Gemma Wiseman
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Gemma Wiseman
@gemma77.bsky.social
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.
Pinned
writing on foundations for 2025

#monoku #writingcommunity
my #soliloquy
my lone voice baring issues
before my world knows

#vss365 #haiku
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Reposted by Gemma Wiseman
#vss365

A #soliloquy is not a speech; it’s a wound, bleeding with words.
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
dawn light wakens dunes
#magenta bathes sleepy sands
till cool nights dissolve

#vss365 #haiku
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
soaring lone eagle
once a prized, god's #augury
now satellites speak

#vss365 #haiku
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
she seems ultra #chic
shampooed hair, curls cut and styled
a cute model dog

#vss365 #haiku
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
some #vespertine wine
tastes of bruised tropical fruits
squashed by my regrets

#vss365 #haiku
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
ajar weathered gate
permanently #chivalrous
for hefty shopping

#vss365 #haiku
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
fractured but alive
partly living and learning
#aphotic childhood

#vss365 #haiku
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
the essence of #suave
groomed, model poise, eyes aglow
black and white kitty

#vss365 #haiku
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Occasionally I have a repetitive dream...
the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost...
I would so love to drive and own this beauty...
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Gemma Wiseman
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
in my #last moments
I hope to scroll the list of
magic in my life

#vss365 #haiku
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”
― Tom Stoppard, 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Gemma Wiseman
Keep choosing to move forward, no matter how many times it takes.
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reposted by Gemma Wiseman
The world
is quieter
than we think.
That’s why
it matters
to
declare love
before the
moment
slips away.
We forget how
silence can feel
like absence,
even when
we care.
So we choose
to say it,
to give our heart,
because letting
someone know
they're loved
can change
everything.

#vss365 #matter
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
3 states of #matter
solids, liquids and gases
you're the rare 4th state

#vss365 #haiku
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
restless, confused minds
the balm of stillness offers
real #health in silence

#vss365 #haiku
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
old photos gathered
#learning how some memories
can comfort sad souls

#vss365 #haiku
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reposted by Gemma Wiseman
"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself."

-Emily Dickinson
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
morning #reflection
my open blind's wavy fringe
in my first coffee

#vss365 #haiku
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Big Ben of the mind
loudly tolls for joy and fear
#timed understanding

#vss365 #haiku
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
on my writer's desk
random notes of random thoughts
#relevant some day

#vss365 #haiku
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#achievable growth
the process of persistence
needs belief in self

#vss365 #haiku
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
we may sense talent
its #measurable outer flames
but souls light the spark

#vss365 #haiku
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
our new inventions
dissolve #specific answers
born in yesterdays

#vss365 #haiku
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM