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Tonight
The wind's voice whispers of desert springs tonight,
Where the shadows of nomads sprout wings tonight.
Djinns guard sacred tombs where a holy chalice
Emits the voices of dead kings tonight.
Jewels lace Ithaka's sands like shattered glass,
Where light streams in rays from diamond rings tonight.
The screeches of wraiths echo in gales that pass
Through wastes where whistling sand stings tonight.
Smoke smudges quicksilver clouds as ashes
Are shaken from the phoenix's wings tonight.
Glowing mist shrouds Eurydice's tomb,
From where the Inca dove sings tonight.
(previously in The Wagon Magazine, a now-defunct literary journal in India)
© Steffen Horstmann
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| Steffen Horstmann |
Steffen Horstmann's poems and book reviews have appeared in publications throughout the world, including Baltimore Review, Free State Review, Istanbul Literary Review, Louisiana Literature, San Antonio Review, Texas Poetry Journal, and Tiferet. He has published two books of ghazals, Jalsaghar (2016) and Ujjain (2017), and has recently completed a new book of poems, Ellora.
