art exhibition opens...

art exhibition opens
busy, jostling
champagne sounds
with a brief lifespan

thankfully#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 1, 2024

first day of winter...

first day of winter
translating dull, cold palettes
into warm energy#haiku

📷2010 - June 1 - re-imagined, native hibiscus in my Dromana winter garden pic.twitter.com/hTGdMRIFW8

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 31, 2024

memorable moment...

memorable moment
a flash mob of screeching wings
etches the sky@haiku

📷 2009 31st May - overlooking Port Phillip Bay from my Dromana home...
I nominated this Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Day... pic.twitter.com/20VNWyTlK1

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 30, 2024

curious life of a leaf...

curious life of a leaf
thatched with nibbles and quibbles
summer and winter pressures
sunshine and rain
re-shaped, resilient art#tanka

📷 May 2011 - Macro of a leaf in my Dromana Hills garden pic.twitter.com/Qw5CtyCqbA

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 29, 2024

little Mouse's back and ears hurt...

Here is the power of suggestion, connection and the illusion of another reality that cannot be named.
Indeed, words can move mountains and fly high... https://t.co/vBgPrHHCXq

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2024

feathery wisps and down...

feathery wisps and down
an earthy-toned kookaburra
shares his ring of laughter
with my hot coffee
on a frosty morning#tanka

📷 2017
Kookaburra - an autumn visitor near my verandah in Dromana pic.twitter.com/j6CMEnjKTP

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2024

the reading furball...

the reading furball
flash mob of one
you cannot ignore#haiku pic.twitter.com/Y8GaP0zoky

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 27, 2024