hurricane...

a Dickensian office in the 19th century was buried in bundles of loose papers stashed in boxes only specialised clerks knew where special papers slept one missing paper ignited a frenzy a #hurricane at Category 5 #vss365 #poetry

— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 October 2026 at 10:48

across the road timber tin plaster collapses dumped by a mechanical arm decades of home life reduced to truck loads no sacred ceremony just restless lost circling dust a demolition #hurricane #vss365 #poetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 5, 2026

2 views of matchbox...

we live in a #matchbox home but we have a roof walls and a window and lots of love #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 August 2026 at 09:06

from 1970's music mists
Captain #Matchbox
emerged in Melbourne
a jug band
echoing vaudeville#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 17, 2026

they aimed to turn...

they aimed to #turn a neglected house into a happy one children, a dog and a wrap around garden bring the spirit and many cans bring fresh paint #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 July 2026 at 11:38

they aimed to #turn
a neglected house
into a happy one

children, a dog
and a wrap around garden
bring the spirit
and many cans bring
fresh paint#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 23, 2026

weary home...

weary home owners debate its crumbling life to restore or #defenestrate #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 June 2026 at 10:22

weary home
owners debate
its crumbling life
to restore or#defenestrate#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 23, 2026

still loveable...

still loveable my white picket fence roses the wrap around verandah stereotype but my home has a special thought space with a street view my private #unalloyed reality #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 May 2026 at 12:39

when I really seethe...

when I really #seethe I keep it private, at home in my study cave a monologue's madly typed then my PC's firmly closed #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 August 2025 at 07:47

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

celestine signs...

gentle reminders
celestine signs can be
guardian angels#haiku

📷 2020 - October - my Dromana lounge room window area... pic.twitter.com/6T46W2wWC7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 14, 2024

coffee can be a hit in many ways...

Coffee can be quite a hit in the home...https://t.co/2FEKRopGUF pic.twitter.com/D2X53WJlMD

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

ground your home...

ground your home
your castle fort on
your hill
and let the world rage
far below#tanka https://t.co/NvNV0PR5PB

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

humble places...

humble places
early morning light channels
pools of rare beauty#haiku

📷May 2017...front of my former Dromana home pic.twitter.com/k5E5zWXWuB

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

glorious Temora Autumn afternoon...

 

My Temora street just seemed to glow in Autumn light...

A view of my street from the front verandah...

So easy to see house numbers marked in yellow on gutters...

The enchantment of Autumn street shadows...

The enchantment of Autumn home shadows...

new life begins...

Last Tuesday19th April, my son (from Adelaide) and I took a long rainy drive from Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula in southern Victoria to Temora, in the Riverina region of southern NSW...

My son drove my car (+ me) to Temora...to my daughter's current home...I stay with her, (possibly 10 weeks), till finally her Temora home is completed. Then I take over her rental...a cute little olde world cottage with a white picket fence...Love it...

This changeover was an amazing moment...For the first time in some years, I was seeing my son and daughter at the same time...My son stayed with us for a couple of days before heading back to Adelaide with his partner...

My life by the sea is now converting to my life in a country town...

My daughter's gift to me when I arrived in Temora... pic.twitter.com/Bs8SczDzLm

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2022

Adore the stained glass panel on the front door of my daughter's current Temora home... pic.twitter.com/S8Ir2nyIzk

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2022