Category: writing

casting runes — 21jan26
isaz
```
holding our steambreath
we wait for sunwarmed icicles
to shatter themselves on below
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is isaz, a rune that is translated as the word “ice”. Sources associate isaz with a calmness, present moment or stillness. As ice, isaz is sometimes associated with standstill, stagnation, stasis or contraction; even at times as pristine beauty with seductive qualities.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
21 Jan 26

neverseen

spike pierced this
pulsing gristle
caged within my ribs
i cannot stopheart
this as i ought, nor
severazor gossamer tethers
untugging from afar

all is ache and fugue
while doves mourn their
rose-scattered dreams
in the sometime, i grew shattered
everaining
a wraith in neverseen

20 Jan 26

casting runes — 20jan26
othala
```
she walks in beauty
land unfolding
to receive her while
she brings her shine on

earth mother
star daughter
moonchild

these are our legacy laying
under the blazing sun
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is othala, which has a core meaning of “heritage”, “inheritance” and “legacy”. These are all associated with home, kin, ancestors, stability and (in some interpretations) past lives or spiritual legacy.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
20 Jan 26
casting runes — 19jan26
kenaz
```
huddling close to your flame
with my frost-ravaged skin
your lips could heal
these still-open wounds
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is kenaz, which has been translated as both “torch” and “ulcer” . It is conceived as symbolic of flame, which is the illuminated creativity as well as the source of purification/healing/cautery. Fire is a a source of transformation and unmaking as well as heat, passion and light. As an ulcer, kenaz can be associated with a fever or inflammation, perhaps a wound which requires healing.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
19 Jan 26

torrid cafe

barefoot hanging at
the torrid cafe
pretending desperate
to look away but
a smirk and a wink
and all secrets exposed
in the red rush rising
as he stands up
leaving coffee to go cold
all alone
at the torrid cafe

18 Jan 26

bury

i would bury myself,
your warmth rising around
if i could but find you
adrift within the dream

17 Jan 26

casting runes — 17jan26
algiz
```
her breath mine
gliding across time
my heart beats
same as her wings
taking to sky beneath
stones under these feet
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is algiz, which may mean either “elk” (there is some uncertainty if this is the case) or yew (Old Norse). It is associated with the Otherworld, protection/sanctuary, and with guardian spirits/fylgja. The unconscious mind is also sometimes associated with algiz.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
17 Jan 26

acid rain

unfolding origami
i wonder if
gum foil unicorns
feel forgotten
before becoming
crushed straw dogs
underfoot while
acid rain lovers
slip down the drain

next time, i say
leave all folds 
in place

16 Jan 26

casting runes — 16jan26
eihwaz
```
time to ride with yew
under iron sky & snow
frostcrusted beard with
knifebit skin cold

drawing from Old
my ancestors smile upon me

do yours?
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is eihwaz, it’s name meaning “yew”, is a rune of change and transformation. It represents the cycle of life/death/rebirth and is symbolic of the axis mundi (the world tree). The yew is envisioned as a path towards both the underworld and the heavenly realms. Eihwaz is frequently associated both with poison and protection as part of its perceived dual nature.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
16 Jan 26
subject 19 — a short tale
Below is my short fiction response to prompts proposed by Jolene on her post at Poetry & More. Check out the link to see the criteria she gave her readers either before or after reading to support another online author. Follow her, if you want to be really cool.
I didn’t do a ton of research before writing this (and it is very much improvisational), so read it as a pulp tale, one not intended to leverage realism to any extent.
It’s story time!
subject 19
Subject 19…?
His head throbbed in time the hum of the machinery all around as Elias stirred.
Subject 19…?
With eyes still closed against the brightness of the room beyond his eyelids, he groaned.
Subject 19? Can you hear me, now?
(more…)
15 Jan 26

Category: writing

subject 19