never ending tale...

never ending tale our life's still being written still more blank pages perhaps inner wisdom means avoid repeating the #past #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 September 2025 at 05:55

wind rattled grasses...

wind rattled grasses may murmur sweet past stories of long gone lovers but the #susurrus I hear is a name I must forget #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 June 2025 at 10:23

in this old house...

in this old house
of many secrets
you can smell the odour of
an awkward after-presence
born of vanished lives#tanka

* Inspired by a 2nd reading of Simone De Beauvoir's 'Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter'...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 20, 2024