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: 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: 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: ᛗ ᛒ ᚱ

riding rocky paths
a break from threaded
gentle roads
my heart my drum
my fire & song
crow heals raven
heals birch heals
stone

sun on my face
homeward bound

symbolisms
ᛗ mannaz
ᛒ berkana
ᚱ raido

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: 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: ᛗ ᚦ ᚾ

to see through new eyes
putting spark to flame

that: cousin to the moon
that: kindling in a forest
buried in snow

heart sister's voice
piercing the wave
and a sea of bone

symbolisms
ᛗ mannaz
ᚦ thurisaz
ᚾ nauthiz

three runes: ᚹ ᚨ ᛞ

drawing breath
to recover vuoigŋa^*
from the empty...
misplaced or stolen
who's to know?

burning inside:
over mountain pass
crossing borders

symbolisms
ᚹ wunjo
ᚨ ansuz
ᛞ dagaz

^*The word, vuoigŋa, is Northern Sámi for the word “spirit” [source: http://www.northeuralex.org/languages/sme]

three runes: ᛇ ᛏ ᚷ

eyes gaze far north:
sieidi touching
to draw old venom
from older wounds

a doorway within a heart
a heart within a home
blood holds spirit
spirit becomes song

symbolisms
ᛇ eihwaz
ᛏ tiwaz
ᚷ gebo