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...
