Tag: rewilding

tossing a rune — 02oct25
ansuz
```
a turning away
with one eye blind
but some things
cannot be unseen

a heavy sigh
for the dead & dying—
a heartache but
for all the reaping
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is ansuz, which has a core meaning “a god” (intended to be Odin), “mouth” or “breath”. Odin is representative of many, many things… in this case, ansuz is most representative of the mouth/breath (speech) that gives life to poetry, magic, song, language, and spirit — largely inseparable in the Viking worldview — and Odin is considered the supreme master of these intertwined concepts.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
02 Oct 25
casting runes — 29sep25
ingwaz
```
holding hands, casting winks
we stepped aboard
the northbound rail
the car was crowded, yet
not everyone's destination
was so far as ours:
under the turquoise veil
```
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.
29 Sep 25
casting runes — 26sep25
algiz
```
ride that poison horse
down the medicine trail
stop all puppets, dancing ghost
to heartbeat driving
set these broken wings to flying
soaring out, i'm not gonna look back
```
A 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 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.
26 Sep 25

wounded

chain link silvered with
scarlet & black tobacco ties
swaying on the wind

laced leather around that
wear-my-hair-long,
the painted hills still sing

ever the dancing the ghost
against a world hellbent
on feeding the hate machine

25 Sep 25

tossing a rune — 24sep25
hagalaz
```
i step between floe
and river run
waiting for to
carry me home
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is hagalaz, which has a core meaning of “hail”, which was associated with potential, transformation, renewal and change; hail is imagined a seed from which change will arise.. Hagalaz is also seen as representative of things beyond our control: a clash between fire and ice.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
24 Sep 25
tossing a rune — 22sep25
jera
```
while most eyes gaze backwards
from summer's twilight hours
wistful and melancholic
with a crooked smile and raised hood
i melt into the coming night
the song of ravens calling me home
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is jera. Jera has a translation of “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.
22 Sep 25

companion piece

black bird perching on concrete wall with ocean overview — *Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com*

i have a raven
riding on my shoulder
fowl-mouthed, of course
one who cusses up a storm
and you cannot see them
but they ride there
all the same

a nibble on my cuticle
a gnaw upon my nail
a peck upon my fleshy cheek
we get along so well

22 Sep 25

gone rime

in the pale naked running
of fall on amber fell
granite and shale in cutting

and there is little concern for
if these lilt and lang of words
are sensible or sane

there is only the running

come chill the winds' bite
with the descent of eventide
old jack gives kiss on flesh

in the pale naked running
of fall on amber fell gone rime
granite and shale in cutting

19 Sep 25

tossing a rune — 19sep25
thurisaz
```
called to the thornlands
the stonelands, the fells—
her phantom visage
piercing the hoarfrost
of dream
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is thurisaz, which has several core translations: “thorn” or “giant”. The rune is often associated with pain or discomfort (often for an important transitional or transformative reason) or raw power that may be destructive. It is also considered protective, regenerative, and is frequently associated with women’s menstrual health.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
19 Sep 25
tossing a rune — 18sep25
raido
```
fetlock fettered
the path seems but
a distant dream
even as it wends
mere steps away
```
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).
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
18 Sep 25