I keep a pocket...

long road—
I keep a pocket
for other people’s storms#haiku #poetry

— Rockford Haiku Hike (@OutsiderPoetry) December 23, 2025

the elderly...

the elderly sometimes polish their gnarled past phases into gentler, smooth golds healing #trickery culled stories can selective truths have value? #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 20 April 2026 at 09:51

the elderly
sometimes polish
their gnarled past phases
into gentler, smooth golds
healing #trickery

culled stories
can selective truths
have value?#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026

just over 25 years ago...

just over 25 years ago the page turned Sydney Summer Olympics Playstation 2 released the Millenium Dome of London Putin becomes president Cast Away Trump era brews Mission: Impossible 2 propaganda mixed messages the #investiture of the Bayeux Tapestry 21st century style #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 April 2026 at 10:08

just over
25 years ago
the page turned

Sydney Olympics
Playstation 2 released
the Millenium Dome

Putin is president
Cast Away
Trump era waits
Mission: Impossible 2

propaganda
mixed messages
the #investiture of
the Bayeux Tapestry
21st century style#vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 19, 2026

city street lights...

city street lights city shop lights neon night tides after rain rushing feet strike pooled puddles a pseudo flicker of sighing #seafoam #vss3655 #haiku #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2026 at 09:01

city street lights city shop lights neon night tides after rain rushing feet strike pooled puddles a pseudo flicker of sighing #seafoam #vss365 #haiku #tanka SORRY! Wrong writing group number at the end...

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 April 2026 at 10:43

city street lights
city shop lights
neon night tides after rain

rushing feet strike
pooled puddles
a pseudo flicker of
sighing #seafoam #vss365 #haiku #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 18, 2026

on the back step...

on the back step buckled tin tapped by a child with a toy #hammer fixed somewhere I lost faith in the power of intent #vss365 #tanka #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 April 2026 at 10:52

on the back step
buckled tin
tapped by a child
with a toy #hammer
fixed

somewhere
I lost faith in
the power of intent#vss365 #tanka #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 17, 2026

just one word...

just one #word one 'yes' or one 'no' frames the future #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 April 2026 at 07:48

just one #word
one 'yes' or
one 'no'
frames
the future#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 15, 2026

as a child...

as a child I chalked a simple door shape I stepped through the arched #loop and waited older chalk still in hand #vss365 #haiku #tanka #surreal

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 April 2026 at 09:48

as a child
I chalked a simple
door shape

I stepped through
the arched #loop
and waited
older
chalk still in hand#vss365 #haiku #tanka #surreal

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