Gemma Wiseman
@gemma77
Retired HS teacher,(urban areas), now loving my daily rural whirl in the creative life of writing - mainly haiku and tanka. I'm also developing a love of sketching and painting plus being involved in community creative projects. Life's great for the soul.
I believe you walk the worlds of Wizard Zanzibar now you are both friends companions you are happy to keep Minka and Shari close by... MORE ON: zanzibarsonglines.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-ye...
only yesterday I saw you on The Assembly playing a friendly game of questions and answers with autistic journalists only yesterday the movie star met youth and praised them for a quirky range of questions only yesterday he was smiling relaxed enjoying the moment and now your smile lives on Sam
soul place where souls in transit meet and greet #haiku More On: temoralifestyle.blogspot.com/2026/07/soul...
First light - Sunday 21st June 2009...in Dromana An atmospheric winter solstice...
hermit season cold winds and rain hot soup procrastination cold winds and rain hermit season #dailyhaiku #haiku #paintwithwords
Sometimes just a humble puddle can magically reinvent the reality we think we know... 📷March 2012 - carpark by Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula...
one festive day in morning mist a lone abbey arch channels historic St Patrick faith may #surpass Irish legend yet legends cross generations and keep faith alive #vss365 #tanka #micropoetry
2009 a student struggled to express his response to Bruce Dawe's poetry but he played a magical impulsive accompaniment his own voice #tanka P.S. Much to our surprise, this humble, quirky guy was a brilliant musician. He played in the school library. Swiftly his audience grew.
high tide surf pounds over a rocky shelf till mystical #cataracts shiver and shimmer #vss365 #tanka 📷My photo - 2013 - London Bridge Ocean Beach, Mornington Peninsula
public art in unexpected places attracts attention #tanka This one is on a power box, by a main Dromana shopping strip, by Dromana beach - fringing Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. 📷My photo 1st March 2019
After all the noise and fluff of #AustraliaDay ceremonies, screened on SBS...a breathing space was screened...no words...just quiet music backing a camera roving over Australia's beautiful landscapes... and historical notes on the area screened to the side... Well done #SBS...
two living shadows then only one could live on now they breathe elsewhere #haiku #micropoetry #shadows #cat
artificial wings this eagle needs a cable for flying people #haiku #micropoetry
borders of the mind... 2 haiku...+ 2 images temoralifestyle.blogspot.com/2026/01/bord...
ongoing heatwave even a #slapdash dumping of rain is welcome #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
buzz of flyboarding a rather #kooky tactic for riding the waves #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry
Missing the wonders of Balnarring Beach... January 2016 waters' edge wonders the beach is a gallery ephemeral art #haiku
New Year's Eve Thoughts what if intimate haiku may help autistics may help autistics express emotions could psychologists present sensitive haiku to autistic ones could psychologists let the autistic select connecting haiku to open a chat about the client's feelings without confusion
it's that long inhale between Christmas and New Year soliloquy time #haiku #micropoetry
the Christmas bustle and blare of children's over-excited voices can yield sensory clutter to decompress next day take a little time to step away and #shoot some ephemeral small thing a passing glimpse of Nature's gift and then a Christmas memory has a special seal #vss365 #micropoetry