born in 1946 Australia's last millet #broom factory still sweeps on in Tumut NSW #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 August 2026 at 08:54
my trusty
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 30, 2026
old #broom
is worn
but not
worn out #vss365 #tanka
the days of the natural rubber #glove are numbered faux rubber's preferred #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 August 2026 at 07:02
I'm desperate
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 29, 2026
freezing
must find
my other
warm fingerless #glove#vss365 #tanka
under the microscope skin #tissue reveals layered worlds within #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 August 2026 at 08:05
plain white is
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 28, 2026
the humble #tissue
rainbow colours are rare#vss365 #haiku
enigma a succulent happy to be dry but the #pillow plant likes rocks not desert #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 August 2026 at 09:44
I #pillow
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 27, 2026
my stress
on t'ai chi#vss365 #haiku
promises roadside on a tree trunk old election #poster beyond the fanfare is there valued legacy #vs365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 August 2026 at 10:21
blank #poster
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 26, 2026
on a cluttered desk
still waits
perhaps the relevant muse
is held up by traffic #vss365 #tanka
heated throw my comforter my snuggle rug my trusty #sponge my cold weather friend #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 August 2026 at 09:04
heavy morning mist
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 25, 2026
nature's #sponge
found my wintry street#vss365 #haiku
visible danger imminent shock from a fraying live electrical #cord #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mina Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 August 2026 at 08:28
till the child
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mina Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 24, 2026
becomes self
there is only us
heartbeats sharing
an umbilical #cord#vss365 #tanka
small worlds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mina Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 24, 2026
the music of
subtle beauty#haiku pic.twitter.com/ByqLO9Yc4I
the shape of tomorrow depends on #dice games #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Mina Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 August 2026 at 08:04
hunter and hunted
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mina Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 23, 2026
survival is ultimately
the roll of a #dice #vss365 #haiku
back in the day a welcome noose around the neck an icy #towel meets a blistering summer #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 August 2026 at 11:30
weeping
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 23, 2026
patches of pain
on a dog's filthy coat
impossible
to #towel dry#vss365 #tanka
look closely beauty may be quite close to home #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 August 2026 at 09:21
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midday glare visual #razor on the senses #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 August 2026 at 08:57
fingers
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 21, 2026
beware
the #razor sharp edge
of a broken
egg shell#vss365 #tanka
politics religion for and against time to put the #kettle on #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 August 2026 at 08:19
this world
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 20, 2026
may seem to be on the boil
a fine #kettle of fish
but somewhere
there's a garden of peace#vss365 #tanka
trendy one pump or two #soap lives in a bottle #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 August 2026 at 09:55
across the garden
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 19, 2026
skim a child's #soap bubbles
borderless dream world#vss365 #haiku
it is best to avoid the urge to #comb the rubble of yesteryears #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 August 2026 at 09:54
some know
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 18, 2026
how to #comb
without a comb
it's a bonding instinct
for monkeys#vss365 #tanka
we live in a #matchbox home but we have a roof walls and a window and lots of love #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 August 2026 at 09:06
from 1970's music mists
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 17, 2026
Captain #Matchbox
emerged in Melbourne
a jug band
echoing vaudeville#vss365 #tanka
the needs of ageing may involve the once #remote chapter of downsizing #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 August 2026 at 10:05
if Leonardo da Vinci
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 16, 2026
could access AI
by some #remote mystery
would he ponder
philosophic questions
how much
human intelligence
is really just a pattern
just some imitation
just some memory#vss365 #tanka
Read books. Read everything. Read history to learn how societies grow strong and then fall apart. Read physics to understand that the universe doesn't care what you think. Read biology to see how amazing and delicate your body is. Read psychology to learn how often your brain… pic.twitter.com/oZDKvWcb1l
— Sri Sudharsan (@IamSriSudharsan) August 15, 2026
my old Datsun 120Y had attitude never #ashamed to stall mid roundabout or mid traffic llights #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 August 2026 at 08:58
little blackbirds
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 15, 2026
seeking garden insects
are not #ashamed of
strewing groundcover
on my front path yet again #vss365 #tanka
#vss365
— Nacho & Alice (@Nachokeys21) August 5, 2026
I’ve stopped asking⁰whether the wind is lost⁰or simply curious
There’s a kind of courage⁰in walking where certainty⁰never learned to grow
Even the shadows⁰change their mind at sunset⁰stretching toward futures⁰that haven't yet⁰been dreamed into existence
So I… pic.twitter.com/9jEiuSJYL6
they watch they listen they learn and they plan #shrewd crows and magpies #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 August 2026 at 08:50
my loved Muppet
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 14, 2026
knew her love
drew love in return
and endless freebies
my kitty was #shrewd #vss365 #tanka
about once a week they drop to earth to poop mostly they #cling to trees no stage divas just happy slow sloths #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 August 2026 at 18:25
in a rescue dogs' home
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 14, 2026
there is nothing sadder
than seeing a lone dog
who can only #cling to
a tattered, stuffie friend #vss365 #tanka
busy crows build their love nest in a well-watered #garden aka the fertile eaves of my neighbour's roof #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 August 2026 at 09:50
trees
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 12, 2026
flowers and
weeds
all have their place
in life's #garden#vss365 #tanka
beware #evil may hold the shimmer of light even the vibe of light but is not the light #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 August 2026 at 10:33
ugly truth#evil lives in his face
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 12, 2026
posing as wisdom#vss365 #haiku
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
