blotgodi raven bowl (5-23-17)

down dropped said rainbow black bird 
wind-wand willed corn of the new world 
drooping off limb roost, the mountain lava cool beneath 
a kingpost more lonely for the company surrounding nine daughters
easily scared into a knotnut self planting wodan planted mind:
 "healing, death, royalty, the gallows, 
  knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy"
  Goði hrafnblóts, Goði of the Raven-offering"
  ravenous redbloodhaired bloody hoofed steed of freyr
  Blóðughadda "                                                                                 
bloggod his finger fires sent to nine twig-soul drenched 
hunted spiders born dust hungry for
felling planets on a droll tragic peck,
wavemaiden winds stirring flesh filled spy birds 
beyond speech
frothing pitching bellowing cooling
an arm of ygdrassil rent sullen
with nerves oil stripped
jotuun woodpeckers no spring sprite
nor four stag defenses may temper 
if huggin or muinnin don't fetch
rainbow root bridge a canal for stars to meander 
under navels of spring-cradles 
hidden if flowers yet dragon guarded
filled in feathered snakes of rills rushing uphill silvered blue
trunk twigs trash woden chips feeding sun 
fire song under spells raven eyed close
haunting thickets each former strength
bearlike attended
heart of hammer mallet sound wind lightning spear
veins ripped farms burnt wells poisoned 
spoils dehumanized
seeds vaulted over bloodhooved boars or cossacks with falcons
battle seeking shadow sinister eight legged ministers
wodan crushes village grave fury 
spilling human wine over oceans fierce
ancient gravity hurls godan along dog god good blood fort forests
skald rib lungs riven 
drug over hideous razor rocked silence
unmasked in lacerated paint burnt wood oils flower dregs soil riches
elk fed well slept guarded by hounds
lions nine dragonmaids three chambers
good gold god bold blood bloomed quartered spring warriors
phlox or aster or ladylace or dartknee or falling giant
stone burrows fed naked in rain 
eleven ghost charms element chained
trance blotgodi priestess gallow cleansing nine arrows hurt sent
to track deemed demons donning broken tooth false hornet hate
ear pinched eye punched gut 
blasted ankle shattered lung twisted throat split
past opened from greed hovels raven managed feasting on republics horror
                   giant mounds godan odin wodan wooden
 eagles scratched time over night waters pegged tied in green leather
from feral stallions zeus drove once
before valleys of cohorts
before granite or feldspar or coal dripped
in olive oil merchant perfume
whale parts our doorframes planets cousins company 
pulling leviathons onto marble yet liquid 
in a storm birthing circle
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a circle punctuated by the eye of white willow's
sweeping charm
eight hundred miles wide drinking oceans flattening mountains
for meal is ground of bone beneath our thoughts,
a field of sky raised horses placid there in the hold of ships
rearing over waves mirrored in helm's raven watch
summoned of owl scat crushings star-sent 
wind was wand willed that no blot blood spilled



5-23-17 portland