high tide...

high tide surf pounds over a rocky shelf till mystical #cataracts shiver and shimmer #vss365 #tanka 📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 March 2026 at 14:53

high tide
surf pounds over
a rocky shelf
till mystical #cataracts
shiver and shimmer#vss365 #tanka

📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula pic.twitter.com/JxDAyoFpVB

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 4, 2026

an arc of coastal waterfalls...

an arc of coastal waterfalls

shimmering white threads of water

slip over algae-riddled rock

just a brief fall to a churning bed of foam

and bulbous rocky interface

invaded by the multiple antics of

coastal interference

no surfing

no boating here

just a reminder

of the power and changing moods of Nature

fascinating, dangerous beauty maybe

however, for me

it was also

a fleeting reminder of what could have been

another kind of coastal interference

some years ago

on this far far south land

so far from northern tensions

that our involvement must be impossible

nevertheless

someone thought it important to instal

barbed wire

along the cliff top

overlooking a smoother beach 

not so very far away

only recently I noted

the barbed wire was still there 

 

inner Christmas joy...

any inner Christmas joy offers credit and positive vibes for the New Year ahead #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 December 2024 at 08:03

mast layered sails...

mast layered sails
nostalgic romance of
past travels by sea#haiku

📷 2013 - One of many tall ships sailing in Port Phillip Bay past Portsea and out to Bass Strait... pic.twitter.com/pR62emRSJb

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) November 11, 2024