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
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
