we #toil for tomorrows as though they promise a road to peace to happiness in some better country #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 August 2026 at 10:02
restless, midnight thoughts #toil through heavy questions
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 10, 2026
with no clear answers #vss365 #haiku
let your soul
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 10, 2026
daily breathe
your air#haiku https://t.co/Jp9r90KA6E
my shy, hermit nature scrambles and baulks my #urge to be known #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 August 2026 at 09:13
chilled rains and winds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 9, 2026
inspire the #urge
to seek a homely chair
a cosy rug
and a good book#vss365 #tanka
Sussan Ley post politics...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 9, 2026
paradox
new journeys mix
questions and answers#haiku https://t.co/LRoZlcjc3g
darkness shields a seed till it becomes a #sprout reaching for unknowns #vss365 $haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 August 2026 at 10:20
plans set in concrete
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 8, 2026
till one mislaid, rogue #sprout
thwarts perfection#vss365 #haiku
#divine beliefs leave no footprints or do they #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 August 2026 at 10:33
the #divine
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 8, 2026
and beauty
are subject to changing
social and personal
values#vss365 #tanka
memory strolls yesterday's #fertile fields but must keep walking #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 August 2026 at 08:43
barren landscapes
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 6, 2026
mirror a sense of
despair
after our goodbyes
silence grows #fertile with
tender things not said#vss365 #haiku
summer fun crowded beaches ice cream queues heightened traffic summer #chaos #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 August 2026 at 10:55
I welcome
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 6, 2026
my naked, silent
Sunday street
without the work day#chaos #vss365 #tanka
small kangaroo joey warily sniffs fallen #fruit but then chooses to chase butterflies #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 August 2026 at 13:09
beneath the song
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 5, 2026
of spring flow'ring trees
a sweet parade troops
ants in sweet parade
revel in
broken #fruit#vss365 #haiku
tiny wrens #tend to sing louder than their mini size infers #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 August 2026 at 12:39
I #tend to be a hermit
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 4, 2026
with a creative mojo
in coffee-fueled spaces#vss365 #haiku
channel
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 3, 2026
the healing waves
of breathing#haiku https://t.co/30gX0rML7D
I would like to be
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 3, 2026
the waking spirit
of a new day#haiku https://t.co/xNr7VfjXrc
I could be a philosopher
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 3, 2026
sculpting
ancient echoes into
future wave lengths
future landscapes#tanka https://t.co/84cwhZL4pR
every season sports nature's new face her new #creation #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 August 2026 at 11:49
sometimes #creation
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 3, 2026
involves vicious re-creation
first#vss365 #haiku pic.twitter.com/Wy4C3lblmj
another coffee is always my daily #temptation #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 August 2026 at 10:56
winter greyed chills
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 2, 2026
breed the #temptation
to hibernate#vss365 #haiku
the stories of youth may archive but sudden recall may be evident when wrinkles #arrive #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 August 2026 at 15:36
without warning
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 1, 2026
silent, destined
love can #arrive#vss365 #haiku
are we hurtling into wounded cities with no #brake in sight #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 July 2026 at 20:23
a potter's wheel hums
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 31, 2026
just fingers are the #brake
the creative brake#vss365 #haiku
in those lean years he learned how to #coast on hope and dry bread #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 July 2026 at 10:38
misty chilled beach
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 30, 2026
just the white wings of gulls
embroider the #coast#vss365 #haiku
rising bubbles in one child's drawing #descend is his wonder ruled by rules already? #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 July 2026 at 11:36
I love to pause
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2026
to #descend into
creative time #vss365 #haiku
home the eagle's #summit #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 July 2026 at 12:30
to reach
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2026
the #summit
of a challenge
is to secure the glory
of survival#vss365 #tanka
the #cadence of life is life #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 July 2026 at 10:54
the sounds and
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 27, 2026
movements of
poetic words
create waves
a #cadence
and this cadence
contributes to
meaning#vss365 #tanka #haiku
May there be more Sundays...
