 18, 2026
dusty window panes
empty water tanks
we #entreat
drifting dark clouds
to linger
universal thirst is
the raw heart
of need#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
restless markets shortages our future is qualified by volatile numbers current worlds may offer multiple fears but there's no pressure to blindly #partake #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 March 2026 at 08:08
restless markets
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 17, 2026
shortages
our future
is qualified by
volatile numbers
current worlds
may offer
multiple fears but
there's no pressure
to blindly #partake#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
one festive day in morning mist a lone abbey arch channels historic St Patrick faith may #surpass Irish legend yet legends cross generations and keep faith alive #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 March 2026 at 07:20
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one festive day
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 16, 2026
in morning mist
a lone abbey arch
channels historic
St Patrick
faith
may #surpass Irish legend
yet legends
cross generations and
keep faith alive#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry pic.twitter.com/zvKxGnA0zY
war-damaged bronze church bell cannot #assure imminent peace but its fractured war-weary stubborn tolls try to reflect stubborn hope #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 March 2026 at 09:38
war-damaged
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 15, 2026
bronze church bell
cannot #assure
imminent
peace
but its fractured
war-weary
stubborn tolls
try to reflect
stubborn hope#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
In the Netherlands, if a person dies alone, without any family or friends as mourners, a poet will be sent to write a poem and read it at the burial service. It's called the Lonely Funeral Project, and it's just humans being good humans.
— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) March 13, 2026
paradox the cyclic nomad finds home's #warmth in the impulse of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:06
paradox
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026
the cyclic nomad
finds home's #warmth
in the impulse
of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
2009 a student struggled to express his response to Bruce Dawe's poetry but he played a magical impulsive accompaniment his own voice #tanka P.S. Much to our surprise, this humble, quirky guy was a brilliant musician. He played in the school library. Swiftly his audience grew.
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:24
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the language
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026
of silence
soulmates #haiku pic.twitter.com/cKToqHmf4x
drones of destruction sounds of chaos rubble but in some #corner of the world there is someone who plants a garden #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 March 2026 at 11:47
drones
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026
of destruction
sounds
of chaos
rubble
but in some #corner
of the world
there is someone
who plants
a garden#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
summer is fading her wild waves her high tides of burning heat seem exhausted now we bathe in her soft waves her #precious mellow handover to autumn #vss365 #tanka #microoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 March 2026 at 08:19
summer is fading
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 12, 2026
her wild waves
her high tides of
burning heat seem
exhausted
now we bathe in
her soft waves
her #precious
mellow handover to
autumn#vss365 #tanka #microoetry
so far away flying so high my #bonny child cannot even send a postcard my #bonny child never learnt to read or write #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 March 2026 at 09:03
so far away
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 11, 2026
flying so high
my #bonny child
cannot even send
a postcard
my #bonny child
never learnt to read
or write#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
the music of time the #harmony the discord of highs and lows #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 March 2026 at 09:53
the music of time
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 10, 2026
the #harmony
the discord
of highs
and lows#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
the down the dark the lost side of meditation #lethargy #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 March 2026 at 08:24
the down
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026
the dark
the lost side
of meditation#lethargy#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
a flash of inspiration my #lightning friend #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 March 2026 at 19:35
a flash
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026
of inspiration
my #lightning friend#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
a spider prays in a fragile chapel of threads morning mist turns silvered threads into #jewellery #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry N.B. I am more familiar with the British spelling of 'jewellery'.
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 March 2026 at 09:17
a spider prays
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 7, 2026
in a fragile chapel
of threads
morning mist
turns silvered threads
into #jewellery#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
N.B. I am more familiar with the British spelling of 'jewellery'.
leaves scuttling in joy maybe fear yachts sailing controlled or not controlled friend or foe #magnanimous winds have positive maybe negative vibes #vss365 #micropoetry #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 March 2026 at 06:58
leaves scuttling
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026
in joy
maybe fear
yachts sailing
controlled
or not controlled
friend or foe#magnanimous winds have
positive
maybe negative
vibes#vss365 #micropoetry #haiku #tanka
old lives behind dusty old spines wait for any curious hand to touch, to unveil their #bountiful silence #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 March 2026 at 14:18
old lives behind
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026
dusty old spines
wait for any curious hand
to touch, to unveil their#bountiful silence#vss365 #tanka
life
unexpected visitors
unexpected journeys
unexpected detours
return to the main road
erased
high tide surf pounds over a rocky shelf till mystical #cataracts shiver and shimmer #vss365 #tanka 📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 March 2026 at 14:53
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high tide
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 4, 2026
surf pounds over
a rocky shelf
till mystical #cataracts
shiver and shimmer#vss365 #tanka
📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/JxDAyoFpVB
pixelated shapes in coded colours shine on my screen stirring the art of algorithmic #splendour #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 March 2026 at 08:43
pixelated shapes
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 2, 2026
in coded colours
shine on my screen
stirring the art of
algorithmic #splendour #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
sleeping heat cautious slow winds soft air and #timid rains #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 March 2026 at 08:32
sleeping heat
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 1, 2026
cautious
slow winds
soft air and#timid rains#vss365 #haiku
Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House. pic.twitter.com/WgNzOYTBNP
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) February 28, 2026
public art in unexpected places attracts attention #tanka This one is on a power box, by a main Dromana shopping strip, by Dromana beach - fringing Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. 📷My photo 1st March 2019
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 March 2026 at 10:10
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A not so common off-road sign at Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula Victoria...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 28, 2026
📷My photo - 1st March, 2014 pic.twitter.com/MXFfNcPkTO
The above sign tends to appear to be a personal initiative...verging on public art????
