i read the night braille
a chill breeze raises on skin
all fingertip & firefly slow
with a burning below
while your fingernail
stole away my breath
whisper in crushed velvet
while crickets fiddle
under full moons
Tag: poetry
night braille
sharp
all these sharp objects tempting
of the thorn words piercing lips
to suture and to bind and to seal
away razor cantrips in sting
dawnblade dancing broken wrists
to pirouette to pain and thrust
for scarlet upon the snowdrops
at least, they will say, he had good causecasting runes — 23feb26
uruz slag cooling in drizzle grey
trampled & gone back to mud
under the muscle acheA 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 uglycasting 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 knowA 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 dawncasting 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 darkgutterA 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 sighcasting runes — 18feb26
algiz blood flowers left in water
no promises made of safety
every step takes its price
closer to the evermoreA 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.
