Tag: poetry

  • casting runes — 23feb26

    uruz
    slag cooling in drizzle grey
    trampled & gone back to mud
    under the muscle ache

    A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.

    Today’s rune is uruz. The rune is named after the now-extinct aurochs, a wild ox and has become associated with standing up to challenges, having both confidence and courage, stubborn tenacity, and boundless strength and health. Uruz is alternately associated with the more raw elements which include rain, primordial potential, and the slag/dross cast away during the making of iron.

    Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.

  • let love electra

    tied to sky at
bailing wire
in rust scent &
tainted taste
everyone wants
to go to a heaven
all wrapped
here in arms
& rags
but no one
will let love
electra

  • ugly

    to fall of these
    deathshead moth dreams
    into something sweet,
    but i am so ugly

    chapped lips circus
    both cowboy clown & the geek 
    even if you tasted these
    i am still ugly

    wytching blind corridors...
    my putrescine chest
    if wee hours to rot
    leaves to ugly

  • casting runes — 20feb26

    wunjo
    hand resting hand
    cooling on summer's stones
    rising 'round the
    wishing well

    what do you wish for?
    secret, and you?
    a smirk, i guess
    we may never know

    A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.

    Today’s rune is wunjo, which is translated as “joy” and has been interpreted in both the earthly sense as well as in spiritual ecstasy. It has been associated with healing (emotional, mental and interpersonal) and some sources connect the rune to luck, the act of making a wish, or applied will. Wunjo can also be the inspiration for creativity.

    Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.

  • chimère

    love bites & panty hip carved
    slips hand at small hour's mists
    lips, finger drawn & raw
    savage kiss fading in dawn

  • casting runes — 19feb26

    pertho
    oh rattlecup the tossbones
    dancing ivories jumble
    what's at stake i wonder?

    only the nothing & the everything
    dancing ivories jumble
    rattletoss bones to darkgutter

    A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.

    Today’s rune is pertho, which has a disputed meaning and there is some indication that any proposed meanings might be based on a corrupted interpretation. The general consensus is that there is likely some relationship to ørlǫg (fate/destiny), luck/gambling or perhaps hidden knowledge.

    Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.

  • new moon a sigh

    she honey dripping over &
    barbed wire kisses hunger
    ivory rakes to shivers again

    in shibari taut of crimson
    dark nails wet glisten
    oh lady new moon a sigh

  • casting runes — 18feb26

    algiz
    blood flowers left in water
    no promises made of safety
    every step takes its price
    closer to the evermore

    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.

  • dream harder in dream

    handbound at nightfall
    hazel at the headwater we
    cast out drink up and dream

    i can only offer a dream harder
    for pan's skies and evermore
    a kiss in whispered secrets

    dream harder in dream

  • casting runes — 17feb26

    tiwaz
    i keep putting my arm
    into the wolf's maw
    expecting to retain all my skin

    i continue to be surprised
    when i have less in the end
    than when i begin

    A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.

    Today’s rune is tiwaz, which is named after the Norse god Týr, and the second weekday (Tuesday) is named for the god. According to Norse myth, Týr offers his right hand to the wolf Fenrir, who bites it off when he realizes the gods have used the offering to distract the wolf while they bind him. The rune is typically considered symbolic of honor, loyalty and justice, as well as of sacrifice. It may be representative of discipline and faith. Some interpretations have associated the rune with the North Star.

    Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.