three runes: ᛇ ᛃ ᛚ

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

three runes: ᚹ ᛈ ᛇ

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

three runes: ᚦ ᛏ ᛃ

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

three runes: ᛞ ᚢ ᛃ

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

three runes: ᛖ ᛃ ᛜ

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

here
resides slumber
& blind sight

symbolisms
ᛖ ehwaz
ᛃ jera
ᛜ ingwaz

three runes: ᚠ ᛋ ᛃ

moon rising over water
a heron takes to wing

this is the bounty
of the old ways

symbolisms
ᚠ fehu
ᛋ sowilo
ᛃ jera

three runes: ᛒ ᚹ ᛃ

old birch standing
white bark, white snow

wren dancing to
an overlooked seed

feast, then
exploding flurry grey

symbolisms
ᛒ berkana
ᚹ wunjo
ᛃ jera

three runes: ᛚ ᚨ ᛃ

barking at forest edges
her song beckons

flashes of fire
dancing in stately shadows
i take a step within

symbolisms
ᛚ laguz
ᚨ ansuz
ᛃ jera

three runes: ᛃ ᛖ ᛉ

betwixt & between
scáthach places
give connective tissue
to dry bones
of many relations
standing by
ready to guide

symbolisms
ᛃ jera
ᛖ ehwaz
ᛉ algiz

three runes: ᛃ ᛋ ᚾ

and so--
another beginning

seven stages
through the forge
time to put away
old threads frayed
& spin anew

symbolisms
ᛃ jera
ᛋ sowilo
ᚾ nauthiz