Tag: poetry

falling still

silence falling in white
were i made of sterner stuff
i might sit in stillness outside
until it covered me whole

28 Dec 25

casting runes — 27dec25
ingwaz
```
let me drift back to
dreaming of you
or someone like you
sowing acorns behind
the veil of dreams
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is ingwaz, a rune named after the god Ing or Freyr. It is representative of a channeled energy or transformational process. It is also be seen as the male component of life, and therefore a symbol of sexual passions and the contributed “seed” of life (and, therefore, an aspect of one’s ancestral ørlǫg, or fate/destiny). Some interpretations conceive the rune as a symbol of darkness, solitude or dreaming.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
27 Dec 25

pot fingers kettle for coarse crimes committed

do not converse with yourself
within my stormflint gaze
smalltalk is still smalltalk
in cafe or on flickering screen
give me substance or give me death...

i favor comfortable silence &
carve words close to the bone
even haiku can grow too long
already this has worn welcomes
to rags & ribbon, so i—

27 Dec 25

unhere

unhere
for comfort
for beauty —
these sores weep
rosegardens in rains
stained in blood

at the funeral they
will look back laughing
pushing pale lilies
in a storm

26 Dec 25

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