Category: poetry

the badb
The Badb card from the “Oracle of the Morrigan” card deck
```
we old crow frenzy
leaving trails of scarlet
trailing off in fresh fallen snow
standing tall of stone north
we are not your sacrifice
we are not your country
we are flint & steel

battle cry & cauldron
we stand of october
swinging blackthorn
without an ounce of fear
```
Disclosure: My use of those tools most often associated with divination are largely as randomized writing prompts, often with the intent of personal alchemy. They are not intended to be representative of traditional divinatory practice. My personal interpretations (and methods) will likely not agree with those found in popular culture.
21 Jul 25

imagine

to fall out of lifetime
into dream embraces
and forget an outside
imagine

careful, clouds
glide against ever blue
falling up into the you
imagine

lost roads in drift
over the hills and
far away, a heaven to
imagine

20 Jul 25

hazy daze

hazy daze drifting through
a forest filled with mists
a shrouded day of
memory's ghosts & steel

careless wraithing
a bone wight shamble
given to the otherside
casting about for home

dewdrops on the pale
naked for the grey
a rumble within shadow
stalking unseen

19 Jul 25

judgment

i  swear
i always intend
to get out more
meet new friends
do new things
but—

peopling terrifies me now
when every word or action
is a litmus test to
determine tribal
affiliation

it seems more sensible
to stay at home
and not subject myself
to the world’s
casual judgment

19 Jul 25

murder

a murder outside and
a drive-by suicide
laughing, what a joke

waiting for red fox
waiting for red show

chewing on that razor wire
where did you think
you might go?

18 Jul 25

careless memory

person foot on water — *Photo by Kaique Rocha on Pexels.com*

i stone eye see
wondering at
the fuss of things made
while even more words
make timberfall from
scythed crescent to
sunset canyon walls

no more false assurances
no more casting out lines
this tightrope is far too thin
but this tightrope is mine

step once a million rivers
passing over and by—
careless memory
carry me to night

17 Jul 25

catnap

longing catnap spells
both eyes draw heavy
sunlight warms
my aged face

15 Jul 25

forest of spirits
Forest of Spirits card from the “Oracle of the Morrigan” card deck
```
even dead things have their wild—
campfires hold no sway over their
bone whispers shrouded in mists

should you shadowwalk with me
we will slender through feral spaces
to find our the names and faces
we wore before we were born,
or we may lose our myriad selves
in the fog
```
Disclosure: My use of those tools most often associated with divination are largely as randomized writing prompts, often with the intent of personal alchemy. They are not intended to be representative of traditional divinatory practice. My personal interpretations (and methods) will likely not agree with those found in popular culture.
14 Jul 25

all we need know

standing stones — *Photo by Suzanne Rushton on Unsplash*

she is twin crests
her rivers run free
that is all we
need know

she is the green
her cleft draws in
into the womb
under cairn

stone is all that matters
all words just
nattering on like
whispers on wind

she is wellspring
that is all
we need know

13 Jul 25

forgetting

shocked at the shock
whenever i make the claim
that forgetting might
actually be a desirable thing

or when i claim
to be forgotten might
be much the same

what is memory anyway?

ephemeral and fleeting
like a cloudburst in july
or that first vagrant snowflake
on a chill october day

13 Jul 25