half-human...

Tantalising piece of art...
Think half-human- a satyr-famed for music, lechery+a love of wine. Or it could be Pan, a human w. goat horns+a goat's legs from the waist down.
Or a mermaid?
And yet, unique?
Alex Aka Akhine, French artist b.1973, works in Paris+ lives in Saint-Ouen. https://t.co/XR7nuQtlBK

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

a line is a line...

There are many expressions that mention a line:

*crossing or not crossing them
*walking them
*putting your life on them

And I remember the clothes line at the old house...

...And here is my mother and I, below it, in the soft sun, smiling, way back down the line...

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 4, 2021

powered escalation...

any swift
powered
escalation
is prone to
a limited lifespan #tanka https://t.co/9G1YJB3Pi6

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

beneath the bridge...

beneath the bridge
from here to there
churning thoughts
and brooding eyes
lurk #tanka https://t.co/LCetZHSDGI

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 3, 2021

in the darkness...

Each night, in the darkness, there is something in the backyard that aggrieves my dog.

His discontent is written in the stiffness of his body.

It is there, in his quick eyes as he leaps off the verandah, into the blackness...

His atavistic intent is terrible, and lovely.

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 3, 2021

Interesting that I wrote the tanka below, just 13 days ago, on May 21st about my little furball.  

winter's night
my little furball
in the unlit doorway
calls forlornly
to the darkness #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 21, 2021

dancing in the rain...

PASSING THOUGHT: I've been doing quite a great deal of dancing over the last 2 years...I should be well practised... https://t.co/94JIEPpEFc

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 3, 2021

spuddle...

Spot on...This is my day today in a nutshell...In lockdown, but working since c.5:30am, changing Year 10 English curriculum now lockdown will last 7 more days. Exams scrapped. New assessments. Must be organised to alert 2 co-teachers+students of plan. Teaching remotely too. https://t.co/qeapDK4Mtu

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 3, 2021

exams cancelled under lockdown...

PASSING THOUGHT: Lockdown update - My school, late this afternoon, cancelled all Years 7-10 exams (due to be done next week). I expect my Year 10 English will convert into a single summative task due end of term + submitted online. Marking 5 large classes in a short time is 😒

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

a walk at dusk...

Often, especially in the winter time,
I like to go for a walk at dusk.
Everything is gentle.

From the houses come dollops of sound, smell, colour
and life.

And in the softness of it all
I see my mother once more,

caught between day and night,
smiling at me in the easy light.

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 2, 2021

shot in the dark...

For some, the morning has broken with a shot in the dark...
Amazing moment in Broken Hill, west NSW... https://t.co/bWT44OvzbG

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