a special child...

a special child may draw a #lion a flying lion of many colours Grograman's kind twin after hearing Mum read The Neverending Story he wants Falkor the flying Luck Dragon to have a friend #vss365 #tanka N.B. In the book version, Falkor had a lion-like face...

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 May 2026 at 12:42

a special child
may draw a #lion
a flying lion
of many colours
Grograman's kind twin

after hearing Mum read
The Neverending Story
he wants Falkor
the flying Luck Dragon
to have a friend#vss365 #tanka

N.B. In the book version, Falkor had a lion-like face...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 1, 2026

war against peace...

latest news breaks another loaded gun pitches war against peace can we survive this ongoing #dichotomous 'progress' in human history #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 April 2026 at 08:46

latest news
breaks
another loaded gun
pitches war
against peace

can we survive
this ongoing#dichotomous
'progress'
in human history#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2026

a lightning bolt...

a #lightning bolt found me one cheery spring morning my marriage fell apart and so did I much much later I saw a #lightning bolt one stormy dark night and raised my glass to tomorrow #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 April 2026 at 14:08

a #lightning bolt
found me
one cheery spring morning
my marriage fell apart
and so did I

much
much
later

I saw
a #lightning bolt
one stormy dark night
and raised my glass to
tomorrow#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2026

look up awhile...

look up awhile savour messages encrypted in autumn clouds #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 April 2026 at 15:05

small hands stack blocks...

small hands stack blocks another young mind learns the value of balance subconsciously another young mind becomes a #tactician in training #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 April 2026 at 08:45

small hands
stack blocks
another young mind learns
the value of
balance

subconsciously
another young mind becomes
a #tactician
in training#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 27, 2026

in humble caves...

in humble caves before the birth of words storytellers trace #lunar cycles on cave walls glass domed voiceless city as data hums each morning earth rises #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 April 2026 at 10:25

in humble caves
before the birth of words
storytellers
trace #lunar cycles
on cave walls

glass domed
voiceless city
as data hums
each morning
earth rises#vss365 #tanka pic.twitter.com/NJCsyljqxO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 27, 2026

eyes hold yours...

eyes hold yours breaths are slow an old dog sinks deep into your lap a #psychopomp in the form of gentle love guides you both of you through letting go #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 11:32

eyes hold yours
breaths are slow
an old dog
sinks deep
into your lap

a #psychopomp
in the form of gentle love
guides you
both of you
through letting go#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 26, 2026

each evening...

each evening my #cats settle gently one on my lap and one by my arm their close warmth relaxes my tired limbs and calms my work-weary mind #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 April 2026 at 11:14

each evening
my #cats
settle gently
one on my lap
and one by my arm

their close warmth
relaxes
my tired limbs and
calms
my work-weary mind#vss365 #tanka pic.twitter.com/5KCrNFWI7W

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 25, 2026

growing older means...

growing older means living in new realities but some prefer to live in memories #fishing for older worlds old friends an old sense of belonging #vss365 #tanka #haiku

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

growing older
means living in
new realities

but some
prefer to
live in memories#fishing
for older worlds
old friends
an old sense of
belonging#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 24, 2026

no wolves here...

no #wolves here only a look-a-like a legend the shy Tasmanian tiger questions extinction #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 April 2026 at 10:30

no #wolves here
only a look-a-like
a legend
the shy Tasmanian tiger
questions extinction#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 23, 2026

layers of healing secrets...

layers of healing secrets #jade earths worldly and cosmic questions #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 April 2026 at 21:23

layers of
healing secrets#jade earths
worldly and cosmic
questions#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2026

walking in autumn colours...

walking in autumn colours a child skips gently ahead of her parents her quiet gaze slips left to right in silent, #undersea wonder a wisdom beyond the voice of words #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 April 2026 at 09:37

walking in autumn colours
a child skips gently
ahead of her parents

her quiet gaze
slips left to right
in silent, #undersea wonder
a wisdom beyond
the voice of words#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2026

I keep a pocket...

long road—
I keep a pocket
for other people’s storms#haiku #poetry

— Rockford Haiku Hike (@OutsiderPoetry) December 23, 2025

the elderly...

