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
symbols
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 2, 2026
of happiness
never fade
Happy Heavenly Birthday Dearest Dad
2nd May pic.twitter.com/72847i9gAo
blank canvas meets colour strokes who dares to #name a ghostly thought before it breathes #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 May 2026 at 10:12
blank canvas
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 2, 2026
meets
colour strokes
who dares to #name
a ghostly thought
before it breathes#vss365 #haiku
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 1, 2026
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...
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2026
breaks
another loaded gun
pitches war
against peace
can we survive
this ongoing#dichotomous
'progress'
in human history#vss365 #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2026
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
look up awhile savour messages encrypted in autumn clouds #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 April 2026 at 15:05
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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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 27, 2026
stack blocks
another young mind learns
the value of
balance
subconsciously
another young mind becomes
a #tactician
in training#vss365 #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 27, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 26, 2026
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
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
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 April 2026 at 11:14
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each evening
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 25, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 24, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 23, 2026
only a look-a-like
a legend
the shy Tasmanian tiger
questions extinction#vss365 #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2026
healing secrets#jade earths
worldly and cosmic
questions#vss365 #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2026
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
long road—
— Rockford Haiku Hike (@OutsiderPoetry) December 23, 2025
I keep a pocket
for other people’s storms#haiku #poetry
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026
sometimes polish
their gnarled past phases
into gentler, smooth golds
healing #trickery
culled stories
can selective truths
have value?#vss365 #tanka #haiku
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2026
city shop lights
neon night tides after rain
rushing feet strike
pooled puddles
a pseudo flicker of
sighing #seafoam #vss365 #haiku #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2026
buckled tin
tapped by a child
with a toy #hammer
fixed
somewhere
I lost faith in
the power of intent#vss365 #tanka #haiku
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 15, 2026
one 'yes' or
one 'no'
frames
the future#vss365 #tanka
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026
I chalked a simple
door shape
I stepped through
the arched #loop
and waited
older
chalk still in hand#vss365 #haiku #tanka #surreal
in the jungle
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026
the mighty jungle
two lions stand for
what's right https://t.co/Q8haE2tcDV
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 to fading words a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 April 2026 at 08:12
mud still clings
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 13, 2026
to fading words
a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 12, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026
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
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026
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
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
