three runes: ᛉ ᚲ ᛚ

hill & barrow
hall & harrow
sarsen & hallow
carrion carry
through & through
under & somewhere
to the other side
nine waves nine
burning inside
bring a spirit home

symbolisms
ᛉ algiz
ᚲ kenaz
ᛚ laguz

three runes: ᛉ ᛈ ᛜ

crow or raven...
let us not get hung up
on details...

follow the river to the
headwaters, branches
to the heartwood,
smoke to hearth

accept ørlǫg
wherever tangled
threads lead

i ride smoke homeward
ash on forehead
etched reindeer bone

symbolisms
ᛉ algiz
ᛈ pertho
ᛜ ingwaz

three runes: ᛉ ᚾ ᛒ

sheltered under
snow & stone
waiting for the sun

dressed in white
she comes prancing
through drift & dream

nudging my cairn
"follow me down," says she
steam over water rising

symbolisms
ᛉ algiz
ᚾ nauthiz
ᛒ berkana

three runes: ᛉ ᛒ ᛖ

these vagrant bones
cracked & exposed
crow cuts marrow

walk with me
down narrow highways
under the fellstones
under the scree

our blood
runs scarlet
under a midnight sun

spiritspiritspirit

symbolisms
ᛉ algiz
ᛒ berkana
ᛖ ehwaz

three runes: ᛉ ᛈ ᛗ

journey beginnings:
crow prints, fresh snow

fog waking
shake shake shake
free of rime

here is the past foretold

symbolisms
ᛉ algiz
ᛈ pertho
ᛗ mannaz

three runes: ᛁ ᛉ ᚨ

here
on hoarfrost fields
crows' feet imprints
everyplace

slipping under
chill mantles
breath cold, sharp
a knife to chest

symbolisms
ᛁ isa
ᛉ algiz
ᚨ ansuz

three runes: ᚦ ᛉ ᚲ

lightning & oak
burning night

i stand & brush
my bruised self off,
flaming branch at my feet

crow laughs
from a fencepost

symbolisms
ᚦ thurisaz
ᛉ algiz
ᚲ kenaz

three runes: ᚲ ᛉ ᛈ

from the ashes
down the river
cross the threshold
through the door

crow thorns & stone
entangled & thrown
bury me standing
so that i might see

three sisters behind
dense veils
carving for the
funeral feast

symbolisms
ᚲ kenaz
ᛉ algiz
ᛈ pertho

three runes: ᛒ ᛉ ᛟ

soaring high
over patchwork lands
eyes pierce all nine realms

ripping at buckthorn tangled
bindings fall away
untethered

a hawk screeches
crow awakes

symbolisms
ᛒ berkana
ᛉ algiz
ᛟ othala

three runes: ᛋ ᛚ ᛉ

trinkets he tossed
to the sheets
between her & i

his jealousy
can't touch me

she flowed through
ward & bulwark
against the tides

symbolisms
ᛋ sowilo
ᛚ laguz
ᛉ algiz