the elderly sometimes polish their gnarled past phases into gentler, smooth golds healing #trickery culled stories can selective truths have value? #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 April 2026 at 09:51

the elderly
sometimes polish
their gnarled past phases
into gentler, smooth golds
healing #trickery

culled stories
can selective truths
have value?#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026

just over 25 years ago...

just over 25 years ago the page turned Sydney Summer Olympics Playstation 2 released the Millenium Dome of London Putin becomes president Cast Away Trump era brews Mission: Impossible 2 propaganda mixed messages the #investiture of the Bayeux Tapestry 21st century style #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 April 2026 at 10:08

just over
25 years ago
the page turned

Sydney Olympics
Playstation 2 released
the Millenium Dome

Putin is president
Cast Away
Trump era waits
Mission: Impossible 2

propaganda
mixed messages
the #investiture of
the Bayeux Tapestry
21st century style#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026

city street lights...

city street lights city shop lights neon night tides after rain rushing feet strike pooled puddles a pseudo flicker of sighing #seafoam #vss3655 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2026 at 09:01

city street lights city shop lights neon night tides after rain rushing feet strike pooled puddles a pseudo flicker of sighing #seafoam #vss365 #haiku #tanka SORRY! Wrong writing group number at the end...

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2026 at 10:43

city street lights
city shop lights
neon night tides after rain

rushing feet strike
pooled puddles
a pseudo flicker of
sighing #seafoam #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2026

on the back step...

on the back step buckled tin tapped by a child with a toy #hammer fixed somewhere I lost faith in the power of intent #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 April 2026 at 10:52

on the back step
buckled tin
tapped by a child
with a toy #hammer
fixed

somewhere
I lost faith in
the power of intent#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2026

just one word...

just one #word one 'yes' or one 'no' frames the future #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 April 2026 at 07:48

just one #word
one 'yes' or
one 'no'
frames
the future#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 15, 2026

as a child...

as a child I chalked a simple door shape I stepped through the arched #loop and waited older chalk still in hand #vss365 #haiku #tanka #surreal

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 April 2026 at 09:48

as a child
I chalked a simple
door shape

I stepped through
the arched #loop
and waited
older
chalk still in hand#vss365 #haiku #tanka #surreal

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026

the jungle and the allies...

in the jungle
the mighty jungle
two lions stand for
what's right https://t.co/Q8haE2tcDV

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026

the forest and the axe...

The forest could almost be classified as a bunch of cannibals... but devouring themselves... https://t.co/wGlcDQ4fvJ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026

mud still clings...

mud still clings to fading words a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 April 2026 at 08:12

mud still clings
to fading words
a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 13, 2026

across the small table...

across the small table we share grand theories with a buzz of common topics in awkward spaces our coffee grows cold our unsaid words our truth chills in coffee stained #water #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 April 2026 at 09:02

across the small table
we share grand theories
with a buzz of
common topics
in awkward spaces

our coffee grows cold
our unsaid words
our truth
chills in
coffee stained #water#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 12, 2026

dusk...

dusk an elderly couple relax on a porch watching the sun #sink slowly behind their wheat crop as usual they count not years but moments daily, precious moments that choose to remain #vss365 #micropoetry #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 April 2026 at 09:43

dusk
an elderly couple
relax on a porch
watching the sun#sink slowly behind
their wheat crop
as usual

they count
not years
but moments
daily, precious moments
that choose to remain#vss365 #micropoetry #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026

school day's end...

school day's end the bell dongs children scatter wild sparrows flitting in shrill joy freedom seems to #sing loudest and boldest at the outer limits of rules and beliefs #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 April 2026 at 11:37

school day's end
the bell dongs
children scatter
wild sparrows flitting
in shrill joy

freedom seems to #sing
loudest and boldest
at the outer limits
of rules
and beliefs#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026

sparkling city towers...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 10, 2026

the shy couple...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 8, 2026

drones...human drones...

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
human drones
film the moon's surface

on return
each astronaut
chooses
to #ink the memory
as a tattoo#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 7, 2026

one staunch but ragged arm...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 6, 2026

the hand that touches your hand...

