abandoned desk abandoned drafts my #carrion may these embers still fuel fresh impulses #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 June 2026 at 12:17
abandoned desk
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 30, 2026
abandoned drafts
my #carrion
may these embers still fuel
fresh impulses#vss365 #tanka
as twilight falls a #disgruntled puppy tags the kids inside his party hat slips in protest #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 June 2026 at 10:33
as twilight falls
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 29, 2026
a #disgruntled puppy
tags the kids inside
his party hat slips
in protest#vss365 #tanka
the cat stares at a stray #flea wannabe philosopher with a short-term problem #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 June 2026 at 11:15
the cat
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 28, 2026
stares
at a stray #flea
wannabe philosopher with
a short-term problem#vss365 #tanka
that humble first grey hair an innocent #villain #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 June 2026 at 15:17
that humble first
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 27, 2026
grey hair
an innocent #villain#vss365 #haiku
I stopped by a forest well and dropped in a #grain of rice thinking and not thinking the tiniest ripple a baby smile answered #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 June 2026 at 11:12
I stopped
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 26, 2026
by a forest well
and dropped in
a #grain of rice
thinking and not thinking
the tiniest ripple
a baby smile
answered#vss365 #tanka #haiku
empty stockyards hope will still #pull through a 3rd drought #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 June 2026 at 10:36
empty stockyards
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 25, 2026
hope will still #pull
through a 3rd drought#vss365 #haiku
midyear mornings mean the big southern freeze we lumber and #lurch from shower to heater #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 June 2026 at 13:03
midyear mornings mean
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 24, 2026
the big southern freeze
we lumber and #lurch
from shower to
heater#vss365 #tanka
neither tinsel nor gold leaf can blindside earthy history and sage souls #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 June 2026 at 15:58
'Wake up at 5 AM because it allows you to meet yourself before the world does.'https://t.co/6rLqJ7RPGU
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 23, 2026
weary home owners debate its crumbling life to restore or #defenestrate #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 June 2026 at 10:22
weary home
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 23, 2026
owners debate
its crumbling life
to restore or#defenestrate#vss365 #tanka
a small country town hosts many rumours one new #batch swells ere truth can blink #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 June 2026 at 11:19
a small
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 22, 2026
country town hosts
many rumours
one new #batch swells
ere truth can blink#vss365 #tanka
mastermind of grim busy-ness once now I drift through a blank timetable I #putter or procrastinate happily #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 June 2026 at 12:33
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mastermind of
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 21, 2026
grim busy-ness
once
now I drift
through
a blank timetable
I #putter or procrastinate
happily#vss365 #haiku #tanka pic.twitter.com/HUyK9dz0Hn
Never tire of seeing beautiful posts like this on my timeline. They scatter the dark noises of the world...at least for a little while... https://t.co/iMnQTr8y2l
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 21, 2026
My Sunday timeline needs a 2nd beautiful post.
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 21, 2026
if you are unable
to feel any beauty
around you
imagine some beauty
somewhere else#tanka https://t.co/5oJWgF1gBV
tensions blank silence empty chat box new dawn one warm apology can #undo a winter #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 June 2026 at 12:25
tensions
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 20, 2026
blank silence
empty chat box
new dawn
one warm apology can#undo a winter#vss365 #haiku
concert pianist plays one wrong note shoulders #clench perfection is a cell forbidding fresh air #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 June 2026 at 11:00
concert pianist
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 19, 2026
plays one wrong note
shoulders #clench
perfection is a cell
forbidding fresh air#vss365 #tanka
sometimes I whisper thoughts to a void a #novel moment it would seem that #novel moment sometimes gets an answer in the touch of a gentle furball #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 June 2026 at 08:44
sometimes
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 17, 2026
I whisper thoughts
to a void
a #novel moment
it would seem
that #novel moment
sometimes
gets an answer
in the touch of
a gentle furball#vss365 #tanka
a self-appointed guard of a rural town a mouse-hunting #fiend duty and survival have special laws #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 June 2026 at 10:42
a self-appointed guard
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 17, 2026
of a rural town
a mouse-hunting #fiend
duty and survival
have special laws#vss365 #tanka
from my eyes to yours the #gift of wordless love #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 June 2026 at 08:29
from my eyes
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 15, 2026
to yours
the #gift of
wordless
love#vss365 #tanka
