the forest and the axe...

The forest could almost be classified as a bunch of cannibals... but devouring themselves... https://t.co/wGlcDQ4fvJ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 14, 2026

mud still clings...

mud still clings to fading words a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 April 2026 at 08:12

mud still clings
to fading words
a soldier's #letter #vss365 #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 13, 2026

across the small table...

across the small table we share grand theories with a buzz of common topics in awkward spaces our coffee grows cold our unsaid words our truth chills in coffee stained #water #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 April 2026 at 09:02

across the small table
we share grand theories
with a buzz of
common topics
in awkward spaces

our coffee grows cold
our unsaid words
our truth
chills in
coffee stained #water#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 12, 2026

dusk...

dusk an elderly couple relax on a porch watching the sun #sink slowly behind their wheat crop as usual they count not years but moments daily, precious moments that choose to remain #vss365 #micropoetry #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 12 April 2026 at 09:43

dusk
an elderly couple
relax on a porch
watching the sun#sink slowly behind
their wheat crop
as usual

they count
not years
but moments
daily, precious moments
that choose to remain#vss365 #micropoetry #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026

school day's end...

school day's end the bell dongs children scatter wild sparrows flitting in shrill joy freedom seems to #sing loudest and boldest at the outer limits of rules and beliefs #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 11 April 2026 at 11:37

school day's end
the bell dongs
children scatter
wild sparrows flitting
in shrill joy

freedom seems to #sing
loudest and boldest
at the outer limits
of rules
and beliefs#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 11, 2026

sparkling city towers...

sparkling city towers and flood lit city streets claim the night are we #blind to the power the mystery the wonder of star light? #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 April 2026 at 11:34

sparkling
city towers and
flood lit
city streets
claim the night

are we #blind
to the power
the mystery
the wonder of
star light?#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 10, 2026

the shy couple...

the shy couple strolled the lake's #bank tossing breadcrumbs to grateful passing ducks and passing swans do we lead together or does others' hunger lead us to be together #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 9 April 2026 at 09:28

the shy couple
strolled the lake's #bank
tossing breadcrumbs
to grateful passing ducks
and passing swans

do we lead
together
or does others' hunger
lead us
to be together#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 8, 2026