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
that touches
your #hand
may one day dance
your rhythms#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 6, 2026

winds comb...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 4, 2026

morning coffee...

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
a faint brown #ring
so past time bequeaths
a #ring of smiles
or dents#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 3, 2026

courtroom judge...

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
one stroke of his #pen
splits a life
into a before
and an after#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 2, 2026

old work boots...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 1, 2026

hollow spaces...

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
delayed supplies
an #outraged chemist
helplessly skims
scripts-in-waiting#emoetry #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 2, 2026

weeping camel, Mongolia ...

culture keeper
timekeeper
healer
the infinite power
of music https://t.co/dz97Wictcv

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

sphinx-like ecosystems...

the internet
sphinx-like
ecosystems
re-inventing our life
birthing our future

# https://t.co/8EiyXXG2yU

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

Bowie

lone lizards...

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
perfect stillness
on a warm stone

lone lizards
head upraised
prayerfully #conduct the sun
to their need
to breathe#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

where the railing becomes art within art...

the art of
finding art
embedded
artfully
in functional art https://t.co/KUJdVkm4nr

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026

select purrs...

life needs stillness select purrs in select primary colours of life

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 March 2026 at 14:26

a storm snaps...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026

cloudy childhood...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 28, 2026

church candles...

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
whispered prayers
their flame is the soul's
higher songline#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 27, 2026

our laundry essentials...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 26, 2026

checkout queue...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 25, 2026

some signs have a sense of humour...

Some signs have a sense of humour...in some cases 'toilet humour'...

📷Dromana 2012 pic.twitter.com/rwUG8PGMMp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026

re-invent reality?...

Sometimes just a humble puddle can magically reinvent the reality we think we know... 📷March 2012 - carpark by Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 10:11

a tired, faithful old dog...

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
faithful old dog
chases his youth
but uncooperative bones#frustrate his run#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026

dawn magpies endorse their song...

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
as daily bread

meanwhile

trails of ants#endorse work
beyond the self#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 23, 2026

barbed fence lines...

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
round well-watered fields#waver in heat
a fettered
private oasis#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 22, 2026

my memoir...

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
the #divide
between my lives
closes
slightly#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 21, 2026

overcast...

#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
my road dissolves
sometimes

but life
is just
a cycle

sunlit
my road inspires
often#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 20, 2026

morning tides...

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
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

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 19, 2026

cracked river beds...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 18, 2026

restless markets...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 17, 2026

one festive day...

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

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 March 2026 at 07:20

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 pic.twitter.com/zvKxGnA0zY

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 16, 2026

war-damaged, bronze church bell...

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
bronze church bell
cannot #assure
imminent
peace

but its fractured
war-weary
stubborn tolls
try to reflect
stubborn hope#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 15, 2026

a poet graveside...

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...

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
the cyclic nomad
finds home's #warmth
in the impulse
of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

surprise music in 2009...

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.

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:24

the language of silence...

the language
of silence
soulmates #haiku pic.twitter.com/cKToqHmf4x

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

drones of destruction...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

summer is fading...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 12, 2026

so far away...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 11, 2026

the music of time...

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
the #harmony
the discord
of highs
and lows#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 10, 2026

the other side...

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
the dark
the lost side
of meditation#lethargy#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026

a flash...

a flash of inspiration my #lightning friend #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 March 2026 at 19:35

a flash
of inspiration
my #lightning friend#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026

a spider prays...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 7, 2026

leaves scuttling...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026

old lives behind...

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
dusty old spines
wait for any curious hand
to touch, to unveil their#bountiful silence#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026

that's life...

 life

unexpected visitors

unexpected journeys

unexpected detours

return to the main road

erased

Youngsters parading their bikes in the Westernport Festival at Hastings on a Saturday morning.

I would drop everything to watch this community festival, sadly now dissolved.

I would rather share this as an image of a detour than make a fuss about being exhausted on this day...

Too exhausted to create my usual posts...

So now, on the 8th March, I have turned back the clock to fill the gap.