a wide-eyed child trapped in a war zone asked why we need wars the father laden with the #gravity of fear simply could not say we don't #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 May 2026 at 08:19
a wide-eyed child
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2026
trapped
in a war zone
asked why
we need wars
the father
laden with
the #gravity of fear
simply could not say
we don't#vss365 #tanka
latest news breaks another loaded gun pitches war against peace can we survive this ongoing #dichotomous 'progress' in human history #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 April 2026 at 08:46
latest news
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 29, 2026
breaks
another loaded gun
pitches war
against peace
can we survive
this ongoing#dichotomous
'progress'
in human history#vss365 #tanka
cloudy childhood our #illusive kingdoms in broken sheds our crowns rule over war-weary fields imagination our basic strength our survival #vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 March 2026 at 10:16
cloudy childhood
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 28, 2026
our #illusive kingdoms
in broken sheds
our crowns rule over
war-weary fields
imagination
our basic strength
our survival#vss365 #tanka #haiku #micropoetry
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
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 15, 2026
bronze church bell
cannot #assure
imminent
peace
but its fractured
war-weary
stubborn tolls
try to reflect
stubborn hope#vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
secret wartime rooms an #illicit radio calls for new futures #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 December 2025 at 11:41
never ending myth how much more war will it take to prove no winners to prove there are no real winners such a #clash means such a loss #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 8 October 2025 at 07:40
a roaring bonfire #jovial songs sear the night a fun happy place yet all know this is surreal in these days of endless wars #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 August 2025 at 07:34
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an old soldier sits counting medals counting ghosts his war did not #end it just changed its uniform to tattered memory #vss365 #micropoetry #poetry #poetsonbluesky
— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 April 2025 at 19:39
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2024
And never be ashamed to shed a few tears... https://t.co/C5QtjJIlE9 pic.twitter.com/EWPw7Ua2pB
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 10, 2023