cracks in thirsty earths our urgent, endless #quest for the weather gods to understand the farmers' pulse sunshine of the liquid kind I wish would weep on my garden #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 March 2026 at 09:33
cracks in thirsty earths
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 28, 2026
our urgent, endless #quest
for the weather gods
to understand
the farmers' pulse
sunshine
of the liquid kind
I wish
would weep
on my garden#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
late-night newsroom headlines #obsessed with crisis but my spirit thrives on inner reality most autumns #obsessed with leafy colour and I love my watercolours #vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 February 2026 at 09:37
late-night newsroom
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 27, 2026
headlines #obsessed
with crisis
but my spirit
thrives on
inner reality
most autumns#obsessed with
leafy colour
and I love
my watercolours#vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
two kitchen chairs morning coffee steams from two cups as usual so age may tame the #velocity of familiar desire to deeper depths as usual #vss365 #tanka #micropoetrry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 February 2026 at 09:19
two kitchen chairs
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 26, 2026
morning coffee
steams from
two cups
as usual
so age may tame
the #velocity of
familiar desire to
deeper depths
as usual#vss365 #tanka #micropoetrry
#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 February 2026 at 09:07small rural towns galaxies of partly living partly dying old worlds old dog in a dry yard his loyalty #orbital tuned to one voice love lives on #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 February 2026 at 09:13
small rural towns
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 25, 2026
galaxies
of partly living
partly dying
old worlds
old dog
in a dry yard
his loyalty #orbital
tuned to one voice
love lives on#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
Sometimes the worst chapter of your life is just the introduction to the best story you haven’t written yet.
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 25, 2026
Stay Unhinged, Legends ✌🏼https://t.co/cWhxn66qpy
old rural space corrugated shed a weathered door a weathered lonely door latch #knowingly holds old imprints now in new space #vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 February 2026 at 20:18
old rural space
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 24, 2026
corrugated shed
a weathered door
a weathered
lonely door latch #knowingly holds
old imprints
now in new space#vss365 #haiku #tanka #micropoetry
creek stones shimmer a soggy, #crazed mirage post drought illusion fuel when real life serves barren ground #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 February 2026 at 09:16
creek stones shimmer
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 22, 2026
a soggy, #crazed mirage
post drought
illusion fuel
when real life serves
barren ground#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
coarse graffiti on a brick wall confronting meaning in #blatant silence #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 February 2026 at 09:45
coarse graffiti
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 21, 2026
on a brick wall
confronting
meaning in#blatant silence#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
laboured silence #beastly stillness summer's hostage fear rules best without challenge #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 February 2026 at 10:21
laboured silence #beastly stillness
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 20, 2026
summer's hostage
fear
rules best
without challenge#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
closed mine road tracks cross it no bounds new borders nomads trek old routes should they be #mystified #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 February 2026 at 08:35
closed mine road
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 19, 2026
tracks cross it
no bounds
new borders
nomads trek
old routes
should they be#mystified#vss365 #haiku #tanka
peak hour train enforced #bouncy beat #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 February 2026 at 21:32
peak hour train
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 19, 2026
enforced#bouncy beat#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
swelling inbox a #mountainous rabble of news and wants #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 February 2026 at 13:27
swelling inbox
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 18, 2026
a #mountainous rabble of
news and wants#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
late night screen smirking numbers barricade sleep yet one solved cell lets me be oddly #enchanted #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 February 2026 at 08:53
late night screen
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 16, 2026
smirking numbers
barricade sleep
yet one solved cell
lets me be
oddly #enchanted #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
he flaunted aggressive cruelty in the margins of her worn diary #miniscule hope #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 February 2026 at 08:41
he flaunted
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 15, 2026
aggressive
cruelty
in the margins
of her worn diary #miniscule hope#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
his guitar our moment the #kiss of music #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 February 2026 at 08:49
his guitar
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 14, 2026
our moment
the #kiss of music#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
It's Valentine's Day 2026. This image was taken in February 2011 at the annual Hastings Community parade in Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula. The image suggests so much about how this special day (and beyond) could be, should be.
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 February 2026 at 10:22
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A morning walking party...timed to beat the summer heat later in the day...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 13, 2026
Photo taken February 2014 in Melbourne... pic.twitter.com/a9vRD6T0e3
For some, Valentine's Day is a commercialised mask for how love should be...Others believe that real love simply lives on even in daily routines...
Others feel a pang of pain for what was or even for what has never been...
Valentine's Day can be a very sensitive day...to so many...
mid question and answer falls the shadow the #lacuna the hollow men know #vss365 #tanka P.S. Thank you T. S. Eliot 🙏
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 February 2026 at 09:59
mid question
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 13, 2026
and answer
falls the shadow
the #lacuna
the hollow men know#vss365 #tanka
P.S. Thank you T. S. Eliot 🙏
stormy humanity riddled with clouds #dark clouds nature riddled with peace hopefully #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 February 2026 at 10:24
stormy humanity
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 12, 2026
riddled with clouds#dark clouds
nature
riddled with peace
hopefully#vss365 #haiku
first coffee first warmth first #touch of morning #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 February 2026 at 08:57
first coffee
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 11, 2026
first warmth
first #touch of morning#vss365 #haiku
