Category: writing

we hunger

hunger at the dog end day
teeth aching for a bite with
no right, straining to
contain the wolf inside

they might imagine
they know, they know
but they never feel
the gnawing of a beast
from inside, that one
which hungers tonight

22 Jan 26

casting runes — 22jan26
ehwaz
```
if you were to call—
i would ride with wings
on the dream
seeking to draw those
poison years
away from your heart
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is ehwaz, which has a core meaning of “horse”. A horse is often associated with journeys, travel and movement. By extension, it also implies symbiosis with another living creature or fylgja (guardian spirit), and the rune is associated with loyalty or trust. Any undertaken journey may be spatial, emotional or spiritual.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
22 Jan 26

snare

cantrips give to thrall
waiting only on
a binding word
before to draw
the snare tight around
a willing throat

21 Jan 26

lotus eating

fingernail leys bind bare thighs
red drawn in night teeth biting
through musk and dew writhing
we ache to be lotus eaters
drowning in the sweetest wine

21 Jan 26

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