Dustpan and broom. Contrary to popular opinion, ghosts are meticulous.#hangtenstories 1260— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
Friday, 15 May 2020
ghosts...
sustainable learning...
Sustainable learning requires a shift from consuming information for hoarding knowledge to consuming information for constructing understanding... https://t.co/4EzDXgssoi— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
covid-19 monologue of sorts...
One day you will ask me— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
Was it hard
And then I will tell you
I smiled and I bled
Each day a new idea
To walk in
Each day a new feeling
To walk out#amwriting #quarantinelife https://t.co/Ts0bIfMy1r
love your bubble...
love your bubble— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
you've been granted a pause
opportunities
possibilities
new wings#tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/guevAHYlXO
Image (without my tanka) from Streetwise Reports - article 'Bubble Watching' 2.9.18
business unusual...
business unusual— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
crowded restaurant of 10
bubbled social life#haiku #covid19australia #COVIDー19 https://t.co/xwvcCbLqIQ
global leaders for global citizens...
An absolutely hoot of a book read by two lovers of words and kids - immensely enjoyable - I WANT this book! By the way, the Chicago Public Library offers more celebrities reading with a new treat every day - yahoo! https://t.co/DCzzICjKHl— National Centre ACL (@NatCentAusChLit) May 15, 2020
ISO days...
ISO days— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
diverse morning bird songs
sundry winds woo shapely trees
many sky colours
I forgot to wear makeup#tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/lAuyZ9uLeU
chocolate marketing campaign...
Marketing campaign by German chocolate brand Hildebrand’s. In time for the turn of 20th century, the chocolatier commissioned 12 postcards predicting what life would be like in 100 years. A card was placed in each box of chocolate. https://t.co/4luLkWuY68 https://t.co/VddZD3mDNC— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
poetry opens doors...
'Poetry opens doors that you didn't even know existed, the ones you can only see when you sink into life.' - Jennifer Williamson. https://t.co/k7bW3KBfVi— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
being shy...being a writer...
“Most novelists are at the shy end of the spectrum—sly watchers of life rather than noisy graspers of it,” novelist Patrick Gale wrote in 'The Guardian'. “Many of us have had to overcome that and develop a performative persona behind which the sly watcher can continue to lurk.” https://t.co/ApncyS2YpK— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
spirit of freedom...
My love affair with Leunig's cartoons is endless...our patched balloon— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
we must accept that
our spirit of freedom is
soon prey to
the winds of chance#thurds soon #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines https://t.co/J1ypDaznmf
They always challenge and inspire...
Sometimes...unexpectedly...
our timeline...
our timeline is crammed— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
with critical
life-changing dates
2020 awaits
the final verdict#vsspoem #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/pdoSboHloG
NOTE: I took this photo in November 2019. The 'new look' is supposed to involve a cafe + boat and paddleboard? hire...It still hasn't happened... Blame covid-19????
old stables and coach house...
Coolart is an amazing place to wander at Somers on the Mornington Peninsula.old stables and coach house— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
refreshed
re-purposed
a promise that history
is here to stay#vsspoem promise #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/alb2839dDk
It was a working farm property from the late 19th century to the 1970's.
This huge property is testament to colonial settlement farming life... even if only a glimpse.
Wander beyond the farm focus, and there are some incredible bird hides by the side of wetlands...Great to watch nesting birds in the spring...
And then you can even walk to a nearby beach on the fringe of the property...past small wetlands and grazing cows...
in Li Po's world...
Li Po's poetry has the intimate, other-worldly soul- searching of the 'Rubaaiyat of Omar Khaiyyam'.— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
'I take my wine jug out among the flowers
to drink alone, without friends.
I raise my cup to entice the moon.
That, and my shadow, makes us three.' https://t.co/6c0po5GOco
Li Po was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He wrote occasional verse and poems about his own life. His poetry is known for its clear imagery and conversational tone. His work influenced a number of 20th-century poets, including Ezra Pound and James Wright. Source: Poetry FoundationLove these words by Li Po...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 15, 2020
...'I sit and sing
and it is as if the moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me;...
I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the Milky Way.'
(Po's eerie preface to Shakespeare's witches later?)...
incoming high tides...
incoming high tides— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020
energise chaotic surf
retreating low tides
flatten the curve
a noetic flash#BraveWrite noetic #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/4t3vH3fELW
transient beauty...
Found an interesting perfume that interprets one particular cactus flower...Transient beauty is perhaps the most precious beauty of all...the transient beauty of cacti flowers that only bloom for about 8 hours at night...ephemeral wetlands...You need to be there, at the right time...and wonder...and take a photo...to let the memory last... https://t.co/qydj2JeWKL— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020
Also known as the Queen of the Night, this fragrance interprets the highly transient night flowering cactus Selenicereus Grandiflorus. Collaborating with the iconic Bertrand Duchaufour, this special scent captures the orchid cactus - native to Central America, only flowering once a year. The blooms open at night and only last a couple of hours, it is incredibly beautiful and is rumoured to powerfully ignite passions, then, by sunrise, the flowers have been spent.
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