melancholic sky...

melancholic sky soft, grey gentle rain creates another chapter in visual beauty when the sun emerges #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 December 2024 at 08:23

rich living golds...

rich living golds
the summer shine of splendid
summer-flowering trees

📷 2023 - Summer golds of grevillea robusta in Temora pic.twitter.com/pv4Eeleuv9

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) November 10, 2024

always value the furry friend...

always value
the furry friend
who has your back
knows your vibe and
shares your coffee break#micropoetry

📷 2023 - Temora - One of those quirky, circumstantial moments - not staged by me but maybe staged by my neighbour's cat... pic.twitter.com/ZXdSkfHhO5

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 18, 2024

dangerous beauty...

dangerous beauty
alluring purple rosettes
mask
milky white
toxic secrets#tanka

2023 - Temora - Euphorbia atropurpurea, is a shrub native to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It can reach 2 metres in height, + grows in ravines, + on slopes + terraces. pic.twitter.com/JoVQnL0hwE

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 10, 2024

a bridal bouquet...

a bridal bouquet
of white crepe blossoms
prey to the impulses
of spring winds
and discarded#tanka

📷 2023 - August - Temora pic.twitter.com/f2H9Klm1SS

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 25, 2024

the golden season...

the golden season
multiple fields burst with
multiple suns#haiku

📷 2023 - August - Canola fields blooming in the Riverina, NSW pic.twitter.com/1GisCAdy6s

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 19, 2024

view the world with your own lens...

view the world
with your own lens
in your own camera
paint the world
with your own brush#tanka

📷 2023 - August - Temora pic.twitter.com/HvTP5jolEz

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 16, 2024

enticing spring...

enticing spring
an avant guard of
white blossoms#haiku

📷2023 - August - Temora. On this day, some blossoms challenged wintry chills. pic.twitter.com/aSicSh0drP

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 12, 2024

as my songlines shift to a later phase...

as my songlines shift
to a later phase
I feel quite content
keeping my bars on track
listening to my own voices
and resonating with
my own notes#micropoetry

2023 - August - My Temora verandah and my neighbour's furball... always keen to present her own rhythms... pic.twitter.com/LfSV9lUpIZ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 10, 2024

preserve and mend...

preserve and mend
yesterday's history
weary facades are
crumbling
but not broken#tanka

📷 2023 - August - Temora - Hoskins Street.
Old facades fascinate me. pic.twitter.com/eJhRE8yVcW

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 8, 2024

imagination...

imagination
in top gear
hurtles
somewhere
anywhere#tanka

📷 2023 - August - Temora. Sometimes it's fun to take rather 'odd' photos...just because... pic.twitter.com/He2JogfdBp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 7, 2024

flooded local street...

flooded
local street
ephemeral
waterlogged wonder
in evening light#tanka

📷 2023 - August - Temora street pic.twitter.com/kQIXeGHVJy

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 4, 2024

when water grows...

when water grows
it staunchly follows
its own journey of
unfettered
instincts#tanka

📷 2023 - July - Slightly flooded country road in NSW near Wagga... pic.twitter.com/FelEeUrlzH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 22, 2024

hibernating tree trunk...

hibernating
tree trunk
detailed embossing#haiku

2023 - July - Temora pic.twitter.com/HxBDN1RDbp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 18, 2024

the autumn colour parade...

the autumn colour parade
is fading fast
but autumn skies
bask in
the sunny limelight#tanka

📷2023 - June - Temora pic.twitter.com/lRtUnlSFPI

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 15, 2024