Tag: thurisaz

we gnash stone teeth on
hoarcrust razorwire
we are icebreakers with
bones marked scrimshaw
we dance the ghost
under driving snow
for all who fall

can you stand tall against that?

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.

pinprick crimson welling
nearly night for richness red
leaving behind chants & cantrips
trailing bright against snow
dragging, we cut tether with
leather-strapped bone

weary, we rest
drawing warmth from mother sun

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.

all thumbs & blackthorn
to mark my face at blood

this goes beyond fey,
driving cold iron to heartwood
a give to ash & alder...

you would not understand
in either way

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.

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.