stirring but not stirred...

stirring
but not stirred
my poetic mojo#haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

secret airbnb...

secret
airbnb
my poetic soul
declares
an autumn retreat#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 26, 2022

my Poetic Mojo struggles to activate...

PASSING THOUGHT: My Poetic Mojo is struggling to activate over the past few weeks...Maybe all this box packing and shifting/adjusting of retirement goalposts are taking an emotional toll...All I know for sure is that money worries increase/hover + I am so very tired constantly...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 16, 2022

political anxiety...

PASSING THOUGHT: My poor poetic spirit has unwillingly succumbed to political saturation...
Political anxiety seems to be a rising force these days...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 9, 2022

my poetry Sunday...

my poetry Sunday
sadly
is still sleeping#haiku #senryu

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 15, 2022

my poetic spirit...

abandoned
my poetic spirit
is still sleeping#senryu #haiku

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

my poetic soul...

my poetic soul
found sleep
long before me#haiku pic.twitter.com/uU8WrimcVw

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

my poetry Sunday...

my poetry Sunday
the birth of
agony and ecstasy#haiku

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 25, 2021

Sunday poetry...

rummaging
around books
and CDs
my Sunday poetry
is elusive#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 18, 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

if pain writes poetry...

At this very moment, I feel every fibre of your comment...I am in that very same zone...I too am holding on tightly to hope...You are not alone...

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

Thank you Gemma, I really appreciate that. I hope you're holding on tight too!

— shelly (@poseofpower) December 1, 2021

what is done...

what is done is done
give it closure
what is not done is not done

LET THEM GO... like the wind https://t.co/YKeOAqEArn

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 4, 2021

art profile...

art profile
the poetry that
walks the talk
acts life and
paints songs#tanka pic.twitter.com/dd7cJsnFHp

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 2, 2021

my poetry day...

PASSING THOUGHT: Till now, I didn't realise that I had a special habit...Friday has been traditionally called Poet's Day - with tongue in cheek ( "Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday")...
But my seriously? 'Poet's Day' is emerging as Sunday...('Poetry On Every Thoughtful Saga') pic.twitter.com/sFy6fFrJDp

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

Miroslav Holub's 'The Door'...

I think it's time to re-visit my old love - Miroslav Holub...
The poem is entitled 'The Door'... pic.twitter.com/BfhnEUVxG3

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

I first reflected on this poem here Thursday 23rd April, 2020.

my poetic vibes...

my poetic vibes
wander blindly
in some desert
hoping to sense
an oasis#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 16, 2021

according to Einstein...

So much of me in this credo excerpt...
Only my teaching commitments keep me in the physical, social community...
When I retire, I expect my socialising will, at best, be spasmodic+brief...
Poetry+photography+art will connect me with an invisible community...Hopefully it grows... https://t.co/yTkGcthPTm

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 2, 2021

Emily Dickinson's autumn...

pic.twitter.com/rYAZHO32PC

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

nod-crafty...

'nod crafty' suits my errant habit of writing poetry when staff meetings seems so inconguously long+repetitive...Not hard to appear wise+thoughtful when composing poetry... Just take care other staff members don't seek less complementary amusement by looking over your shoulder... https://t.co/xmqKVDZgb9

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 18, 2021

political poets...

Poets have long been political - either overt or covert. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet+satirist, expositor of the spirit of his age+a representative of the culture+politics of the Enlightenment. Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an overt supporter of the French Revolution. pic.twitter.com/3LmUIo0EA0

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