The memory of the happy days in Gorizia stayed with her even after she returned to Ljubljana. She published her work in Slovenka and Dom in svet (Home and the World) magazines. Žemlja also wrote fairy tales and poems for children, and published a book of fairy tales Pravljice (Fairy Tales, 1913) in collaboration with Ljudmila Prunk. According to Nataša Špende’s notes based on Žemlja’s diary, this was a period when “she enjoyed happy days, being a housewife during the day and writing, playing the piano and dabbling in philately at night.” The war, however, separated her from Gorizia and her husband, who was sent to serve in different towns. Her connection with Gorizia remained strong until her death, and in 1921 she wrote to her friend: “You are asking about my day? It’s utterly miserable when I’m alone! And regrettably, I am alone, all too often… I do not converse with anyone anymore; I receive no visits, nor do I wish for one. From people here, that is. Only a few faithful hearts in Gorizia help me carry this heavy weight…” (Quoted from: Lucija Baša and Nataša Hribar: Cvetje so besede tvoje. Pozabljena pesniška zapuščina Mire Mokriške /Flowers are your words. Mira Mokriška’s forgotten poetic legacy), research project Gibanje znanost mladini. Kamnik: Gimnazija in srednja šola Rudolfa Maistra, 2021). She also reported to her friend that she had been offered a post as editor of the Slovenka magazine, which had just been started (with Gizela Ferjančič Belinger serving as editor from January 1922 to December 1923): “The Slovenka board has recently offered me the post of editor. In another time I might have accepted, but as it is, I was forced to decline this offer that I see as a great honour. It is no secret that I was pleasantly surprised by the all-round trust that the Slovenian public has bestowed on me, for it is a splendid atonement for all the wrongs I suffered at one time…” (From Baša, Hribar, 2021).

She published the poem Prijateljici (To my friend) under the pseudonym Goričanka.