Tag: rewilding

all we need know

standing stones — *Photo by Suzanne Rushton on Unsplash*

she is twin crests
her rivers run free
that is all we
need know

she is the green
her cleft draws in
into the womb
under cairn

stone is all that matters
all words just
nattering on like
whispers on wind

she is wellspring
that is all
we need know

13 Jul 25

gone to heath

my head has gone to heath
mottled stone of lichen
passing steel or passing sun

under rain and dampening
cold the wind whistles wending
through the heath stones
that make of my head

slender spaces shimmer quiet
thin be'twixt and 'tween
here upon my hillock of dream

11 Jul 25

tossing a rune — 10jul25
ansuz
```
campfire pops & crackles
set the song's rhythm
spirits remain mute
surrendering space
to night's denizens
so they may sing, too
```
Another rune poem of mine, where the rune is selected at random.
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.
10 Jul 25

long, cool rain

*Photo by Cornelia Munteanu on Unsplash*

i wonder at the
absence of flames
my world has been
on fire almost
every day and now…
…now?

there is a long,
cool rain falling
quenching the heat
and i cannot
identify the cause,
nor why of it all

ever so slight of nervous
seeking a torch
to now light my way

09 Jul 25

These birch
Photo by John Stirzaker on Pexels.com
These birch at the riverbank, boulder-fractured of growth resting bottom of the mountain scree — they are me. Standing defiant, I insist on being though stone pushes and gravities are drawn, I drink strength of river.
Granite sings, should you open your eyes to listen. I can tune my growth to their song. I am woman, that pale goddess. And I insist you try.
Gathering of breath from wind, from rain, my arms have set to wave. For I bend, not break under the song of the heart. You would too, if only you could see.
09 Jul 25

ley

the ley lie
betwixt
you and i
no matter
the where
we stand in
ever-the-night

i close my
coin eyes
to run to you
my essence
my ley
my night

07 Jul 25

what love is

love is rainfall
autumn & leaf
flint striking
steel skies grey
that is what love is

love is loam in
perfume & moss
drinking in the
shadowplayed sunlight
that is what love is

love is graveled
voice & black feathers
granting passage high
in the cedar trees
that is what love is

a name like winter
on a moonless night
a kiss of frost in passing
that is what love is

07 Jul 25

here, we rain

two colour eyes true
after summer and ash
held hands in floodlands
and twin river above

there, redwing lingers
dancing cattails
and dragonflies
smelling of wet leaves
before the frost

here, we rain

05 Jul 25

pop

Campfire — *Photo by Ville Palmu on Unsplash*

gather bones
gather leaves
gather poppets
gather strings

pop cracks stone

dancing fire
dancing sparks
dancing poppets
dancing leaves

02 Jul 25

rattle the bones

everything too suchness
fan rattle to flame seething
and shudder limbs shake

ragged wrap in arms
of rags and wraith
chasing all elder ways

knock the stone fell
rattle the bones
shake in clenched silence

rattle all those bones

01 Jul 25