branches sway combing the skies searching for fairy tokens & wishes hidden deep down inside a star’s pocket hopefully mine -Rene 9/28/25 #poetry #poem #vssthreads #fairy #wish

the first kiss of fall smoky cinnamon whirlwind senses stirred to life -r 9/15/25 #haikufeels #kiss #haiku #poetry #poet #autumn #shortformpoetry

i built a hammock between two forests a sunlit interim speckled with wildflowers & daydreams of freedom a laughing Buddha moon rises tickling my feet -r 9/15/25 #vssthreads #interim #poetry #poems #shortformpoetry

i traced around the #scab knit high upon my knee the result of another fall a push gone too far a perfect circle lustrous & burgundy colored a shell of protection a scarab amulet spell inscribed, sealed over the weight of temptation yet further still an empire of transformation r #poetry

my love, a stone thrown across the tip of my soul skimming surfaces -r 9/12/25 #haikufeels #haiku #shortformpoetry #stone #poetry #poem

i still read your horoscope like it’s something that matters i wear your corduroy jacket while i smoke on the landing ( i wait for your scolding) but nothing happens i order out more than i should the supermarket is tragic but i still save you #leftovers i can’t get out of my habits r #vssthreads

To embody hope is to move through each season preparing the way -Rene 9/9/25 #haikufeels #embody #haiku #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry

𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬⁣ ⁣ we greet each day outfitted ⁣ in comfortable #knits⁣ invincible plaids⁣ ⁣ armed with indestructible⁣ time-honored⁣ ready to rumble ingenuity⁣ ⁣ let the kids all laugh⁣ make brainrot of our old ways⁣ just leave them alone⁣ ⁣ 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 ⁣ ⁣ -rene⁣ 9/8/25 #vssthreads #poetry

midnight rendezvous a secret destination only the moon knows -rene 9/8/25 #poetry #poem #haiku #haikufeels #shortformpoetry #love #only

come dancing they ask me i'd rather stay with my pipers climb their  #hooks & swing from the branches of their monkeybar arias come dancing they beg me but i’m a snake charmed by the sound a disciple in blue velvet a twisted monk gone deep down underground -r 9/7/25 #vssthreads #poetry

tripping through mind wires technicolor coming through kaleidoscope dreams -r 9/6/25 #haikufeels #poetry #poems #trip #shortformpoetry #senryu

the windshield cracked into lacework #crocheted against the late October sky i thought of my grandmother of the doily under the candy dish those strawberry candies the burst of sweetness hidden within i couldn’t wait a deafening crunch it was too late to stop -R #poetry #poem #vssthreads

put ‘em out there high on the line those offending articles let the labels fly let the truth twist & catch the neighbors spinning up yarns then you strut back out there smooth as a senator & reel it on it -Rene 9/5/25 #vss365 #articles #poem #poetry

here the pretending  stops when the lighting  dares you to get comfortable with the angles here the scenery fades into muted shades the fabric fails to obscure the makeup is wiped away here conversation with a #pinch of spice reigns life pads around with bedhead barefoot out of frame R #poetry

you once told me  you were your daddy's  favorite mistake a cute as a button  nut on a crooked  little branch on a leaning family tree you were paprika  in the sugar bowl  1/2 👇

I have no room to graze this is no place for my kind  I must #bind up my charms this is no place for magic I must hold myself still my arms aching & frenzied I have no salt to shake I have no room to pace I surrender to the corner a ghost in white lace -Rene 9/25 #vssthreads #poetry #poem

I often wonder where you've gone usually after I've had a bit of fun you never wait for me, or anyone for that matter always on your way noiselessly spinning healing wounds dispensing tinctures making fools 1/1 👇

this late rising sun honey gold & clove studded this morning fire kickstarter of kettles & kitchen gods this necessary bliss an essential recipe a secret pleasure -Rene 9/1/25 #vssthreads #late #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry

𝐁e that⁣ joyful heartbeat ⁣ one that makes me sing⁣ in harmony, playfully⁣ around a grand piano⁣ tangled up in sheets⁣ ⁣ 𝐁e that⁣ sinful filling⁣ one that’s worth the weight⁣ naughtily, teasing me⁣ away from responsibility ⁣ & into your wicked game⁣ ⁣ 1/1 👇

I'll dip you over the edge of the universe breathless then stare you down, like Brando through constellations of sighs catching then dropping you in time enough to fall -Rene 8/30/25 #vss365 #poetry #poem #constellation

you cover me in apologies & #pungent bile laced kisses hiding my face i still taste the sharp edged  marbles  in your mouth tumbling over scotch rocks little red last straws nobody knows this more that doesn't meet  their eyes nobody sees the monster waiting at the end of lullabies #vss365

thoughts of you⁣ midnight fire⁣ drums in the distance⁣ zebras climb ⁣ yet never arrive⁣ ⁣ memories of us⁣ baked in sunlight⁣ for #eons⁣ until bursting⁣ & tender to the touch⁣ ⁣ i am looking forward⁣ to being yours⁣ 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯⁣ your one & only ⁣ ghost⁣ ⁣ -rene⁣ 8/29/25 #vssthreads #poetry #poem

at the core of my every tossed and turned my every wicked cursed knot lies Estherbrook god damn her #malignant hearth her soulless board her sour, maggot studded bosom, unloving indifferent to watch her wither away crumbling under by my unfailing, rich neglect warms my heart well -R #vss365

i dig in my heels  & feel the pull of water over sand a weird sensation that tug  of matter over mine to be traveling without moving as the days  go by will i never get better at letting go? -Rene 8/28/25 #vssthreads #weird #poetry #poem #lettinggo #time

