Friday, 27 February 2026

two kitchen chairs...

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

Thursday, 26 February 2026

galaxies of partly living...

small 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
#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 February 2026 at 09:07

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

sometimes the worst chapter in your life...

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

old rural space...

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

Monday, 23 February 2026

creek stones shimmer...

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

Sunday, 22 February 2026

graffiti...

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

Saturday, 21 February 2026

laboured silence...

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

Friday, 20 February 2026

mystified...

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

Thursday, 19 February 2026

peak hour train...

peak hour train enforced #bouncy beat #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 February 2026 at 21:32

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

swelling inbox...

swelling inbox a #mountainous rabble of news and wants #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 February 2026 at 13:27

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

late night screen...

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

Monday, 16 February 2026

he flaunted...

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

Sunday, 15 February 2026

his guitar...

his guitar our moment the #kiss of music #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 February 2026 at 08:49

Saturday, 14 February 2026

Valentine's Day thoughts...

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.

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 February 2026 at 10:22

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...

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

Friday, 13 February 2026

stormy humanity...

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

Thursday, 12 February 2026

first coffee...

first coffee first warmth first #touch of morning #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 February 2026 at 08:57

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

my hollow ache...

my hollow #ache pining to be valued #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 February 2026 at 09:29

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

when gushing, flowery words trash the limelight...

when gushing flowery words trash the limelight the humble haiku powers on the #bones of grammar meaty with meaning behold the haiku in action the #bones of life of landscape and soul are embalmed in haiku #vss365 #micropoetry #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 February 2026 at 13:43

Monday, 9 February 2026

pale road dust...

#pale road dust lifts and falls unnoticed final breath regret falls unnoticed #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 February 2026 at 08:36

Sunday, 8 February 2026

summer sunsets waste blood...

summer sunsets waste #blood on panting paddocks trying to stay cool and live in other chilled worlds old hearts battle to pump #blood to live and stay warm #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 February 2026 at 10:40

Saturday, 7 February 2026

family dramas...

family dramas botched my childhood happiness in my childhood world but that tragic life taught me to be a healer of others in need the art of empathy often born of an old #wound priceless legacy #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 February 2026 at 10:33

my haiku in Japanese...

bsky.app/profile/rhub...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 February 2026 at 23:55

Friday, 6 February 2026

useful IDs pale...

useful IDs pale a #lambent mirror nearby suggests real IDs a kettle's steamed hiss invades our nervous silence truth waits to be poured #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 February 2026 at 13:54

Thursday, 5 February 2026

old rental of mine...

old rental of mine attracts the #ghost of students in my old classrooms I hear new questions questions I long to answer but that chance has passed #vss3655 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 February 2026 at 08:17

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

an unwanted life...

an unwanted life whimpering by the roadside his #pain is my #pain no hesitation I saved this small life and so saved my own #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 February 2026 at 08:16

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

the tired lily leans...

the tired lily leans toward a boarded window a frail #soul seeks light #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 February 2026 at 08:13

Monday, 2 February 2026

active, fluid art...

active, fluid art light, weather, time and seasons paint unique #shadows #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 February 2026 at 09:50

Sunday, 1 February 2026

gasping, curling leaves...

gasping, curling leaves snarky summer imitates autumn yellow tones some light rains arrive but token drops of water never #soothe raw heat #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 February 2026 at 09:07

Saturday, 31 January 2026

monotonous spins...

monotonous spins mesmerising welcome #thrum of fans in heatwaves #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 January 2026 at 06:52

Friday, 30 January 2026

time's annals...

time's annals filter, #obfuscate bruised ordinary lives #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 January 2026 at 08:36

Thursday, 29 January 2026

new foal's legs quiver...

new foal's legs #quiver as he endeavours to stand to touch and know earth #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 January 2026 at 08:03

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

metal scorched with heat...

metal scorched with heat summer's midday stress causes loyal shade to #wane #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 January 2026 at 10:14


water is summer's gold

 

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

tired country town...

tired country town to be or not to live on one light on the #cusp #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 January 2026 at 07:29

Monday, 26 January 2026

a parade in town...

a parade in town council's #ruse to mend frayed ends and cool hot waters #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 January 2026 at 11:16

Australia Day...fluff, ceremony and peace...

