Tag: poetry

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
casting runes — 25mar26
ingwaz
```
i draw on bonefires
burning shadow
from the long night
the dance mantic
against tall oaks
& selling dream
```
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.
25 Mar 26

undertow

what's the point?

scrape bone with flint 
phantasmagoric
and toss finger broke 
i can hear her calling
over the wave;
so slip me undertow
before i wake

24 Mar 26