when I am a poet...

when I am a poet
the rest of my days
will demand some painting time https://t.co/eVexotENmO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 7, 2024

a diet that depends on the seasons...

imagine
a diet that depends on the seasons
no preparing
no baking
no cleaning up
just find the buffet
and indulge

dropped scraps permitted#micropoetry

📷 2020 - Dromana - Spring winds are not the only thieves of fragile spring blossoms... pic.twitter.com/yyON4UVK2E

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2024

left the gate open...

https://t.co/hZ1krRShn5 pic.twitter.com/44j6JXj2jy

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2024

coffee can be a hit in many ways...

Coffee can be quite a hit in the home...https://t.co/2FEKRopGUF pic.twitter.com/D2X53WJlMD

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 4, 2024

no fancy chair...

no fancy chair
but through the seasons
I'd sit here
mesmerised
enchanted
as the weather
and the seasons
rolled in
rolled out

*micropoetry

2020 - September - overlooking Dromana beach and Port Phillip Bay pic.twitter.com/vmNOF17tz7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 3, 2024

Retirement on the horizon...

For some reason tonight, I decided to dig around my photo archives. I found this one. The previous day, I confirmed my retirement from secondary teaching. I felt the strangest sadness. Came into work the next day, + my desk had new residents. Staff took a last photo of me there. pic.twitter.com/KbWGdxnHzX

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 3, 2024

Gurrumul re-visited...

1. So many times I have returned to this soul healing song. I expect I will continue to return to it in my future.https://t.co/1BXXJ7ifZe

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024

The following lyrics in Yolngu language and English translation are sourced from https://t.co/2XUGvxxzMu

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024

2. WIYATHUL
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Yolngu language

Uhm-hmmm........
Uhm-hmmm........

Märrma djiawurr näthinana,
nambawu larrunana Guwalilnawu
rirrakayunmina liyanydja milkarri,
nambawu larrunana Murrurnawu
roniyirri rirrakayyu. ya barrawajayu
Mutlwutjna galaniniyu.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024

4. Uhm-hmmm........
Uhm-hmmm........

Yä wulman näthinana, yä
dhiyanuna lanyindhu dhungunayu
yä bäpa Kamba-Djunadjuna,
miln'thurruna mayma Mayan-naraka
yä nändi manda, marrkapmirri manda,
nhumanydja nayathanana Ruypu Milinditj

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024

5. Oh the old man cries, from the drink
oh dad Kamba-Djunadjuna, home Mayan-naraka bright in his mind
oh my two mums, beloved mums, hold Ruypu Milinditj
oh my two mums, beloved mums, cry for the sacred spring Burarrapu

yä namba guwalilna,
yä gunambal warradika,
yä namba Yumayna

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2024

6. oh place Guwalilna, 

 Warradika, 

 Yumayna. 

 Uhm-hmmm........ 

 Uhm-hmmm........