laying snow to the ready
her hair tumbles down
night against the pale
i give to the weary
a wanting to the wait
pictures with shadow hands
wind speechless stole
blood lips silent kiss
to hum at barbed wire
can you remember?
casting runes — 25nov25
sowilo a sputtering candle flame
from a shack in wildwood
perhaps there is something
illuminated in the wode old face
or maybe just a desire to 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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On Culture and Subculture
…[R]eviving culture requires a new generation of outsiders willing to create their own movements from scratch.
Unfortunately, the current media ecosystem discourages this. The major internet platforms encourage creators to chase virality rather than cultivate smaller, self-sustaining communities. Global brands tease lucrative deals to emerging artists and micro-influencers, reinforcing the idea that “getting the bag” is the ultimate goal. […] In an era when we live as personal brands, every decision is made to increase our own shareholder value.
Making art with lasting meaning requires resisting the pull of instant exposure and early buyouts. We must think through ways to encourage artists to disappear into their own worlds for a while, developing ideas away from corporate influence and assimilation. Not everyone will have the discipline or capacity for this, but those who do or can will shape the future. And the least that critics and fans can do is give them esteem—when justified—for attempting to move culture forward, instead of ignoring them as marginal, castigating them as pretentious, or belittling their view counts. The past 25 years have taught us that the contemporary economy and media will not prioritize creative invention. The question is: Will you?
— from W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century in Make Culture Weird Again, originally published at The Atlantic.
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On Culture and Subculture
burning low
i so ghost the slip/fade
the lips, they move
the words, they say
lost to the flux/shift
miming animal faces
in heavy rains
it is only echo, right?
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burning low
casting runes — 24nov25
dagaz i shadowstride twilight spaces
neither other, nor here
a trail of crimson cut snow
dividing me from me
to realize the whole of me
so as to rest a weary heartA rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is dagaz, which has been translated as “daybreak”, that transitional moment between night and day. By extension, it might also be interpreted as “twilight” and is representative of liminality, transformation, the space between worlds, and suggests walking in both the material world and otherworld.
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casting runes — 24nov25
Half-penny thoughts — 24nov25
Someone over the weekend asked me what I like to do for fun.
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Half-penny thoughts — 24nov25
casting runes — 23nov25
eihwaz it was all mists
along red cobble
cast under flint on
that november day
a draft teasing bare
under velvet skirts
there, before the rains
that november day
you were all riot,
damp dark curls & glaring
fell into last loving on
that november dayA rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is eihwaz, it’s name meaning “yew”, is a rune of change and transformation. It represents the cycle of life/death/rebirth and is symbolic of the axis mundi (the world tree). The yew is envisioned as a path towards both the underworld and the heavenly realms. It is associated both with poison and protection as part of its perceived dual nature.
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casting runes — 23nov25
all that remains
of a passion felled
on burning leaves
and smeared scarlet
of lipstick from
mouth to cheek;
for ruins remaining
of waiting at
flint-skied piers
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all that remains
drifted for a spell
it's all a wish i could go back
to going crazy
just like the kind of crazy
when i was young
nevermind, i forgot
to stay in my lane,
i drifted for a spell into
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drifted for a spell
