Tag: poetry

casting runes — 26dec25
berkana
```
living lone wolf
prowling the jagged edge
eyes giving flight to shadow
pale as moon, her limbs
skeleton bare cast ley
on ragged snow
```
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.
26 Dec 25

slender slight

evershade i firefly without
dancing on foxfire nights
slipping dream in slender slight

all remains echo
i have tried, how i have tried
to wash blood from fingers
in slender slight

25 Dec 25

casting runes — 25dec25
sowilo
```
her first fingers
stretch, clutch at pale
covered of night stained
lapis & spangle

i slumber for her coming
& dream
```
A 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.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
25 Dec 25

apartment landing

heather grey stairstop sitting
all elbows & knees & grinning

sundanced & hair bright gold
ten-twenty-one, crows gone counting

a hungry & thirsty spring morning

24 Dec 25

a ghost in the machine

all obfuscation & confuddle
all illusion & unsubstantial
a wraith, nothing more

i must have died
so long, long ago, now just
a ghost in the machine

23 Dec 25

casting runes — 23dec25
othala
```
undercloak, reaching back
to bones & stones
through blood & black
rime-eyed & cataract

we razor high drifts
highspaces we roam
with gills on our tongues
drinking burning skies &
slipping closer to home
```
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.
23 Dec 25

teenage angst

cafe glances at that
jigsaw girl writing
in coffee-ringed
moleskine & her
pen mouthchewed
& all dangleshoed
oh, you would
love to love her
but you know
she is not one to
want to love to love
someone at all like
you

22 Dec 25

casting runes — 22dec25
wunjo
```
waxing sun, waxing moon
with a world full widdershins
we walk in beauty with both
to set our world's spin to right
```
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.
22 Dec 25
casting runes — 20dec25
thurisaz
```
all thumbs & blackthorn
to mark my face at blood

this goes beyond fey,
driving cold iron to heartwood
a give to ash & alder...

you would not understand
in either way
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is thurisaz, which has several core translations: “thorn” or “giant”. The rune is often associated with pain or discomfort (often for an important transitional or transformative reason) or raw power that may be destructive. It is also considered protective, regenerative, and is frequently associated with women’s menstrual health.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
20 Dec 25
casting runes — 19dec25
laguz
```
skiff & solemn sliding
through mist & mere
to lay down these arms
& surrender
to her petals fell
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is laguz, which has a core meaning of “lake” and, by extension, may be interpreted as “river”, “ocean”, “sea”, “waterfall” or a general body of water. Some alternative interpretations define as “leek”. Following the more commonly accepted meaning, bodies of water were considered liminal spaces, a place between life and death or the threshold space between which spirit and substance resides. Laguz is often associated with feminine energies and journeys via water.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
19 Dec 25