I'm a sentinel of time...

I'm a sentinel of time my boughs stitch earth to the stars if my #place is near a stream, I may drink memory and hum ancient earth songs #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry #poetsonbluesky #poetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 April 2025 at 09:24

rumours on the wind...

rumours on the wind zig zagging through a forest the #cost of your rash building means obliterating us your life breath and ours #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 April 2025 at 10:34

your ink bleeds half truths...

your ink bleeds half truths on the minds of grown children your product's a lie cloaked in your perfect sale pitch loaded with easy answers #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 April 2025 at 11:25

a flash-mob silence...

a flash mob silence stretched around our fragile moods we split like peeled citrus flesh #segmentation lines still sweet but not whole #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 April 2025 at 08:05

nebulae breathing...

nebulae breathing ancient dust from dying stars under cosmic #pressure to keep time an endless gift and become again #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2025 at 09:18

morning magpie sings...

morning magpie sings for his usual breakfast a keen #customer of crumbs on the windowsill and kitchen window gossip #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2025 at 08:49

an old soldier sits...

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