Monday, 20 July 2026

he collected white feathers,...

he collected white feathers in a mason jar tokens of connecting to many role models space role models his life was a #sprint to a possible future #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 July 2026 at 12:42

Saturday, 18 July 2026

heat and headwinds...

heat and #headwinds challenge the Tour de France riders still hoping tailwinds may find them #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 July 2026 at 10:35

Friday, 17 July 2026

sandbanks...

sandbanks #departed tides beach countless shells shells that provide life for others #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 July 2026 at 13:04

Thursday, 16 July 2026

staunch river red gums...

staunch river red gums cannot #conquer drought but still their thinning shade means some relief to weary wanderers #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 July 2026 at 08:47

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

motivated, patient spider...

motivated, #patient spider spins life threads between rose stems even the wind respects small sassy courage #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 July 2026 at 12:17

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

unabashed magnetism...

the flapping tatters of an old scarecrow provide #unabashed #magnetism for crows to relish imagined food #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 July 2026 at 18:46

Monday, 13 July 2026

for Sam Neill...13th to 16th July posts...

only yesterday I saw you on The Assembly playing a friendly game of questions and answers with autistic journalists only yesterday the movie star met youth and praised them for a quirky range of questions only yesterday he was smiling relaxed enjoying the moment and now your smile lives on Sam

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 July 2026 at 17:35

Sunday, 12 July 2026

rusty hinges...

rusty hinges on a weathered gate still #embrace duty the old gate's struggling squeak (and groan) welcomes the drifter home #vss365 #tanka #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 July 2026 at 10:46

Saturday, 11 July 2026

inside a diary...

inside a diary between blank pages slept #rose petals someone's hope or pain unwritten #vss365 #tanka

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

Friday, 10 July 2026

you are my earth...

you are my earth girl but still I must reach for the stars #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 July 2026 at 18:14

one soul walks...

untamed, swarming, restless ideas...

untamed, swarming restless ideas #frolic round a poet's mind finally a few thoughts synchronise #vss365 #tanka

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

Thursday, 9 July 2026

NAIDOC WEEK... in Temora


So good to see these banners flying proudly
in Temora's main street, Hoskins Street...

We are acknowledging NAIDOC WEEK,
our indigenous heritage...
The event is acknowledged right across Australia from July 5 to July 12...
This week-long observance has now been celebrated for 50 years...


NAIDOC banners
proudly take the sky stage
in Temora's main street
the future tries to walk wisely
through Wiradjuri Country

 

she plants more tomatoes...

she plants more tomatoes with #defiance her own time is short now but still she feeds tomorrows #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 July 2026 at 09:32

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

in summer months...

in summer months the old creek dries #revealing small stones remnants of bygone laughter #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 July 2026 at 08:11

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

a patient poet...

a patient poet #tenderly moulds a stumbling phrase seeking the clear song of his inner truth #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 July 2026 at 11:35

Monday, 6 July 2026

soul place...

 





soul place

where souls in transit

meet and greet



soul place

where some souls

must return


Sunday, 5 July 2026

a gentle collie...

a gentle collie takes his loved tennis ball to the front fence he seems to swoon if a special corgi is nigh #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 July 2026 at 15:40

Saturday, 4 July 2026

a cheeky blue wren...

a cheeky blue wren dives to bounce off my cat's back its #supercilious teasing shows size does not matter #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 July 2026 at 19:38

Thursday, 2 July 2026

at the shelter...

at the shelter a scarred old corgi shakes in #apprehension can anyone love a damaged soul #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 July 2026 at 09:15

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

the florid speech...

the #florid speech epitomised a flamboyant pretentious shallow character #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 July 2026 at 09:22

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

abandoned desk...

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

Monday, 29 June 2026

as twilight falls...

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

Sunday, 28 June 2026

the cat stares...

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

Saturday, 27 June 2026

that humble first...

that humble first grey hair an innocent #villain #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 June 2026 at 15:17

Friday, 26 June 2026

I stopped by a forest well...

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

Thursday, 25 June 2026

empty stockyards...

empty stockyards hope will still #pull through a 3rd drought #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 June 2026 at 10:36

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

midyear mornings mean...

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

neither tinsel nor gold leaf...

neither tinsel nor gold leaf can blindside earthy history and sage souls #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 June 2026 at 15:58

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

wake up at 5am...

weary home...

weary home owners debate its crumbling life to restore or #defenestrate #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 June 2026 at 10:22

Monday, 22 June 2026

a small country town hosts many rumours...

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

Sunday, 21 June 2026

mastermind of grim busy-ness once...

mastermind of grim busy-ness once now I drift through a blank timetable I #putter or procrastinate happily #vss365 #haiku #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 June 2026 at 12:33

2 beautiful posts...

Saturday, 20 June 2026

disappearing water...

tensions...

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

Friday, 19 June 2026

NotebookLM...

concert pianist...

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

Thursday, 18 June 2026

sometimes I whisper thoughts to a void...

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

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

what has happened to the tag of visual learner?...

self-appointed guard...

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

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Monday, 15 June 2026

a sleeping old sheepdog...

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

Sunday, 14 June 2026

written nuances..

the court case ends...

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

Saturday, 13 June 2026

dense winter mist...

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

Friday, 12 June 2026

beyond the rusty gate...

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

Thursday, 11 June 2026

flooded river...

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

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

I sleep perchance to dream...

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

Monday, 8 June 2026

shout out for 'We Are Jeni'...



imagine wired worlds wiped out...

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

Sunday, 7 June 2026

quality control...

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

Saturday, 6 June 2026

hermit season...

hermit season cold winds and rain hot soup procrastination cold winds and rain hermit season #dailyhaiku #haiku #paintwithwords

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 June 2026 at 19:28

morning gratitude grows...

the ones who let me be the inner me...

time has a habit...

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

Friday, 5 June 2026

cyclonic rains...

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

so very proud of my little writing group...

Thursday, 4 June 2026

feeling lost...

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

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

web gossamer...

web gossamer drifts and drifts gauzy #gamble #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 June 2026 at 11:46

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

my silence and I...

the noon of night...

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

Monday, 1 June 2026

primitive survival...

#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

the architecture of imperfection...

Sunday, 31 May 2026

small life, flighty life...

a palette of clouds...

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

Saturday, 30 May 2026

a passion for tree trunks...

fire-blackened earth...

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

Friday, 29 May 2026

a lemon original...

vibrant sunrise...

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

Thursday, 28 May 2026

a wide-eyed child...

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

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

a savage argument...

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

blessed are the weird people...

I don't want a loud life anymore...

Slight correction for me...Eating healthy dinners from Lite n Easy...I hate cooking... 

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

stubborn candles tremble...

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

Monday, 25 May 2026

an infinite range of programmed skills...

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

I'm not hiding from people...

Sunday, 24 May 2026

discarded robots...

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

Saturday, 23 May 2026

an ageless willow...

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

Friday, 22 May 2026

frayed threads of former lives...

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

Thursday, 21 May 2026

you are allowed to live a life other people do not understand...

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

the intent is...

the #intent is to live freely underscored by learning to survive #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 May 2026 at 10:51

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

autumn is...

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

Monday, 18 May 2026

I would so love to seem...

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