a sleeping old sheepdog keeps one ear alert still respecting a now #distant call to service #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 June 2026 at 09:38
a sleeping old sheepdog
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 14, 2026
keeps one ear alert
still respecting
a now #distant call
to service#vss365 #tanka
the court case ends all documents rest on groaning shelves paper wars reach a no win #quietus #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 June 2026 at 10:11
the court case ends
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 14, 2026
all documents rest
on groaning shelves
paper wars reach
a no win #quietus#vss365 #tanka
dense winter mist #consuming a rural town leaves a cloak of silence the magpie pauses his usual morning argument he cannot see his opponent #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 June 2026 at 12:44
dense winter mist#consuming
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 13, 2026
a rural town
leaves a cloak
of silence
the magpie pauses
his usual
morning argument
he cannot see
his opponent#vss365 #tanka
beyond the rusty gate a depression of tangled wild greens suggests some forgotten or #forbidden trail #vss365
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 June 2026 at 10:21
beyond the rusty gate
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 12, 2026
a depression of
tangled wild greens
suggests some forgotten
or #forbidden trail#vss365
flooded river masquerades as ultra strong tea not even #dawn colours the waters #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 June 2026 at 09:07
flooded river
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 10, 2026
masquerades
as ultra strong tea
not even #dawn
colours the waters#vss365 #tanka
I sleep perchance to dream but demonic nightmares invade always the same #deadfalls try to trap me in past darkness #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 June 2026 at 13:14
I sleep
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 10, 2026
perchance to dream
but demonic
nightmares
invade
always
the same #deadfalls
try to trap me in
past darkness#vss365 #tanka
imagine wired worlds wiped out by a self-made #horror but imagine primitives live on in their natural daily heaven #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 June 2026 at 12:50
imagine
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 8, 2026
wired worlds
wiped out
by a self-made#horror
but imagine
primitives
live on
in their natural
daily heaven#vss365 #tanka
quality control means paws check weight or damage in the #cradle test of eastern grey squirrels #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 June 2026 at 11:45
quality control
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 7, 2026
means paws check
weight or damage
in the #cradle test
of eastern grey squirrels#vss365 #tanka
hermit season cold winds and rain hot soup procrastination cold winds and rain hermit season #dailyhaiku #haiku #paintwithwords
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 June 2026 at 19:28
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morning gratitude
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 6, 2026
grows with a
morning coffee#haiku https://t.co/SDmi6qd8wn
the ones
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 6, 2026
who let me be
the inner me https://t.co/xgcTbVzV0E
time has a habit of cycling through seasons seasons have a habit of varied variations our wise earth knows #evermore is an illusion #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 June 2026 at 12:05
time has a habit
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 6, 2026
of cycling through
seasons
seasons have a habit
of varied
variations
our wise earth knows#evermore is
an illusion#vss365 #haiku
cyclonic rains cause swollen rivers mudslides blocked drains and yet the rise of crops and green grass depend on #falling rain #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 June 2026 at 10:25
cyclonic rains
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 5, 2026
cause
swollen rivers
mudslides
blocked drains
and yet
the rise
of crops and
green grass
depend on#falling rain#vss365 #tanka
feeling lost an orphaned joey dares to share a shady patch with a lone mumma roo a small #victory #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 June 2026 at 09:04
feeling lost
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 3, 2026
an orphaned joey
dares to share a shady patch
with a lone mumma roo
a small #victory#vss365 #tanka
web gossamer drifts and drifts gauzy #gamble #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 June 2026 at 11:46
web gossamer
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 3, 2026
drifts and drifts
gauzy #gamble#vss365 #haiku
my silence
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 2, 2026
and I
have a very real
beautiful
friendship#tanka https://t.co/QjuRnfHr41
the noon of night often bewitches with splintered illusions a #midnight blessing or curse #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 June 2026 at 13:40
the noon of night
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 2, 2026
often bewitches with
splintered illusions
a #midnight blessing
or curse#vss365 #tanka
#primitive survival is a trial and error instinct is it time to resurrect life's undervalued basics #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 June 2026 at 18:07
#primitive survival is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 1, 2026
a trial and error
instinct
is it time
to resurrect life's
undervalued basics#vss365 #haiku
There is the pumped out writing for 'the firm' with all its appropriate terms, structure and punctuation. (AI offers some support for this). Then there is the creative writing without controlled inhibitions...It is yours...Make it yours...your voice...Not all writing is the same.
