small life, flighty life...

a lemon original...

look up awhile...

look up awhile savour messages encrypted in autumn clouds #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 April 2026 at 15:05

each evening...

each evening my #cats settle gently one on my lap and one by my arm their close warmth relaxes my tired limbs and calms my work-weary mind #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 April 2026 at 11:14

each evening
my #cats
settle gently
one on my lap
and one by my arm

their close warmth
relaxes
my tired limbs and
calms
my work-weary mind#vss365 #tanka pic.twitter.com/5KCrNFWI7W

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 25, 2026

some signs have a sense of humour...

Some signs have a sense of humour...in some cases 'toilet humour'...

📷Dromana 2012 pic.twitter.com/rwUG8PGMMp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 24, 2026

the language of silence...

the language
of silence
soulmates #haiku pic.twitter.com/cKToqHmf4x

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 14, 2026

public art...

public art in unexpected places attracts attention #tanka This one is on a power box, by a main Dromana shopping strip, by Dromana beach - fringing Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. 📷My photo 1st March 2019

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 March 2026 at 10:10

A not so common off-road sign at Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula Victoria...

📷My photo - 1st March, 2014 pic.twitter.com/MXFfNcPkTO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 28, 2026

The above sign tends to appear to be a personal initiative...verging on public art???? 

a quiet paddle...

a quiet paddle
a human and 4 legged friend
prized peace connection#haiku #micropoetry #Dromana #PortPhillipBay #paddleboard pic.twitter.com/ZDUpRYIKRt

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) January 24, 2026

two living shadows...

two living shadows then only one could live on now they breathe elsewhere #haiku #micropoetry #shadows #cat

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 January 2026 at 12:05

a cheeky white face...

a cheeky white face
peeking over the roofline
beware his chaos#haiku #micropoetry pic.twitter.com/dPj7kxfjZH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) January 16, 2026

flyboarding...

buzz of flyboarding a rather #kooky tactic for riding the waves #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 January 2026 at 07:39

buzz of flyboarding
a rather #kooky tactic
for riding the waves#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

N.B. A flyboard is a type of hydro flight device that uses water propulsion to lift the user into the air.
It combines elements of wakeboarding, surfing and acrobatics. pic.twitter.com/Gv5RBHQ1Dl

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) January 11, 2026

the Christmas bustle...

A very happy Christmas to everyone!!! 🎄🎄🎄

📷Image taken at Portsea Hotel, Victoria 2011... pic.twitter.com/nfCx3XXBAG

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) December 24, 2025

the Christmas bustle and blare of children's over-excited voices can yield sensory clutter to decompress next day take a little time to step away and #shoot some ephemeral small thing a passing glimpse of Nature's gift and then a Christmas memory has a special seal #vss365 #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 December 2025 at 10:34

silky, milky clouds...

December 17, 2014 - Magical skies and Arty Wings over Dromana, Victoria... silky, milky clouds etched with the art of black wings flying the moment #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 December 2025 at 15:49

a unique gum tree...

#vss365 #tanka #deviant

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 July 2025 at 10:54

Roots of the Deviant Soul - male voice + guitar

Roots of the Deviant Soul - female voice + piano

fishing for poetry...

In recent days

I have realised that perhaps I have been fishing for poetry in the wrong way...

What if I mix up a stew of poetic ideas on ChatGPT, 

then sort it out into tanka or haiku

or both

and then ask ChatGPT to create a silhouette response to my final poem

DIFFERENT

P.S. The guy above is not fishing. He is cleaning his backyard pool in Dromana.

I guess that idea fits this post too.

 

surf's silver white curl...

surf's silver white curl sea's last hurrah, #final breath succumbs to the sands a last salute to the world before the hush of retreat #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 June 2025 at 10:11

magic moonlight threads...

magic moonlight threads weave dark oceans to dark skies no vanishing point seamless silhouettes #indivisibility #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 March 2025 at 22:50

The above photo was taken in 2015.

It is a view of Port Phillip Bay by night as from my home part way up Arthurs Seat.

It fascinates me how all sense of horizon and vanishing point visible by day simply becomes invisible.

The world becomes a sea of silhouettes.

Strangely, I find such a scene soothing for weary eyes.

 

painterly feathers...

painterly feathers #unbridled flash mob of life wings a twig affair #vss365 #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 February 2025 at 11:40

a slipstream dance...

a #slipstream dance mini pools of rain challenge the power of sunlight #vss365 #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 February 2025 at 13:46

shapely silhouettes...

shapely #silhouettes can mess with your mind stirring a brew of questions the ultimate tricksters of the #reality you thought you knew #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 February 2025 at 08:52