Tag: thurisaz

pierced sleeve hearts
drive to pale hollow
shadow, wraith and man

dreaming verdant gardens
there, in tanglewood
desolation, an angel, iron sea

thunder sparks the stone
him in waiting

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.

your secret name stippled
across my skin and
scrimshawed to my bone
carved into my heart and
crushed against stinging salt
waves dragging the undertow

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.

ragged torn
old drunken blade carving a way
to benighted trailheads
shadowed by elder ghosts—
a staggering path to
the only thing real

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.

going back to ground
to wrap myself in earth
before the long cold falls

stone away blind
ravens shout greetings above
in the ancient oak tree

a single snowflake,
leaden skies

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.

lock the doors
lock loved ones inside
the wild hunt rides
the storms tonight

twice the banshee
wail rose up to the skies
who's death will
the trice betide?

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.