weeping camel, Mongolia ...

culture keeper
timekeeper
healer
the infinite power
of music https://t.co/dz97Wictcv

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

sphinx-like ecosystems...

the internet
sphinx-like
ecosystems
re-inventing our life
birthing our future

# https://t.co/8EiyXXG2yU

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

Bowie

lone lizards...

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
perfect stillness
on a warm stone

lone lizards
head upraised
prayerfully #conduct the sun
to their need
to breathe#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 31, 2026

where the railing becomes art within art...

the art of
finding art
embedded
artfully
in functional art https://t.co/KUJdVkm4nr

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026

select purrs...

life needs stillness select purrs in select primary colours of life

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 March 2026 at 14:26

a storm snaps...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 30, 2026

cloudy childhood...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 28, 2026

church candles...

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
whispered prayers
their flame is the soul's
higher songline#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 27, 2026

our laundry essentials...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 26, 2026

checkout queue...

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
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-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 25, 2026

some signs have a sense of humour...

Some signs have a sense of humour...in some cases 'toilet humour'...

📷Dromana 2012 pic.twitter.com/rwUG8PGMMp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026

re-invent reality?...

Sometimes just a humble puddle can magically reinvent the reality we think we know... 📷March 2012 - carpark by Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 10:11

a tired, faithful old dog...

a tired faithful old dog chases his youth but uncooperative bones #frustrate his run #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 March 2026 at 09:51

a tired
faithful old dog
chases his youth
but uncooperative bones#frustrate his run#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026

dawn magpies endorse their song...

dawn magpies #endorse their song as daily bread meanwhile trails of ants #endorse work beyond the self #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 March 2026 at 08:57

dawn magpies#endorse their song
as daily bread

meanwhile

trails of ants#endorse work
beyond the self#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 23, 2026

barbed fence lines...

barbed fence lines round well-watered fields #waver in heat a fettered private oasis #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 March 2026 at 08:50

barbed fence lines
round well-watered fields#waver in heat
a fettered
private oasis#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 22, 2026

my memoir...

my memoir the #divide between my lives closes slightly #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 March 2026 at 09:57

my memoir
the #divide
between my lives
closes
slightly#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 21, 2026

overcast...

#overcast my road dissolves sometimes but life is just a cycle sunlit my road inspires often #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 March 2026 at 08:34

#overcast
my road dissolves
sometimes

but life
is just
a cycle

sunlit
my road inspires
often#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 20, 2026

morning tides...

morning tides erase yesterday's footprints and sandcastles waves renew their schedules their art I #mediate between the values of to and fro rise and fall here and there any permanence leans on the controversial yin and yang status of now #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 March 2026 at 08:35

morning tides
erase yesterday's footprints
and sandcastles

waves renew
their schedules
their art

I #mediate between
my concepts of
to and fro
rise and fall
here and there

permanence
leans on
the controversial
yin and yang status
of now#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 19, 2026

cracked river beds...

cracked river beds dusty window panes empty water tanks we #entreat drifting dark clouds to linger universal thirst is the raw heart of need #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 March 2026 at 08:58

cracked river beds
dusty window panes
empty water tanks

we #entreat
drifting dark clouds
to linger

universal thirst is
the raw heart
of need#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 18, 2026

restless markets...

restless markets shortages our future is qualified by volatile numbers current worlds may offer multiple fears but there's no pressure to blindly #partake #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 March 2026 at 08:08

restless markets
shortages
our future
is qualified by
volatile numbers

current worlds
may offer
multiple fears but
there's no pressure
to blindly #partake#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 17, 2026

one festive day...

one festive day in morning mist a lone abbey arch channels historic St Patrick faith may #surpass Irish legend yet legends cross generations and keep faith alive #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 March 2026 at 07:20

one festive day
in morning mist
a lone abbey arch
channels historic
St Patrick

faith
may #surpass Irish legend
yet legends
cross generations and
keep faith alive#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry pic.twitter.com/zvKxGnA0zY

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 16, 2026

war-damaged, bronze church bell...

war-damaged bronze church bell cannot #assure imminent peace but its fractured war-weary stubborn tolls try to reflect stubborn hope #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 March 2026 at 09:38

war-damaged
bronze church bell
cannot #assure
imminent
peace

but its fractured
war-weary
stubborn tolls
try to reflect
stubborn hope#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 15, 2026

a poet graveside...

In the Netherlands, if a person dies alone, without any family or friends as mourners, a poet will be sent to write a poem and read it at the burial service. It's called the Lonely Funeral Project, and it's just humans being good humans.

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) March 13, 2026

paradox...the cyclic nomad...

paradox the cyclic nomad finds home's #warmth in the impulse of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:06

paradox
the cyclic nomad
finds home's #warmth
in the impulse
of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

surprise music in 2009...

