a determined, #adroit river splits and circles a boulderous boulder then flows on as usual a barrier need not be a barrier be the river #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 7 September 2026 at 08:39
social tensions
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 6, 2026
want and need
may befuddle life
offering restless
competitive goals
but the ageing#adroit mind
has learnt to depend on
a personal
constant heartbeat#vss365 #tanka
new resident in a nursing home #reconnoitres the dining room from its tired doorway is there a space and a face for him #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 6 September 2026 at 10:23
on a clothes line
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 5, 2026
a kookaburra
and a magpie#reconnoitre
the backyard
only one
can win
the dog's breakfast#vss365 #tanka #haiku
through the window late sunlight taps a numb rocking chair briefly the #silhouette rocks a silent rhythm but his chair does not tune in sometimes music lives on beyond #vss365 #tanka #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 5 September 2026 at 09:16
a grand Riverina
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 4, 2026
canola-gold field
holds
one small tree
hostage
but the lengthy
and short#silhouette of
that one small tree
knows the real story
canola lives
a brief
showy life
but the humble tree
grows on#vss365 #tanka
an old woman's chipped cup captures the first rains in months her #elixir her blessing #vss365 #tanka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 4 September 2026 at 08:42
for your ageing
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 3, 2026
ailing
faithful dog
the vet recommends
rest and sunlight
but your dog
recommends
his own #elixir
a slow walk with you and
checking odd smells#vss365 #tanka
empty church just gentle sunlight through coloured glass yet some sacred presence may #console some lonely grief-laden empty soul #vss365 #haiku #tannka
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 3 September 2026 at 08:41
my study desk
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 2, 2026
a crammed #console of
choices-in-waiting#vss365 #haiku
always #empathetic to struggling souls Dolly Parton #vss365 #haiku
— Gemma Mira Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 September 2026 at 09:01
spring rains
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 1, 2026
seem #empathetic to
winter-logged
barren
trees#vss365 #tanka
