i kiss you with pictures
windswept and forlorn
with winter racing across
the unfrozen pond
everything stained scarlet,
pierced pale & bruised black
pricking skin in hoar
to bring bright on pink
i kiss you in pictures
burning as flame draws fire
burrow deep, now
under the root's tangle
bury me deep inside
& draw me ever down
with pictures
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casting runes — 01dec25
mannaz flint to flesh
scars to wash the blind
she waits on blood to briar
to staunch the stinging
with her coldstone kissA poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is mannaz, a rune that translates to “man” in the sense of “humankind”. The rune is associated with family and the social order, and in trusting the intuitive process or seeing clearly — both from within and from without. Mannaz influences relationships of all kinds, including those of a romantic nature and encourages compassion, for oneself as well as for others.
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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casting runes — 01dec25
Death at the Wharf
Photo by Izzy E on Unsplash I was murdered at Fisherman’s Wharf late one night in the month of July, way back when in 1995.
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Half-penny thoughts — 30nov25
Sometimes dreams are just dreams. I get it — if all of our dreams were always meaningful, insightful and future-seeing, we’d put all of the oneiromancers out there out of business. Or give them panic attacks when we call them in to join us in the dreaming to help interpret and…
Whatever.
But there are dreams and the are Dreams. The proper noun versions demand you pay attention to their contents, which the other ones might linger on the fringes of memory until the morning fog burns off (if your lucky). And that’s only if they are particularly good or bad.
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