school day's end...

school day's end the bell dongs children scatter wild sparrows flitting in shrill joy freedom seems to #sing loudest and boldest at the outer limits of rules and beliefs #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 April 2026 at 11:37

school day's end
the bell dongs
children scatter
wild sparrows flitting
in shrill joy

freedom seems to #sing
loudest and boldest
at the outer limits
of rules
and beliefs#vss365 #tanka

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

war-damaged, bronze church bell...

war-damaged bronze church bell cannot #assure imminent peace but its fractured war-weary stubborn tolls try to reflect stubborn hope #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 March 2026 at 09:38

war-damaged
bronze church bell
cannot #assure
imminent
peace

but its fractured
war-weary
stubborn tolls
try to reflect
stubborn hope#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 15, 2026

freedom and freewill...

freedom and freewill desirable life choices not always in reach life's #eventuality may toll a lone, tragic bell #vss365 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 September 2025 at 12:14

freedom and freewill desirable life choices not always in reach life's #eventuality may toll a lone, tragic bell #vss356 #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 September 2025 at 10:41