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
Sunday, 15 March 2026
a poet graveside...
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026
the cyclic nomad
finds home's #warmth
in the impulse
of wandering #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
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.
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 March 2026 at 09:24
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the language of silence...
the language
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026
of silence
soulmates #haiku pic.twitter.com/cKToqHmf4x
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