silence falling in white
were i made of sterner stuff
i might sit in stillness outside
until it covered me whole
Category: poetry
falling still
casting runes — 27dec25
ingwaz let me drift back to
dreaming of you
or someone like you
sowing acorns behind
the veil of dreamsA rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is ingwaz, a rune named after the god Ing or Freyr. It is representative of a channeled energy or transformational process. It is also be seen as the male component of life, and therefore a symbol of sexual passions and the contributed “seed” of life (and, therefore, an aspect of one’s ancestral ørlǫg, or fate/destiny). Some interpretations conceive the rune as a symbol of darkness, solitude or dreaming.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
pot fingers kettle for coarse crimes committed
do not converse with yourself
within my stormflint gaze
smalltalk is still smalltalk
in cafe or on flickering screen
give me substance or give me death...
i favor comfortable silence &
carve words close to the bone
even haiku can grow too long
already this has worn welcomes
to rags & ribbon, so i—unhere
unhere
for comfort
for beauty —
these sores weep
rosegardens in rains
stained in blood
at the funeral they
will look back laughing
pushing pale lilies
in a stormcasting runes — 26dec25
berkana living lone wolf
prowling the jagged edge
eyes giving flight to shadow
pale as moon, her limbs
skeleton bare cast ley
on ragged snowA poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is berkana, which translates to “birch”. Birch are associated with earth-mother and maternal energies. Because birch is a “pioneer tree” which tends to grow in advance of other tree growth — especially after forest fires — berkana is associated with renewal and rebirth. Additionally, berkana has ties to liminal thresholds of all types, especially those paths to the underworld.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
