NAIDOC WEEK... in Temora

So good to see these banners flying proudly

in Temora's main street, Hoskins Street...

We are acknowledging NAIDOC WEEK,

our indigenous heritage...

The event is acknowledged right across Australia from July 5 to July 12...

This week-long observance has now been celebrated for 50 years...

NAIDOC banners
proudly take the sky stage
in Temora's main street
the future tries to walk wisely
through Wiradjuri Country

 

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

the meaning of distractions...

 

My daughter's beautiful dog Bella is always alert...

Distractions are often not mere distractions but may emerge as worthwhile cautions...

I have taken a leaf from her guru diary...

Lately I have not been writing poetry, daily, but more time consuming mini drama scripts...

They are based on Temora's Urban Myths using Bill Speirs publication...

Who knows where this distraction may lead, 

but initially, the script will be used on 31st October 

in my special Temora exhibition of art then and now...

where arts communicate and create a special ecosystem of want and need...

eyes filled with questions...

 

eyes filled with questions

built on loyalty and love

knowing there's answers

my study is a working workshop...

my study is a working workshop

a conglomeration of half-born and half-baked ideas

patiently waiting for a moment of wholesome glory

what may seem like a carnival of worthless clutter

in fact secretes

a wish 

a dream

my soul's endless hope

to be released from

the humble, raw, caged pound of the many

to feel quietly unique

somewhere

to feel treasured

by someone

movie rendezvous...

movie rendezvous I've forgotten what movie but recall while waiting the #interim view #vss365 #tanka #window #street #countrytown

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 February 2025 at 08:59

summer morning glare...

summer morning glare three backpackers in sunhats children trudging to school still crunching on toasty breakfast are mere silhouettes #tanka #summer #children #school #silhouettes

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 26 February 2025 at 08:39

my old dragon...

my old dragon cast in time's plaster unconditionally offers a nomadic neighbour's furball a plein air #safehaven and a taste of love #vss365 #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 February 2025 at 20:03

blasts of winds...

blasts of winds thundering rain do not mean the presence of a destructive #cyclone there may be flooding but just minor flooding it may last a mere couple of hours or so but the cracks of wall-shaking body-rattling thunder will surely convince the hardened skeptic that Nature rules #vss365

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 February 2025 at 08:34

post Boxing Day skies...

post Boxing Day skies trialling faces and goals for New Year stories #haiku #poetsonbluesky

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 27 December 2024 at 08:57

healthy teamwork...

father and son

leading teacher and student

healthy teamwork

gardening chores

allocated role plays

balance the load

family outdoor tasks

an earthy bond grounds and shapes

family connections

 

honouring the powerful storm in Temora last night...

 

IMAGE CREDIT: Yanni - prolific photographer on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria 

captured this moment on Port Phillip Bay

feral night stage

explosive booms challenge

fevered zaps of light

electric thrills

impromptu anxiety

wills more shock attacks

freestyle

orchestras of the sky

clash performances

storms hold the world to ransom

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

light and shadow...

light and shadow there are times when opposites calmly synchronise #haiku

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 November 2024 at 11:33

fine beauty...

fine beauty
a stick creature claims
the right of respect#haiku pic.twitter.com/kRYp2twghs

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

rivers of life...

rivers of life a bark narrative carved by trees #haiku #micropoetry #Australian

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 November 2024 at 07:03

a buddhist garden proverb...

And don't forget to water regularly...

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 November 2024 at 12:54

Temora railway sign...

a staunch #travel sign remembers the wanders of passenger days but now only grain trains respect the memory #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 November 2024 at 11:14

36 degrees centigrade...

36 degrees centigrade
but my mind's emigrated to
cool monochrome mornings#haiku #Temora pic.twitter.com/i1OnqVISXx

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

my country town...

my country town furnished with free warm fuzzies #monoku #monostich pic.twitter.com/s1WBs9gpsR

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