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 1, 2026
An inspiring post, clarifying my thoughts on writing. Beautifully expressed. 🙏
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 1, 2026
a palette of clouds awaits a wind's paintbrush art in vivid action is a #wondrous sight #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 May 2026 at 10:39
a palette of clouds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 31, 2026
awaits
a wind's paintbrush
art in vivid action is
a #wondrous sight#vss365 #tanka
fire-blackened earth smoking with questions but some #remnant seeds store green answers #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 May 2026 at 10:26
fire-blackened earth
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 30, 2026
smoking
with questions
but some #remnant seeds
store green answers#vss365 #tanka
vibrant sunrise but snowy waves of wintry mist create a #rift a blur of daylight #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 May 2026 at 09:20
vibrant sunrise
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 28, 2026
but snowy waves
of wintry mist
create a #rift
a blur of daylight#vss365 #tanka
a wide-eyed child trapped in a war zone asked why we need wars the father laden with the #gravity of fear simply could not say we don't #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 May 2026 at 08:19
a wide-eyed child
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2026
trapped
in a war zone
asked why
we need wars
the father
laden with
the #gravity of fear
simply could not say
we don't#vss365 #tanka
a savage argument a slammed door clothes gone the silence is the #signal of a new future #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 May 2026 at 13:33
a savage argument
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2026
a slammed door
clothes gone
the silence is the #signal
of a new future#vss365 #tanka
I don’t want a loud life anymore. I don’t want constant hustle, anxiety, noise, or the feeling that I’m always running late to something. I want a slow life. Quiet morning coffee while the world is still asleep. Long walks in nature with no destination. Cooking healthy meals with…
— Karun Pal (@karunpal) May 25, 2026
Slight correction for me...Eating healthy dinners from Lite n Easy...I hate cooking...
stubborn candles tremble softly before stained glass the crumbling church harbours a silent #crevasse between old beliefs and desperate hope #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 May 2026 at 09:28
stubborn candles tremble
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 25, 2026
softly
before stained glass
the crumbling church
harbours
a silent #crevasse
between old beliefs and
desperate hope#vss365 #haiku #tanka
an infinite range of programmed skills are instilled in robots who may face a #judgement day creator or robot #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 May 2026 at 09:17
an infinite range
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 24, 2026
of programmed skills
are instilled in robots
who may face
a #judgement day
creator or robot#vss365 #haiku
discarded robots perhaps their metal minds #immerse in moss yet one fern awakens where a heart could be #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 May 2026 at 09:50
discarded robots
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 24, 2026
perhaps their metal minds#immerse in moss
yet one fern awakens
where a heart could be#vss365 #tanka
an ageless willow by a quiet river holds an ageing rope a #tether to a small boat and some child's summers #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 11:18
an ageless willow
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 23, 2026
by a quiet river
holds an ageing rope
a #tether to a small boat
and some child's summers#vss365 #tanka
frayed threads of former lives can reappear in unexpected moments such threads #linger as ghost writers blending what was and what is #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 May 2026 at 09:14
frayed threads
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 21, 2026
of former lives
can reappear
in unexpected
moments
such threads#linger as
ghost writers
blending what was and
what is#vss365 #tanka
You are allowed to live a life other people don't understand. A slow quiet life of meaning. A life where your nervous system is not constantly on fire. A life where your mind is clear. A life where you are no longer running away from yourself. A life where mornings are calm.…
— Karun Pal (@karunpal) May 15, 2026
the #intent is to live freely underscored by learning to survive #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 May 2026 at 10:51
the #intent is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 20, 2026
to live freely
underscored by
learning
to survive#vss365 #tanka
autumn is the #feral season iced humidity sudden rains and dervish winds #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 May 2026 at 08:12
autumn is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 18, 2026
the #feral season
iced humidity
sudden rains and
dervish winds#vss365 #tanka
I would so love to seem somewhat #luminous precious hope in dark worlds #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 May 2026 at 09:35
I would so love
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 17, 2026
to seem
somewhat #luminous
precious hope
in dark worlds#vss365 #tanka
a #barren landscape has only dust tiny game pieces for rambunctious errant winds #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 May 2026 at 10:21
a #barren landscape
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 17, 2026
has only dust
tiny game pieces
for rambunctious
errant winds#vss365 #tanka
synchronised dancing
