“This time
I’m gonna keep me
All to myself”

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https://youtu.be/-OBD-al0cIM

I've reviewed Noc Solheim-Davidson's beautiful translation of the Old English Rune Poems, with the addition of the Northumbrian Runes. It's a wonderful translation I highly recommend. Please read my full review on my blog, linked below.

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https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/book-review-northumbrian-rune-poems-by-nico-solheim-davidson/

Ulfheðnar

Sing me your galdrar
Glad of War
Stomp the beat
With the butt of your spear

Tonight I wear the wolf skin
Earth and sweat in my nose
The pack and I are one
Tooth and claw and wild grin

We howl to your tune
Shields in our teeth
Let the madness come
As swift as victory

Sing us your galdrar
War Father
We whine at your heels
Weapons waiting for your hand

Release us on your enemies
Foaming lips and feral eyes
We are frenzy made flesh
Taught muscles like bowstrings

The fog of war thick in our heads
Thick hides on our backs
We howl through your dance
Your songs build our rage

Sing us your galdrar
Battle Wolf
Nothing can touch us
Not fire not iron not fear

The link to my blog post which hosts the pome: https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2023/03/10/ulfhednar/

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A Poem for Freyja

Your voice so smooth
Pulls me awake
From the depths of dreams
The bottom of a lake

Your golden tears
Restore my second sight
Through the groves of dark bramble
I see Brísingamen’s light

Through that darkness
When stillness holds my name
You guide my vision
Igniting the flame

Magic and power
Your wisdom awakens
A rushing stream
My soul shaken

Drowning my old form
Emerging something new
Shedding this skin
Into what you always knew

Great Lady
In thanks I give
Gifts of honey and amber
A new life to live

Blog post here: https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2023/02/24/a-poem-for-freyja/

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A #poem for #BabaJaga

Oh little house, little house
Turn your front to me
Turn your back to the forest
Lower your chicken legs so I may enter.

Oh grandmother
Baba jaga
Bony leg
Loosen your nose from the ceiling.

I ask for food
For drink
For a place to rest my head
For your blessing.

I come not fleeing a deed
But doing a deed
I come to you by free will
Not compulsion.

Gather your sisters
The baba jagas
From youngest to oldest
Grant me your wisdom.

Link to my blog post of the poem: https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/baba-jaga/

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