i carve away ritual
peel away the chapped &
speak with raw lips
to swear to sacred love
again
she stands stones
above the water
everyday waiting in
each finger bend
in every finger fold
a flower waiting for bloom
hush
waiting on flows form
while dawn fills—
mouth to mouth,
breath to breath,
eyes give to eyes
known
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lake facing lake
in underwater to go
slipping beneath winter
cut scrimshaw carved stone
these deadlands beckon
...come, sit, eat...
blackwing at wellside up
watching the old wind sweep
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is othala, which has a core meaning of “heritage”, “inheritance” and “legacy”. These are all associated with home, kin, ancestors, stability and (in some interpretations) past lives or spiritual legacy.
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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when of me?
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when?
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aching at return
nothing i know am i, yet
tattooed inside lip mine
a name a name a name
carved into my femur
cut into my heart
pinned upon my sleeve
pierced onto my tongue
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asking as if need—
when, oh when of me?
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i waiting-sit the grove
clearing deadfall in tree
snow wash of weary
i waiting-sit the tree
stolen wind whispers
hush now, hush
stone carved stone
at edging double bottom
falling
i waiting-sit the tree
grove me mud of bone
kissed blood a’washing
i waiting-sit alone
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i dreamwalk as ley trees walk
her canopy shadow's embrace &
my head resting at her hills
drifting off in sensual slumber
A 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.
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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