2009 a student struggled to express his response to Bruce Dawe's poetry but he played a magical impulsive accompaniment his own voice #tanka P.S. Much to our surprise, this humble, quirky guy was a brilliant musician. He played in the school library. Swiftly his audience grew.

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:24

the language of silence...

the language
of silence
soulmates #haiku pic.twitter.com/cKToqHmf4x

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

drones of destruction...

drones of destruction sounds of chaos rubble but in some #corner of the world there is someone who plants a garden #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 March 2026 at 11:47

drones
of destruction
sounds
of chaos
rubble

but in some #corner
of the world
there is someone
who plants
a garden#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

summer is fading...

summer is fading her wild waves her high tides of burning heat seem exhausted now we bathe in her soft waves her #precious mellow handover to autumn #vss365 #tanka #microoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 March 2026 at 08:19

summer is fading
her wild waves
her high tides of
burning heat seem
exhausted

now we bathe in
her soft waves
her #precious
mellow handover to
autumn#vss365 #tanka #microoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 12, 2026

so far away...

so far away flying so high my #bonny child cannot even send a postcard my #bonny child never learnt to read or write #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 March 2026 at 09:03

so far away
flying so high
my #bonny child
cannot even send
a postcard

my #bonny child
never learnt to read
or write#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 11, 2026

the music of time...

the music of time the #harmony the discord of highs and lows #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 March 2026 at 09:53

the music of time
the #harmony
the discord
of highs
and lows#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 10, 2026

the other side...

the down the dark the lost side of meditation #lethargy #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 March 2026 at 08:24

the down
the dark
the lost side
of meditation#lethargy#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026

a flash...

a flash of inspiration my #lightning friend #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 March 2026 at 19:35

a flash
of inspiration
my #lightning friend#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 9, 2026

a spider prays...

a spider prays in a fragile chapel of threads morning mist turns silvered threads into #jewellery #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry N.B. I am more familiar with the British spelling of 'jewellery'.

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 March 2026 at 09:17

a spider prays
in a fragile chapel
of threads

morning mist
turns silvered threads
into #jewellery#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

N.B. I am more familiar with the British spelling of 'jewellery'.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 7, 2026

leaves scuttling...

leaves scuttling in joy maybe fear yachts sailing controlled or not controlled friend or foe #magnanimous winds have positive maybe negative vibes #vss365 #micropoetry #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 March 2026 at 06:58

leaves scuttling
in joy
maybe fear

yachts sailing
controlled
or not controlled

friend or foe#magnanimous winds have
positive
maybe negative
vibes#vss365 #micropoetry #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026

old lives behind...

old lives behind dusty old spines wait for any curious hand to touch, to unveil their #bountiful silence #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 March 2026 at 14:18

old lives behind
dusty old spines
wait for any curious hand
to touch, to unveil their#bountiful silence#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 6, 2026

that's life...

 life

unexpected visitors

unexpected journeys

unexpected detours

return to the main road

erased

Youngsters parading their bikes in the Westernport Festival at Hastings on a Saturday morning.

I would drop everything to watch this community festival, sadly now dissolved.

I would rather share this as an image of a detour than make a fuss about being exhausted on this day...

Too exhausted to create my usual posts...

So now, on the 8th March, I have turned back the clock to fill the gap.

high tide...

high tide surf pounds over a rocky shelf till mystical #cataracts shiver and shimmer #vss365 #tanka 📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 March 2026 at 14:53

high tide
surf pounds over
a rocky shelf
till mystical #cataracts
shiver and shimmer#vss365 #tanka

📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/JxDAyoFpVB

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 4, 2026

pixelated shapes...

pixelated shapes in coded colours shine on my screen stirring the art of algorithmic #splendour #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 March 2026 at 08:43

pixelated shapes
in coded colours
shine on my screen
stirring the art of
algorithmic #splendour #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 2, 2026

sleeping heat...

sleeping heat cautious slow winds soft air and #timid rains #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 March 2026 at 08:32

sleeping heat
cautious
slow winds
soft air and#timid rains#vss365 #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 1, 2026

planets in line...

Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House. pic.twitter.com/WgNzOYTBNP

— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) February 28, 2026

public art...

public art in unexpected places attracts attention #tanka This one is on a power box, by a main Dromana shopping strip, by Dromana beach - fringing Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. 📷My photo 1st March 2019

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 March 2026 at 10:10

A not so common off-road sign at Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula Victoria...

📷My photo - 1st March, 2014 pic.twitter.com/MXFfNcPkTO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 28, 2026

The above sign tends to appear to be a personal initiative...verging on public art???? 

cracks in thirsty earths...

cracks in thirsty earths our urgent, endless #quest for the weather gods to understand the farmers' pulse sunshine of the liquid kind I wish would weep on my garden #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 March 2026 at 09:33

cracks in thirsty earths
our urgent, endless #quest
for the weather gods
to understand
the farmers' pulse

sunshine
of the liquid kind
I wish
would weep
on my garden#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 28, 2026