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
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
