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 storm
casting 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.
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Photo by Ismael Sánchez on Pexels.com Everything is prop or backdrop on the stage for our play today.
Check our vaseline smiles in the mirror before calling for “lights” and the sodiums flicker to life and set the world aglow.
Pull on the masque, assume a pose. Adjust after checking the screen that mirrors the scene. Set, snap and print.
Pat each other of the back when nothing slips and we have captured a plastic essence pristine.
Then file it away as just another charade of former days, anxious to apprehend the next.
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slender slight
evershade i firefly without
dancing on foxfire nights
slipping dream in slender slight
all remains echo
i have tried, how i have tried
to wash blood from fingers
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casting runes — 25dec25
sowilo her first fingers
stretch, clutch at pale
covered of night stained
lapis & spangle
i slumber for her coming
& dreamA rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is sowilo, the sun. Sowilo is the source of enlightenment, for lighting the way and illumination. It is also called the “icebreaker” and gives power to an “attack”, ensuring success and/or prosperity. This rune also represents hope, the light at the end of a long darkness.
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