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 July 2026 at 12:27
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to be king of the mountain rise above the madding crowd spur your wheels on to #ascend the pain #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 July 2026 at 10:17
to be king of the mountain
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 26, 2026
rise above
the madding crowd
spur your wheels on
to #ascend the pain #vss365 #tanka
picturesque cloud art mirrored in still water a gentle #shift to two way beauty #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 July 2026 at 12:09
picturesque cloud art
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 25, 2026
mirrored
in still water
a gentle #shift to
two way beauty#vss365 #tanka
the internet #road is crammed with detours roadworks and roundabouts more than you ever thought possible #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 July 2026 at 19:41
the internet #road is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 24, 2026
crammed with detours
roadworks and
roundabouts
more than you ever thought possible#vss365 #tanka
they aimed to #turn a neglected house into a happy one children, a dog and a wrap around garden bring the spirit and many cans bring fresh paint #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 July 2026 at 11:38
they aimed to #turn
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 23, 2026
a neglected house
into a happy one
children, a dog
and a wrap around garden
bring the spirit
and many cans bring
fresh paint#vss365 #haiku #tanka
productive energy needs a back up a good #tailwind of enthusiasm #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 July 2026 at 21:59
productive energy
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 22, 2026
needs
a back up
a good #tailwind
of enthusiasm#vss365 #tanka
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
he collected white feathers
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 20, 2026
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
ongoing anger is a waste of time a waste of energy young couple's eyes seek forgiveness the #momentum the power of love finds a way #vss365 #haiku #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 July 2026 at 11:24
ongoing anger is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 19, 2026
a waste of time
a waste of energy
young couple's eyes
seek forgiveness
the #momentum
the power of love
finds a way#vss365 #haiku #tanka
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
heat and #headwinds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 18, 2026
challenge
the Tour de France riders
still hoping
tailwinds may find them#vss365 #tanka
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
sandbanks#departed tides
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 17, 2026
beach countless shells
shells that provide
life for others#vss365 #tanka
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
staunch river red gums
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 2026
cannot #conquer drought
but still their thinning shade
means some relief
to weary wanderers#vss365 #tanka
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
motivated, #patient spider
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 2026
spins life threads
between rose stems
even the wind respects
small sassy courage#vss365 #tanka
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
the flapping tatters
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 14, 2026
of an old scarecrow
provide #unabashed #magnetism
for crows to relish
imagined food#vss365 #tanka
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
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 July 2026 at 17:35
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exile
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 202
anxiety
let yourself value
who you are
what you can be
the sky will be blue
and things will be fine https://t.co/EevJE9y3cs
rusty hinges on a weathered gate still #embrace duty the old gate's struggling squeak (and groan) welcomes the drifter home #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 July 2026 at 10:46
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rusty hinges
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 12, 2026
on a weathered gate
still #embrace duty
the old gate's struggling
squeak (and groan)
welcomes
the drifter
home #vss365 #tanka #haiku pic.twitter.com/gPfdLZRlDi
inside a diary between blank pages slept #rose petals someone's hope or pain unwritten #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 July 2026 at 11:25
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inside a diary
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 11, 2026
between blank pages
slept #rose petals
someone's hope or pain
unwritten#vss365 #tanka pic.twitter.com/3UAmSM7Yv3
you are my earth girl but still I must reach for the stars #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 July 2026 at 18:14
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one soul
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 9, 2026
walks
my songlines#haiku https://t.co/oPOjCTLSRq
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
untamed, swarming
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 10, 2026
restless ideas#frolic round a poet's mind
finally a few thoughts
synchronise#vss365 #tanka
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
she plants more tomatoes
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 8, 2026
with #defiance
her own time is short now
but still she feeds
tomorrows#vss365 #tanka
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
in summer months
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 7, 2026
the old creek dries#revealing small stones
remnants of
bygone laughter #vss365 #tanka
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
a patient poet#tenderly moulds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 7, 2026
a stumbling phrase
seeking the clear song
of his inner truth#vss365 #tanka
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
a gentle collie
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 5, 2026
takes his loved tennis ball
to the front fence
he seems to swoon
if a special corgi is nigh#vss365 #tanka
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
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
at the shelter
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 1, 2026
a scarred old corgi shakes
in #apprehension
can anyone love
a damaged soul#vss365 #tanka
the #florid speech epitomised a flamboyant pretentious shallow character #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 July 2026 at 09:22
the #florid speech
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 30, 2026
epitomised
a flamboyant
pretentious
shallow character#vss365 #tanka
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
