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crow scratchings: ᛚᚦᛃ

©2023 michael raven

in the time of my dying
i followed rivers' flow
back to the source
& washed this
sullied grey skin new
before riding once again
amongst myriad
shimmering stars

for interpretations of each rune, follow this link

runes in this poem:
laguz
thurisaz
jera

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crow scratchings: ᚢᚠᛃ

©2023 michael raven

being tested between
hammer & anvil
new shapes evolve
as snow recedes &
the time comes to
again follow the horn

for interpretations of each rune, follow this link

runes in this poem:
uruz
fehu
jera

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three runes: ᛏ ᛃ ᚢ

©2023 michael raven

underneath primeval oak,
stone crow enduring
late winter rains

symbolisms
ᛏ tiwaz
ᛃ jera
ᚢ uruz

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three runes: ᛃ ᛒ ᛜ

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unsettled--
springtime change
trading old skins
for new feathers, furs

transformation
 rarely an easy chair affair
picked scabs
become irritable

symbolisms
ᛃ jera
ᛒ berkana
ᛜ ingwaz

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three runes: ᛇ ᛃ ᛚ

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a door into spring
& wending heath trails
shedding winter skins with
drifts to meltpond
crows calling
come come come
antlers litter stone
& heartbeat drum
water chill/gooseflesh

symbolisms
ᛇ eihwaz
ᛃ jera
ᛚ laguz

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three runes: ᚹ ᛈ ᛇ

©2022 Michael Raven

i draw open
woodward doors
cautious rearview glances

trees standing
a veil mask for
wishing in wells

what coin
left behind?

symbolisms
ᚹ wunjo
ᛈ pertho
ᛇ eihwaz

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michael raven poems, runes, shamanic 2 Comments December 28, 2022 1 Minute

three runes: ᚦ ᛏ ᛃ

©2022 Michael Raven

pricked --
cannot wash
blood from snow
tumbling turning
twisting on wheel
this nadir night

that broken
can now be
reforged

symbolisms
ᚦ thurisaz
ᛏ tiwaz
ᛃ jera

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three runes: ᛞ ᚢ ᛃ

©2022 Michael Raven

howling full moon nights
herald the hunt
under shadow of pregnant clouds
in this chill place
charged with ancestors
rising from the frozen trees
ready to ride
a grey winter storm
howling full moon nights

symbolisms
ᛞ dagaz
ᚢ uruz
ᛃ jera

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three runes: ᛖ ᛃ ᛜ

©2022 Michael Raven

through stone gates
clothed in mantic night
skinwalk & roam
earthen halls alone

here
resides slumber
& blind sight

symbolisms
ᛖ ehwaz
ᛃ jera
ᛜ ingwaz

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three runes: ᚠ ᛋ ᛃ

©2022 Michael Raven

moon rising over water
a heron takes to wing

this is the bounty
of the old ways

symbolisms
ᚠ fehu
ᛋ sowilo
ᛃ jera

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