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 16, 2026
for two
while one
subtly
dares to be different#tanka pic.twitter.com/WpI6gKIcKz
cruel words flung at a friend can be a sign of suffering personal cruelty to receive sincere #forgiveness is a humbling weepy measure of a great friend #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 May 2026 at 13:20
cruel words
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 16, 2026
flung at a friend
can be a sign of
suffering
personal cruelty
to receive sincere#forgiveness
is a humbling
weepy measure of
a great friend#vss365 #tanka
still loveable my white picket fence roses the wrap around verandah stereotype but my home has a special thought space with a street view my private #unalloyed reality #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 May 2026 at 12:39
hot coffee
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 14, 2026
an #unalloyed
first impulse on
iced or
sizzling mornings#vss365 #tanka
foraging by night a lone platypus demonstrates mud-riddled #diligence intently scanning for the wriggle of small things #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 May 2026 at 08:30
#evenfall last sunset colours last light on the roses #evenfall street lights of small life span play a feeble joust with the stars but for me #evenfall has a personal touch it's when mum's taxi slumps in the garage #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 May 2026 at 13:14
#evenfall
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 13, 2026
last sunset colours
last light on the roses#evenfall
street lights
of small life span
play a feeble joust
with the stars
but for me#evenfall has
a personal touch
it's when mum's taxi
slumps in the garage#vss365 #tanka
my day is a gentle quest for #fleeting happiness another deposit for the memory #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 May 2026 at 09:26
my day
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 11, 2026
is a gentle quest for #fleeting happiness
another deposit
for the memory#vss365 #tanka
#vss365 #haiku #tanka— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 May 2026 at 12:47midnight rain on empty neon-streaked streets time trembles outside his vacant shop an old violinist plays sighing strings #haunted by another age #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 May 2026 at 09:14
midnight rain
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 10, 2026
on empty
neon-streaked
streets
time trembles
outside his vacant shop
an old violinist plays
sighing strings#haunted by
another age#vss365 #tanka
after summer fires a tree regrew branches sideways even a scarred tree a #misfit can still offer a gift the gift of summer shade #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 May 2026 at 12:47
after summer fires
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 10, 2026
a tree regrew branches
sideways
even a scarred tree
a #misfit
can still offer a gift
the gift of
summer shade#vss365 #haiku #tanka
winter sunrise winter struggles to feel alive winter sunrise a last #dewdrop trembles #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 May 2026 at 08:48
winter sunrise
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 8, 2026
winter struggles
to feel alive
winter sunrise
a last #dewdrop
trembles#vss365 #haiku
a ragged hungry child plays quietly alone in dusty ruins she plays with a scrap of paper shaping a semblance of beak and wings then her cupped hands offer her paper #dove to the sky #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 May 2026 at 09:51
a ragged
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 7, 2026
hungry child
plays quietly
alone
in dusty ruins
she plays with
a scrap of paper
shaping
a semblance of
beak and wings
then
her cupped hands
offer
her paper #dove
to the sky#vss365 #tanka
orchard fragments bruised fruits rest in a spa of #moonbeams a lone fox drinks rain drops from old sleeping drones humanity is absent in this brave new world for now but new seeds spin new hope #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 May 2026 at 13:49
orchard fragments
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 7, 2026
bruised fruits rest
in a spa of #moonbeams
a lone fox drinks rain drops
from old sleeping drones
humanity
is absent
in this brave new world
for now
but new seeds
spin
new hope#vss365 #tanka #haiku
faded and chipped but still my key to resilience my #dear old teacup may just outlive me #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 May 2026 at 09:54
faded and chipped
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 5, 2026
but still my key to
resilience
my #dear old teacup
may just outlive me#vss365 #tanka
a hollow room just a #phantom violin sighs softly as if some deep grief has found a voice #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 May 2026 at 09:01
a hollow room
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 4, 2026
just a #phantom violin
sighs softly
as if some deep grief
has found a voice#vss365 #tanka
an ageing mirror softens an ageing face accumulated dust on a mirror may represent an enigmatic form of long-term #affection #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 May 2026 at 09:46
an ageing mirror
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 3, 2026
softens
an ageing face
accumulated dust
on a mirror
may represent
an enigmatic form of
long-term #affection#vss365 #haiku #tanka
against my will my poem scripts its own lines I meant to leash my #fury but my poem knows #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 May 2026 at 09:51
against my will
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 2, 2026
my poem scripts
its own lines
I meant to leash
my #fury
but my poem knows#vss365 #haiku
