Tag: rewilding

we call

it is of voluntary derangement
in the where of eyes suture eyes
and mouth fed on dirt from
under ash, bone and oak

dare you the wood at night?

past the broken homes and
vast underhalls gone to echo
where have their songs gone?

you only have to sit in
shadow to know and

we call it other

23 Apr 26

casting runes — 23apr26
nauthiz
```
some bonds lack ropes
no chains nor jailer keys
a razor's liminal edge
betwixt a world and me
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is nauth i z, which has a core meaning of “need”. Alternative translations have been “hardship” or “constraint”. Among other interpretations, nauthiz is seen as a indicative of a transition or transformation, a period of learning or strengthening of resilience, lacking, change, and impermanence — inclusive of other related concepts.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
23 Apr 26
Campfire Sessions — 22apr26
Photo by Ville Palmu on Unsplash
We haven’t sat for a while, them and I.
At first, it wasn’t for lack of trying. I would go to the usual place, sit down and wait for the fire to light itself. It remained stubbornly unlit. Without fire to draw them, nothing was drawn. I might have taken it upon myself to light the flames but, in the strange rules of the place when it comes to starting fires, I am entirely ignorant.
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22 Apr 26
casting runes — 21apr25
mannaz
```
with eyes returning
to campfire's flickering
old grey relations welcome
back without performance
to sit without a word to say

sharp skull the tap
wake up wake up
he croaks today
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is mannaz, a rune that translates to “man” in the sense of “humankind”. The rune is associated with family and the social order, and in trusting the intuitive process or seeing clearly — both from within and from without. Mannaz influences relationships of all kinds, including those of a romantic nature, and encourages compassion, for oneself as well as for others.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
21 Apr 26

stones become doors

strange days when a fiction
confirms a reality and
stones become doors in
the heather on the heath
and ravens give to crows
on the edge of bedsheets

there is not-song in head
and not-fire between
and everything's burning
at the crux of the seams

blink becomes stutter
we give fat, we give bone
we skin give to we

21 Apr 26

wear my eyes blind

we've the path of ashes
bringing forth in reds & golds
burning october in our summer
etching shard ice in dreams

soon i will shift under
perhaps you bone stay—
to the elsewhen all go
in the eventual

you will wear my eyes blind
slipping to burning october

19 Apr 26

casting runes — 16apr26
jera
```
spinning, burning
dancing, turning
the catherine wheels
in ribbons & gold
come along
that may night

which has love
surrendered
in kissing
a goddess?

mead drunk,
&
a forgotten ask
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is jera. Jera is translated as “year”, and has also been translated as “harvest”. This rune is representative of cycles, the “wheel of the year”, the union of opposites (implied by the summer half of the year ending, winter half of the year beginning), balance, as well as cause/effect relationships.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
16 Apr 26

oh nameless

nameless oh nameless
nameless oh love
in the meadow
in the meadow, oh—
hey nonny none

blackwork & ebon
carved to your arm
nameless oh
nameless, oh
hey nonny none

closed eyed of window
in the nightfall you'll come
through the meadow
wraithing nameless, oh
hey nonny none

15 Apr 26

casting runes — 14apr26
sowilo
```
after this long
wræclāst of wander to
stone step ragged roads
marked in wrap and rag
and thorn

light thrusts through
eiderdown above
warming face and stone
```
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.
14 Apr 26
casting runes — 09apr26
nauthiz
```
a question of need
fades the scene and i
wade bonefields at night
seeking sequels
in the beyond
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is nauth i z, which has a core meaning of “need”. Alternative translations have been “hardship” or “constraint”. Among other interpretations, nauthiz is seen as a indicative of a transition or transformation, a period of learning or strengthening of resilience, lacking, change, and impermanence — inclusive of other related concepts.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
09 Apr 26