building your songlines...

This is my tanka, written in a card for my grandson and his wife to be. They are getting married on Wednesday 3rd September. 2025. building your songlines a parallel life journey laden with purpose where strength ensures survival and love is the key to hope #tanka #wedding

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 September 2025 at 16:45

winds bear my old songlines...

winds bear my old songs faint old songs from my old life my #yearning connects past songlines and tomorrows locked in one anxious refrain #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 1 September 2025 at 09:35

my bookshelf features...

my bookshelf features a #constellation of thoughts yesterday's thinkers their pioneering network binds ongoing theories #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 31 August 2025 at 06:26

pungent smoke swirling...

#pungent smoke swirling #pungent pyre of old letters #pungent memories perhaps the acrid scents wane but the scars of truth live on #vss365 #tanka #writingcommunity

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 30 August 2025 at 08:07

without tradition we'd be lost...

'Without tradition we'd be lost. Without innovation we'd be bored.' - Adam Liaw - 'The Cook Up' - SBS 29.8.25

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 August 2025 at 16:29

in this techno world...

in this techno world will humans blindly create #malignant AIs new #malignant seeds 'blossoms' bear a metal shine with poisonous scents #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 29 August 2025 at 12:21

a roaring bonfire...

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

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 28 August 2025 at 07:34