Tag: betwixt and between

mumbling

the roads all fade
in the rearview
giant painted snakes
a mumbling past
ghosting away

28 Jul 25

taiga tempts

everywhere i turn
i see raven watching

roadsides, treetop
even at the store
overlooking children
of the first nations

’listen,’ they say
’look,’ they add
’there is a story
here needing telling’

the taiga tempts
blackened feathers fall
as they slip away

27 Jul 25

the cairns
The Cairns card from the “Oracle of the Morrigan” card deck
```
here, the heroes
stand guard the pale
while at fives
while at nines
and under the sevens
unmoved by illusion
waiting in stillness
for those
who might find
their way home
```
Disclosure: My use of those tools most often associated with divination are largely as randomized writing prompts, often with the intent of personal alchemy. They are not intended to be representative of traditional divinatory practice. My personal interpretations (and methods) will likely not agree with those found in popular culture.
22 Jul 25

turning away

like wild horses
before the storm
here comes the
turning away

we have heard all
those plots before and
i am caring less
what your gods
have to say

i unbind knots
that blind stained eyes
and give over to both
the bone and the stone

crashing down
like a waterfall
when comes the
turning away

22 Jul 25

hold me

conceptual portrait of hands with red thread — *Photo by Amirhossein Kianbakht on Pexels.com*

i slumber the under
with gut pull drag
forgetting all names
i am tired, so will you
hold me tonight?

and when i
stop making sense
growing fungal
to the loam
bury me inside and
hold me tonight

deadwood and memories
howling to driven
let the rain come
falling and just
hold me tonight

21 Jul 25

the badb
The Badb card from the “Oracle of the Morrigan” card deck
```
we old crow frenzy
leaving trails of scarlet
trailing off in fresh fallen snow
standing tall of stone north
we are not your sacrifice
we are not your country
we are flint & steel

battle cry & cauldron
we stand of october
swinging blackthorn
without an ounce of fear
```
Disclosure: My use of those tools most often associated with divination are largely as randomized writing prompts, often with the intent of personal alchemy. They are not intended to be representative of traditional divinatory practice. My personal interpretations (and methods) will likely not agree with those found in popular culture.
21 Jul 25

hazy daze

hazy daze drifting through
a forest filled with mists
a shrouded day of
memory's ghosts & steel

careless wraithing
a bone wight shamble
given to the otherside
casting about for home

dewdrops on the pale
naked for the grey
a rumble within shadow
stalking unseen

19 Jul 25

murder

a murder outside and
a drive-by suicide
laughing, what a joke

waiting for red fox
waiting for red show

chewing on that razor wire
where did you think
you might go?

18 Jul 25

Campfire Sessions — 16jul25
Photo by Ville Palmu on Unsplash
You’re learning, says Raven. A bit soft in the head, but at least you’re progressing.
I put another piece of kindling in the flames, keeping the fire. It’s fire season in the forest. While there is no big risk of flames causing mass destruction here, of all places, I try to be mindful of the possibility and restrain the firebug inside. It seems like that critter has vacated anyway, which is just fine by me. My inner firebug got me into as much trouble as fun over the years and I’m tired of manufactured crises.
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16 Jul 25
forest of spirits
Forest of Spirits card from the “Oracle of the Morrigan” card deck
```
even dead things have their wild—
campfires hold no sway over their
bone whispers shrouded in mists

should you shadowwalk with me
we will slender through feral spaces
to find our the names and faces
we wore before we were born,
or we may lose our myriad selves
in the fog
```
Disclosure: My use of those tools most often associated with divination are largely as randomized writing prompts, often with the intent of personal alchemy. They are not intended to be representative of traditional divinatory practice. My personal interpretations (and methods) will likely not agree with those found in popular culture.
14 Jul 25