Tag: poetry

casting runes — 02apr26
fehu
```
accumulations cast away
 two arms unburdened
of decades of weight
& heavy no more
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is fehu, which has a core meaning of “cattle” or a more generalized “livestock”, which was a representation of personal wealth or earned prosperity. Sometimes luck played a role. Wealth and prosperity was valued, but was looked down upon when material accumulation appeared to be excessive, greedy, miserly or turned to hoarding, especially when those around you were lacking.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
02 Apr 26

stagger

scrapedust to elude
in widescreen brim
tilted to sun burns
peeling lips parched
& we kiss the stand
waiting to fall to
pale lizard grounds

01 Apr 26

centerpiece

exsanguinated, a
bone bag tattooed
by the colony scribe
drained of everything
while pale hands
claw out for more—
to centerpiece at the
feast for all whores

31 Mar 26

casting runes — 31mar26
wunjo
```
to the shifting flames
we cast the long stares
myriad futures flicker,
dancing into the fire
for that sacred kiss
```
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.
31 Mar 26
casting runes — 29mar26
raido
```
the slow hips shift
side on side to
low roads carry river
birch clings stone
all wildflower the air as
thistles pop amethyst
against granite grey
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is raido, which has been translated as “ride” and the implied “journey”. This may be spatial and literal in practice (a physical journey), or it may be more figurative (an inner/shamanic journey, i.e., útiseta). The rune is associated with cyclic motion and the movement of the sun. Some consider the journey represented by raido to be that of returning.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
29 Mar 26

ritual slight

we wore masks
walking file down
through forests still
& over speckled sills
carrying heart in
hands felted red

of wine cut knife
we joined wood
to limb and limb
our whispers their
own kind of din
to call our speckled kin

28 Mar 26

liminal spaces

a path in the middle of a dark forest — *Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash*

under lintel and menhir
to cross on the over
through grey dolmen to sea

i flint crimson to mantic
i print finger to snow
i stone with bare forehead
i press to the bone

sent to drift in the twixt
times veil rivers to blind

27 Mar 26

casting runes — 27mar26
laguz
```
is she she or is she crow?
her stillwaters gliding over
there is little enough divide
maybe a razor cutting shore
```
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.
27 Mar 26

what else?

just leave me pinions pierced
leave me nailed to oak
leave ink welling up of soul --
what else am i here for?

shrieking mandrake dreams
barbed wire 'round my neck
leave me bound and sold --
what else am i here for?

26 Mar 26

casting runes — 26mar26
wunjo
```
all at face to her light
rising on the eastern reach
to feel her warmth
against my cheek
to turn to her return
```
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.
26 Mar 26