Called in by a siren’s song a serpent charmed i’m sure Once on her lips now a lifetime on your knees begging Your once limber tongue terrifically tied poor thing Such a pity to be tempted by that pretty little wild, sly bird -Rene 8/27/25 #vssthreads #call #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry

the soft yellow glow of the moon punctured nightfall spills across the floor #haikufeels #puncture #haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry #shortformpoetry

put a word here and then there gather them ‘round you watch as they become sentient singing, crying, showing teeth from your hand feed them the truth -Rene 8/26/25 #vss365 #sentient #poem #poetry

a slight breeze destroys aggravating the builders house of cards problems #haikufeels #destroy #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry #micropoetry #micro #haiku

glide with me with silver wings shining high above this cosmic ache dipping deep below the glow we’ll carry moonlight in our sighs -Rene 8/26/25 #vssthreads #cosmic #poetry #poem #love #shortformpoetry

rose scented secrets sweet confessions of lovers pressed between pages memories under covers whispered once upon a time -rene 8/24/25 #tankapoetry #tanka #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry #micropoetry

side door sneakers piled up on the kitchen floor demon reek & mario kart burnt popcorn with the heat up pretending we’re more than the sum of our parts just a lil banged up sprained, not broken we ain’t hopeless hope not -Rene 8/22/25 #vss365 #reek #poetry #poem

Having you here, beside me breaks through the walls of my catastrophe -Rene 8/22/25 #vssthreads #break #poetry #poem #senryu #micropoetry

silken stagnation swaddled east to west south from north no midnight love no velvet flight no sip of nectar frozen in state migratory dreams pump their wings nightly a fear of no time left to lose yet too soon for change -Rene 8/21/25 #vssthreads #lose #poetry #poem

it was finished. over. done. good-bye. no take backs. we sat vigil watching the sun set in silence. nothing more could be said or done to correct its course. -Rene 8/20/25 #vss365 #vigil #poetry #poem #fibonacci #micropoetry

you thought you had it shut down exterminated you left the embers smoldering and your foes seething as you blew kisses in the wind -Rene 8/20/25 #vss365 #seethe #poetry #poem #fibonacci #micropoetry

do you #dream as I do of love sudden & shocking eliciting the chatter of teacups feverishly thrusting into heated debate can you find a moment as you brush by me & onto your routine to make me breathless take me to the beautiful we once knew -rene 8/19/25 #vssthreads #poetry #poem #love

we swung our hips banging to the throb of progress we, the brave locomotive disciples we, the creators of invisible subs we, the magicians blazing magnificence we, demolition’s #bionic stepchildren packing plasma fueled phasers hot for contact set to stun -rene 8/18/25 #vss365 #poetry #poem

it's an endless space this blessed place of nails and prophecy where an angry bridegroom mourns a bride he would never know where a lost soul wanders jingling a beggar's purse heart where kisses soothe like wine or sting like fire ants #vssthreads #space #poetry #poem

saving the day by coming in clutch with dinner a good friend indeed -Rene 8/17/25 #haikufeels #clutch #haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry

swift winter changes a broken family tree abject misery -r 8/17/25 #haiku #vss365 #abject #poem #poetry #micropoetry

my heart a broken standpipe fanning city water cayenne over sidewalks gutters ripple red over fast food bags & cigarette butts over the feet of priests & pit bulls 1/2

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i’d steal the sun  & the moon swallow ‘em whole & call off the morning if i could i’d tell you  all i've done  or failed to do Let your fire rain down & sanctify me if you could i’d be the star of your back porch galaxy a luna moth caught in the pull of your gravity if I could -r #poetry

hit me hard with your hot sauce your devil pepper weaponry–light me the fuck up pummel my soul into a spicy oblivion -Rene 8/16/25 #vss365 #pummel #poetry #poem #fibonacci

come to me in my dream state under the scattershot glow of twilight we'll hunt butterflies -Rene 8/16/25 #vssthreads #twilight #poetry #poem #micropoetry

Tried to resist it the force just pulled us closer connect? should we dare? -rene 8/16/25 #haikufeels #dare #poetry #poem

time a pixie caught flicking its wings then slapping them down flat  run along now, child  don't ever look back  -r 8/15/25 #vss365 #pixie #poetry #poem #micropoetry

squeeze me in amongst your tchotchke, your bric-a-brac your obsession horde your sentimental elf shelf collect me, forget me not -R 8/15/25 #prompt #squeeze #inkMine #tanka #poetry #poem #micropoetry

grace moves without  strings or seams born pirouetting twirling through the ether of dreams -Rene 8/14/25 #poem #poetry #fibonacci #micropoetry #grace

before the time of the electric sun we knew by sense the passing of time the swell & flow of each season we stacked the urgency of our needs like firewood from east to west we counted moons like prayers we stuck our fingers into wet soil we felt the curve of the earth -R 8/25 #poetry #poem