teacher memories...

teacher memories
enthusiastic learners
may be a gift for me
but a sign of hope
for future progress#tanka

2017 - August - My enthusiastic History Mysteries Club of senior students. Another teacher - 2nd bottom left - used to attend as well. pic.twitter.com/e0XBDAr91s

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 23, 2024

a living tangle of late winter greys...

a living tangle of
late winter greys
but be aware
a small plump sprig of greys
will take flight soon#tanka

📷 2020 - August - Dromana - Dove resting a while in a eucalypt near my verandah... pic.twitter.com/ymZQ3tJuOm

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 21, 2024

rain soaked black and white days...

rain soaked
black and white days
a lone green
way out sign
offers dry humour#tanka

📷 2020 - August - Safety Beach parking area outside Chemist Warehouse on a rainy day... pic.twitter.com/vw3ctsmrMB

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 20, 2024

the golden season...

the golden season
multiple fields burst with
multiple suns#haiku

📷 2023 - August - Canola fields blooming in the Riverina, NSW pic.twitter.com/1GisCAdy6s

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 19, 2024

peaceful drama...

peaceful drama
a big sky and
big fields#haiku

📷 2022 - Riverina district near Young, NSW pic.twitter.com/qXXFPf3E03

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 18, 2024

global sadness...

global sadness
fragile skeletons of
yesterday's art#haiku

📷 2022 - August - abandoned Westminster Hotel, Temora. Recently, the facade was demolished, leaving just the front wall...It was becoming far too dangerous to walk in the main street, beneath the crumbling facade. pic.twitter.com/127VMKVzSa

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 17, 2024

drained of tourists...

a foreshore
drained of tourists
just me and
old voices
by a rainy beach#tanka

📷 2012 - August - Dromana beach foreshore trail on a rainy day... pic.twitter.com/V8FJUinmSO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 16, 2024