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
