afternoon nap horror...

afternoon nap
horror
endless gallery
of war-scarred lands
framed in floods

🇺🇦 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 28, 2022

dreaming of a quiet place...

I would give anything to stay awhile in a place like this - away from my stream of removal boxes...But the time will come, and I am sure I will enjoy it, even more, when all the technicalities of getting there are done...
Just a little longer to wait...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 22, 2022

I'm well on the way...

PASSING THOUGHT:
I'm well on the way to a frugal life...
And yet I see happiness ahead...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 20, 2022

tomorrow's dream...

happiness is
the art of
living
tomorrow's dream
today#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 16, 2022

spiritual depth...

Love the spiritual depth behind the whimsy of Bettina Baldassari's work...https://t.co/daUfjowLSt pic.twitter.com/twKUeUvkis

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 4, 2022

'thrive' - my personal word for 2022...

PASSING THOUGHT: Often, when a New Year begins, I like to think of a word for my personal incoming year. Immediately, I thought of the word 'survive'. But that has tones of being a defeatist. So I have opted for the word 'thrive' for 2022 - with just a few hints of 'survive'... pic.twitter.com/U6GJDQOrxl

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 1, 2022

my 2022...the game plan...

PASSING THOUGHT: Today's active covid data for Victoria+NSW is both tragic+devastating...
Note to Self - Toughen up your hope, kid for 2022...You are going to need it...
But more importantly, do what you must do to keep the dreams alive + always be kind to others along the way... pic.twitter.com/CJi4W4Alf3

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 28, 2021

the dream in my pocket...

the dream
in my pocket
waits
impatiently
to be unzipped #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 27, 2021

casting teaching chains aside...

PASSING THOUGHT: As days pass, more+more I am unchaining myself from teaching demands+thinking poetry, photography+sketching...
To do this each day is a brilliant dream slowly turning into reality...
Planning ways how my skills could promote my new home, a country community...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 17, 2021

18-year-old me and now...

Extremely shy, anxious, romantic 18-year-old dreamer me would be utterly shocked. So many major life tragedies to survive and still be resilient. I have toughened up and ditched the shyness. But romantic, anxious me still lingers just beneath the surface.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 13, 2021

camping pods...

Found some rather cute camping pods...basic but stylish...at Swan Reach Holiday Park...in East Gippsland, Victoria...
O if only my school break could be an escape to somewhere - near water, near trees...
At least I can dream...
Sighhhhhh.... pic.twitter.com/W2T7lHlJWC

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 19, 2021

my own home?...

PASSING THOUGHT: Don't dwell on the past - owning a Sydney home + venturing to a large property in Tasmania. All gone. Here and now, on the verge of retirement, daring to dream again. Possible to have my own home again? Just a small one? No one to take it from me? Keep walking...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 1, 2021

NOTE: This is not the 1st time I have shared a dream or sought assistance from the universe...But only when I feel I simply cannot find my own way clearly... 

I believe in the power of the universal spirit...I am open to answers... 

exotic dream...

exotic dream
drunk on the scents of
trees and sea salts
and big open skies
hangover welcome #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 28, 2021

little furball in peace and dream mode...

My little furball is not into marking student assessments...
She has other ideas...
Maybe later...maybe later... pic.twitter.com/sDNjGdA71c

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 12, 2021

new horizons...

new horizons
waiting to
walk the dream #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 17, 2021

all that is...

This beautiful image, to me, embodies all that is peace, stillness, reflection and dream... https://t.co/1ed9hU5NVj

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 26, 2021

budding ballet dreams...

autumn reverie
budding ballet dreams
on track#NRRTG #haiku #NaPoWriMo2021

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 8, 2021

just beyond my mainland...

just beyond
my mainland
floats
my other world
of wonder#tanka #NaPoWriMo2021 https://t.co/LmUYSVO7iD

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 7, 2021

evening sigh...

evening sigh
a blending of
small success and
dreams
in waiting #tanka pic.twitter.com/Zl3yTZshQc

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 20, 2021

in a Temora zone...

In a Temora zone... The dreams are tumbling in...
The new stage... about one year ahead...
Maybe...maybe...maybe...
My own home...
Some miracle most welcome...https://t.co/vIvliUq8pS pic.twitter.com/FYK75s9RcF

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 6, 2021