leaning...

shapes
colours
weathered
by time
lean to a future #tanka https://t.co/pkmiCe8lzj

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 5, 2020

The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie...

My poetic review of 'The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie' by Gary Crew.

diamonds

a treasure map
secretly teasing on
a scrimshaw

diamonds
desired by
no less than
Queen Victoria

More: https://t.co/5VokTXRKaM pic.twitter.com/VmkFF96heQ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 5, 2020

reflections...

reflections
for some a time
to groom
but others
absorb the depths #tanka https://t.co/y1RJBrsJPx

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 5, 2020

Arnold Zable...a personal note...

A wonderful keepsake. Frame it. Only yesterday I wrote a Goodreads + poetic review of Arnold Zable's 'The Fig Tree' as soon as I finished reading. So love his stories.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 5, 2020

*Rob Cairns memory of Nick Liberts is HERE

a loch...

mountains
a loch etched with
a lone pier
my hermit spirit floats
in sepia silence #tanka https://t.co/sDdyEKij7f

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 4, 2020

not drowning but waving...

a drenched landscape
welcomes
streams of light
not drowning
but waving

(with apologies to Stevie Smith
- poem - 'Not Waving But Drowning') #tanka https://t.co/Wb8VecPZnO

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 4, 2020

old chapel...

cold
misty blue morning
but our old chapel
still lives
in warm memories #tanka https://t.co/THb4PM0yeI

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 4, 2020

yellow feathers in barley...

yellow feathers
in barley
a snippet
of sunshine
peeks from earth #tanka https://t.co/iKNtpuQK4s

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 4, 2020