Meaning ‘staff bearer’, the völva was a seeress in Old Norse mythology.
Your prompt is VÖLVA.
From the frozen North
The seeress comes, bearing staff
And dire prophecy
In the poem, Völuspa, a seeress tells Odin of the fate of the gods in Ragnarok.
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The Volva spoke
Her staff drummed
There’s a crack in the ice
All succumbed to prophecy.
Her eyes open on
The end of the world. She hums
A lullaby. “Shh…”