Category: writing

Horses
Photo by Raychel Sanner on Unsplash
“Can you hear it? The wind is calling to carry.”
She stood away from me, turned away from the buildings, the trees and me, her black hair blowing on the gathering breeze as the skies grew flint to match the color of her eyes she wore before the turning away. I did not doubt her eyes could change colors to match her mood, I had seen it happen many time before. Her mood was that of the coming storms, unsettled, roiling and only barely constrained — and so she now wore flint and heather where most people wore mere eyes.
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23 Sep 25

time to threads

time to threads sever.

pluck thin at beak to hand
frayed twist of warp & wool
sunder and scissor send needle
razor cascade the skin through
blister thorn blister torn
lost teeth at crumble, too

time to threads sever,
slumber, forget there was ever
a tune

22 Sep 25

tossing a rune — 22sep25
jera
```
while most eyes gaze backwards
from summer's twilight hours
wistful and melancholic
with a crooked smile and raised hood
i melt into the coming night
the song of ravens calling me home
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is jera. Jera has a translation of “year” and has also been translated as “harvest”. This rune is representative of cycles, the “wheel of the year”, the union of opposites (implied by the summer half of the year ending, winter half of the year beginning), balance, as well as cause/effect relationships.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
22 Sep 25

companion piece

black bird perching on concrete wall with ocean overview — *Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com*

i have a raven
riding on my shoulder
fowl-mouthed, of course
one who cusses up a storm
and you cannot see them
but they ride there
all the same

a nibble on my cuticle
a gnaw upon my nail
a peck upon my fleshy cheek
we get along so well

22 Sep 25

turning out

a face i wore before
now put upon a shelf
uncertain bare self
raw and scrubbed clear of
façades once dear to me

i scribble, unknowing
becoming senseless with age
forget i once claimed to write
what i spill to ink
has become mystery

reach for the pullchain, please,
and turn out the light

21 Sep 25

left

stuck at left of the dial
where no one roams,
driving lost highways
talking to ghosts

turn off headlights
to follow stars
wolf child howling at
a harvest scarlet moon

her voice riding
static in waves,
do you remember
all tomorrows?

20 Sep 25

gone rime

in the pale naked running
of fall on amber fell
granite and shale in cutting

and there is little concern for
if these lilt and lang of words
are sensible or sane

there is only the running

come chill the winds' bite
with the descent of eventide
old jack gives kiss on flesh

in the pale naked running
of fall on amber fell gone rime
granite and shale in cutting

19 Sep 25

tossing a rune — 19sep25
thurisaz
```
called to the thornlands
the stonelands, the fells—
her phantom visage
piercing the hoarfrost
of dream
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is thurisaz, which has several core translations: “thorn” or “giant”. The rune is often associated with pain or discomfort (often for an important transitional or transformative reason) or raw power that may be destructive. It is also considered protective, regenerative, and is frequently associated with women’s menstrual health.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
19 Sep 25

endless

how grey must i grow?
an endless wait for
the beat of ravens' wings
flying low over
fresh fallen snow

18 Sep 25

tossing a rune — 18sep25
raido
```
fetlock fettered
the path seems but
a distant dream
even as it wends
mere steps away
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is raido, which has been translated as “ride” and the implied “journey”. This may be spatial and literal in practice (a physical journey), or it may be more figurative (an inner/shamanic journey).
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
18 Sep 25