Category: writing

feast

paper tiger encouragements
feast on the ghosts of we
entangled in our entitlements
tethered by our broken dreams

29 Aug 25

down that back hall

woman posing with music keyboard — *Photo by Vladislav Nahorny on Pexels.com*

we are all piano fingers
now, tickling ivory hours
slipping to oblivion
down that back hall

dust mote whispers ears
in the golden autumn sun
twining fingers under shadow
down that back hall

the notes faded ivory
lace dusted yellowed
photo moments slip away
down that back hall

29 Aug 25

at the center

in the cauldron season
reconciling liminal me
standing bíle and center
both eyes to boiling sea

born of raven and apple
kin to the stone
thorn prick'd and blooded
given to bone

riding the crests,
sailing to home

28 Aug 25

coming home

waves — lands — skies
center standing, i ash
holding to wights
& to wraiths
& to the very small

a headful of pastfall
hearth gathering
in the myrk & gloam
waiting for their coming
home

28 Aug 25

boundless

let us go beyond naming and
enter the spirit of the matter—
tear down the fences that divide

this bone is not bone, it is bone
this flesh is not flesh, it is flesh
this stone stands beyond stone

wash away the scarlet boundaries
cast by the plough, hewn by scythe
listen to the small known by "night"

28 Aug 25

fabric

needlethreading the dream
fragile in porcelain pale
stitching her fabric close

shift skies on the flint
slip steel on white
a twist, a turn, on veil

shadow scrim moving thin
shadow unmine, carry
beyond this windtorn coil

27 Aug 25

tossing a rune — 27aug25
gebo
```
"we sacrificed all the things we love
to get more of nothing"
cry the echoes of november in the empty
of this autumn head of mine—
gates dissolve by way of drifting snow
revealing the only thing that's real
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is gebo, which has a core meaning of “gift”. This relates to all forms of reciprocity, transaction, generosity, hospitality and sacrifice (in the sense of giving up something).
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
27 Aug 25

that merry-go-round

carousel with lights — *Photo by Mihai Vlasceanu on Pexels.com*

clockwork broken and
stone etched bone 
a heart stitched hazard

hands tick back that
merry-go-round
temptation in autumn comes

with pricking thumbs
and old man's hours
waiting for her ice to thaw

25 Aug 25

Little treasures
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash
Of all the things I might unearth as I was repackaging and cataloging some belongings to put into off-site storage, I guess I never expected to find some old handwritten notes from my druidic lessons circa 1992. I had recently joined a local druid group that was one of the original 1970s groups in the US and a handful of pages are from a course they were teaching their new members. And old members looking for a refresher (which was the bulk of the attendees at these gatherings in the head druid’s home).
I found it stuffed alongside the truly awful tale of Ben who, apparently, we liked to lock up just to hear him scream, written about ten years later than these notes. Don’t ask, I can’t imagine my motivation twenty-three years ago for pairing the writings in a single place.
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25 Aug 25
tossing a rune — 25aug25
othala
```
weary of tethers
fingers dance the blade
toying with cutting away jesses
and giving wing to flight
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
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.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
25 Aug 25