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casting runes — 15jan26
15Jan26 | 09.07 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260115.0907
thurisaz
```
we gnash stone teeth on
hoarcrust razorwire
we are icebreakers with
bones marked scrimshaw
we dance the ghost
under driving snow
for all who fall

can you stand tall against that?
```
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.
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poetry, rewilding, rune, thurisaz
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casting runes — 15jan26

c: 260114.2021

i weary on a river slumber
i give her lap my head
wrap my eyes in white
to mark the unseeing
to staunch the weeping
rags scarlet gone the night

taut rusts the snare
wrapped ever tight
around this throat
twine storm eens brew
upon where those cast them
a raging gone the night

come gloaming at the rushes
 a shattered waving winding
in the morning’s early light
i weary on a river slumber
wrap my eyes up in white
rags scarlet forever the night

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betwixt and between, poetry

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weary on a river slumber

casting runes — 14jan26
14Jan26 | 09.43 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260114.0943
algiz
```
embracing skymothersun
asking for her daylight come
to pierce the shadows bright

grounded, stone me grows
'twixt the narrows
drinking a wellspring below

my arms hold boisterous crows
celebrating her return
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is algiz, which may mean either “elk” (there is some uncertainty if this is the case) or yew (Old Norse). It is associated with the Otherworld, protection/sanctuary, and with guardian spirits/fylgja. The unconscious mind is also sometimes associated with algiz.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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algiz, poetry, rewilding, rune
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poetry
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casting runes — 14jan26

little of this dying

13Jan26 | 13.47 CST

michael raven

c: 260113.1347

handbare hip, we hold to night
caress of thigh to thigh to
drink you with raggedbreath
nectar sweet the tongue tasting so

we forget stars falling, give to
eyedrawn and sinking, looking
past doors locked against pale

leannán, drain of misery
let come, let call, let dream
bring me a little of this dying

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poetry

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sleepwalking
12Jan26 | 14.18 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260112.1418
I think I’ll step out for a spell.
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junk drawer
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sleepwalking