Tell City Rune Poem

The Aett of Freyr

Fehu

Cattle on the hillside
Primal Fire
Force of life
Awakening desire.

Uruz

Ox of the forest,
Lord of the Wood.
Mighty is the hunter
who names his prey.

Thurisaz

Thor's mighty Thorn,
Mjolner of Protection,
twining vines of misery,
in the hands of justice.

Ansuz

Gods mouth;
mighty Odin
spied runes 
for all of us.

The wagon rides o'er dusty roads 
bearing dreams and desires.
Spring bursts forth at hof & stead;
hilltops lit with fires.

Kenaz

At the opening of the torch
the Fire leaps into air.
Burning hope as well as hate
a new world beckons there.

Gifu

X marks the spot they say,
where night turns into day.
Where a thorn is a thorn is a rose 
and a gift has come to stay.

Wunjo

Joy and peace and happiness
bound in here at rest.
Mjolner's token others say
as the final missing link.

The Aett of Heimdallr

Hagalaz

Flat in the fields,
futile to fight.
Hailstone shape 
of heaven's fury.

Nauthiz

Helper, marker, broken cross
Sign of pity and need.
Sign of holdoff and delay.
sign of patience, skill and deed.

Isa

Silent freezer faring forth,
mark well your far extent,
for soon you'll be retreating Summer,
without a trace of where you went.

Jera

12 times the Earth must circle round
in Sunnas holy stead.
Winter, Spring and Fall
New life springs from the dead.

Eihwaz

Double hook of life and death
n'er allow the soul to rest 
in deep self pity or in doubt
take the chance as sun comes out.

Perthro

Dice cup, caldron, deep desire,
Well of Wyrd, Muspell fire.
Fate and chance flung to the cloth
rolling all and take the loss.

Eolh

Protection promised,
the elk grass grows 
where even giants
fear to tread.

Sigel

Bolt of victory, goals achieved,
Sign and symbol of Troth.
Well we do to make this mark
on weapons that we need.

The Aett of Tyr

Images/Tiwaz

Dog of doom now holds your hand 
bound in fetters on the strand. 
Loosed one day to shake the world
then let fury be unfurled.

Berkano

Birch Bark Goddess
of the night.
Life and death
as Natures right.

Ehwaz

Horse and man, the two are twain 
Take to the world and home again.
Beast of burden and of pride 
So much more than just a ride.

Mannaz

Only humans have the sight
to know the gods, to know the right.
To see the truth where'er it lay,
to speak the spell and praise the day

Laguz

Lake of fire and lake of ice,
so was it wrought anew. 
Womans sign and womans rune 
soft as morning dew.

Ingwaz

Mark the signs as Ingvi flies
from the East across the skies.
New world sought and new world found
Spread before us all around

Dagaz

Sun wheel turns in frozen sky
day once more is passing by.
Giving way at last to night
always moving, always right.

Othel

Mark you well the boundaries
of property and runes.
Odins Eye; the final sight
round which all Life is strewn.

Poetry by Dave Haxton, 3-3-92

Illustrations from ??? (so long ago I was still using my Commodore 64!)


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