on hot summer nights...

on hot summer nights large #bass glide to cool shallows predator spaces the canny angler becomes the hunter of the hunter #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 25 August 2025 at 09:13

a potter's wheel spun...

a potter's wheel spun a face emerged from the clay success or failure to some the face seemed #malformed but some saw signs of beauty #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 24 August 2025 at 09:27

aged books reek of dust...

aged books #reek of dust yet each pale word still whispers no thoughts can vanish somewhere in our deep archives ideas wait to be reborn #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 August 2025 at 08:50

mundane afternoons...

#mundane afternoons no appointments or routines no lurking surprise just the rising hum of my kettle preparing my gift of peace #vss365 #tanka #micrpoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 22 August 2025 at 08:45

an abandoned track...

an abandoned track an old man's daily #vigil set in deep silence did he miss a vital train or does he wait for someone #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 21 August 2025 at 08:26

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

bionic lab tests...

#bionic lab tests our century's brave milestones to aid animals helpless paralysed monkeys walk after spinal implants bionic fingers a pianist may still play the keys with deep soul forever lost is a myth pushed on to another day #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 August 2025 at 08:37