After all the noise and fluff of #AustraliaDay ceremonies, screened on SBS...a breathing space was screened...no words...just quiet music backing a camera roving over Australia's beautiful landscapes... and historical notes on the area screened to the side... Well done #SBS...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 January 2026 at 11:02

Sunday, 25 January 2026

a quiet paddle...

summer morning light...

summer morning light peeks between the verticals my past days retreat but my grief lingers it #slips into my lifestyle endless settling dust #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 January 2026 at 09:34

Saturday, 24 January 2026

two living shadows...

two living shadows then only one could live on now they breathe elsewhere #haiku #micropoetry #shadows #cat

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 January 2026 at 12:05

our eyes' daily bread...

our eyes' daily bread shock by shock, pixel by pixel newsfeeds #drizzle angst #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 January 2026 at 11:42

Friday, 23 January 2026

morning coffee thoughts...

morning coffee thoughts old masks thankfully #unmoor from my old IDs #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 January 2026 at 10:18

Thursday, 22 January 2026

too neat solutions...

too neat solutions smooth-talking may #bend shrewd minds toward more questions #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 January 2026 at 08:45

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

family secrets...

family secrets surprise yesterdays may #loom begging to be known #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 January 2026 at 08:23

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

summer romping outside...

summer romping outside a prisoner huddled inside I fervently wish these daily, destructive winds would #veer far offshore #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry P.S. Day 5 now...I am over wind-strewn days

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 January 2026 at 07:28

Monday, 19 January 2026

today's wind forecast...

today's wind forecast relentless blustery blasts again boot breezes the #murmur of summer winds seems like forgotten music #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 January 2026 at 09:14

Sunday, 18 January 2026

sprinting splotchy art...

sprinting splotchy art when madcap winds turn streetscapes into #dappled worlds #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 January 2026 at 09:39

Saturday, 17 January 2026

a cheeky white face...

a surgeon's scalpel...

a surgeon's scalpel must #sear a clean, skilful cut when life needs a knife #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 January 2026 at 09:40

Friday, 16 January 2026

artificial wings...

artificial wings this eagle needs a cable for flying people #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 January 2026 at 10:58

on the bucket list...

on the bucket list a #heartfelt wish for Nature and humans at one #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 January 2026 at 09:35

may we raise children...

Thursday, 15 January 2026

renter's dilemma...

renter's dilemma a landlord and real estate decide my future cross information #wonky interpretations of a main problem my summer cooling still waits for a clear outcome and my mind's not cool #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 January 2026 at 09:29

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

borders of the mind...

 


borders of the mind
are just artificial walls
imagined limits


borders are concepts
established as a challenge
maybe a warning



cruel disrespect...

cruel disrespect never #stoop to a bully let karma control #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 January 2026 at 08:04

Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Monday, 12 January 2026

flyboarding...

buzz of flyboarding a rather #kooky tactic for riding the waves #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 January 2026 at 07:39

Sunday, 11 January 2026

smoky red landscape...

smoky red landscape dangerous to fight the flames dangerous to breathe it's bushfire season we must thank the brave firemen for their commitment #BushfiresVic #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 January 2026 at 11:32

questions recycle...

questions recycle failing to find a brother till recent sad news not here now but here his #unmissable presence will always haunt me #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 January 2026 at 10:36

Saturday, 10 January 2026

January reflections...

Missing the wonders of Balnarring Beach... January 2016 waters' edge wonders the beach is a gallery ephemeral art #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 January 2026 at 10:08

dusty news arrives...

dusty news arrives twenty years of silence finally broken he travelled around his final #delivery voiced by a stranger #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 January 2026 at 09:44

Friday, 9 January 2026

we adorn our lives...

we #adorn our lives with money, plans and trends real meaning tarries labels will never be the inner real person aura yields a clue #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 January 2026 at 11:15

Thursday, 8 January 2026

a wind-stressed silence...

a wind-stressed silence an imagined #symphony of scurrying clouds #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 January 2026 at 08:09

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

international issues analysed...

great advice for summer lawns...

a recent moment...

a recent moment my old conch shell meets baby glass reflecting glass a post Christmas gift a friend knew I missed the sea mainly in summer my #spooked gratitude I'd just been viewing photos of my old bay home #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 January 2026 at 10:55

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

V-shaped regiment...

V-shaped regiment most black wings heed formation except one #oddball #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 January 2026 at 11:10

Monday, 5 January 2026

birds on wires...

sweet bird choirs on wires #clueless why street cars below sound so so grisly #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 January 2026 at 09:12

Sunday, 4 January 2026

conference jargon...

conference jargon melee of charts, graphs and grids business #balderdash #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 January 2026 at 09:12