Rene
@ireneforan.bsky.social
There may not always be rhyme, but there is always reason.
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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
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
smoky cinnamon whirlwind
senses stirred to life
-r
9/15/25
#haikufeels #kiss #haiku #poetry #poet #autumn
#shortformpoetry
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
the first kiss of fall
smoky cinnamon whirlwind
senses stirred to life
-r
9/15/25
#haikufeels #kiss #haiku #poetry #poet #autumn
#shortformpoetry
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
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
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
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
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
September 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
my love, a stone thrown
across the tip of my soul
skimming surfaces
-r
9/12/25
#haikufeels #haiku #shortformpoetry #stone
#poetry #poem
across the tip of my soul
skimming surfaces
-r
9/12/25
#haikufeels #haiku #shortformpoetry #stone
#poetry #poem
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
my love, a stone thrown
across the tip of my soul
skimming surfaces
-r
9/12/25
#haikufeels #haiku #shortformpoetry #stone
#poetry #poem
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
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
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
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
is to move through each season
preparing the way
-Rene
9/9/25
#haikufeels #embody #haiku #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
To embody hope
is to move through each season
preparing the way
-Rene
9/9/25
#haikufeels #embody #haiku #poetry #poem #shortformpoetry
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
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
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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
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
a secret destination
only the moon knows
-rene
9/8/25
#poetry #poem #haiku #haikufeels #shortformpoetry
#love #only
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
midnight rendezvous
a secret destination
only the moon knows
-rene
9/8/25
#poetry #poem #haiku #haikufeels #shortformpoetry
#love #only
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
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
September 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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
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
technicolor coming through
kaleidoscope dreams
-r
9/6/25
#haikufeels #poetry #poems #trip #shortformpoetry #senryu
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
tripping through mind wires
technicolor coming through
kaleidoscope dreams
-r
9/6/25
#haikufeels #poetry #poems #trip #shortformpoetry #senryu
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
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
September 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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
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
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
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
September 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
👇
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
👇
September 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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
👇
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
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
September 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
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
👇
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
👇
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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
👇
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
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
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
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
👇
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
👇
August 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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
👇
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
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
August 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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
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
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
August 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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
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
August 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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
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
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
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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
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
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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
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
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
August 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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
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