three runes: ᛜ ᚨ ᛋ

©2022 Michael Raven

under a darkened moon
drifter & hermit
gathering both wind & word
between
scythe night strands
growing to reap

ᛜ ingwaz symbolism
ᚨ ansuz symbolism
ᛋ sowilo symbolism

runepoem | 18 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

a breath between
fire & ice
the foggy path
illuminated --
alchemy in shrouded depths

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 12 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

here
in the evernight
i breath raven
spirit-ridden
from headwaters
to sea

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 11 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

today
i honor all my relations
keening spellsongs
from breath to wind
in burning water &
becoming stone

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 08 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

riding the
breath of the
world
riding the
thermals
to wherever
the winds take
me

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 06 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

breathe in
past lives lived
hold on, hold on
balanced & calm
for this is my rich legacy

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 03 feb 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

my journey has been
long & bumpy
i ache to leave
well-worn roads to run wild
with wind in my face
riding tall grass
flowing like seas

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 29 jan 2022

mannaz, tiwaz and ansuz

return to other
old ways
for a few days
should feel like
a breath of fresh air
but feels like
sacrifice

My daily meditation on three randomly selected runes…

runepoem | 06 jan 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

dancing with dice
riding a horse on the wind
through the nine &
for the nine &
over nine waves
singing on spiritbreath
spelling a new begin

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.

runepoem | 04 jan 2022

©2022 Michael Raven

breathe with me
spirit me
shatter the shackles
binding me
fill me with your breath
& lift me to the sky
pour your fire
over my life

Note: For the purposes of these runepoems, I randomly select three runes and consider the meanings of each rune as I interpret and understand them based on a number of different resources, which may or may not be in alignment with accepted interpretations. I am a rune enthusiast, not an expert or scholar. These “runecasts” are not intended to be treated as divinatory, although there are elements of personal alchemy and shamanic practice in the crafting of each poem.