three runes: ᚨ ᛈ ᛜ

spirit alone
darkened room
whispers in ear
casting runes

snow.
falling.
silent.

symbolisms
ᚨ ansuz
ᛈ pertho
ᛜ ingwaz

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: ᚺ ᛈ ᛏ

firewalking ice
reaching underground
to strip flesh from bone

standing snow crow
holds a secret
in one foot
spear in the other

bitter winds on the fell

symbolisms
ᚺ hagalaz
ᛈ pertho
ᛏ tiwaz

three runes: ᚹ ᚾ ᛈ

a smile of shadow
changewinds come
twisting me back
into shape

needle scratch & ink
stones & bones

symbolisms
ᚹ wunjo
ᚾ nauthiz
ᛈ pertho

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: ᚢ ᛈ ᚠ

lurking, i know
watchers watching
(i see you)
change on sleet's tail
trailing bounty lush

the ancestor
pushes branches back
a door into summer
howling wolf winds
bound down wintered
hidden paths
sharp snap of a branch
& awakening

symbolisms
ᚢ uruz
ᛈ pertho
ᚠ fehu

three runes: ᛈ ᚷ ᛁ

tossing Bear's fingerbones
against stone walls
how will the lots fall?

chill winds bring surprise gifts
walking over winter fells

take care with what is accepted--
some gifts are binds

symbolisms
ᛈ pertho
ᚷ gebo
ᛁ isa

three runes: ᚦ ᛈ ᚾ

i am the underground

underworlds life river snaking
from hazelnut wells
drinking me in &
finding balance
before falling to freedoms

i am the underground
it was always meant
to be

symbolisms
ᚦ thurisaz
ᛈ pertho
ᚾ nauthiz

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: ᛈ ᚲ ᛗ

tending cauldron fires
three burning drops
& i become
a whole world
without crossing a single
wood or stone
threshold

symbolisms
ᛈ pertho
ᚲ kenaz
ᛗ mannaz

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