William H. Simpson. Dance of the Dust Witches. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Dance of the Dust Witches

By William H. Simpson


From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands” ARE you not weary,
O desert dust witches?

I cannot see who waltzes with you
In close embrace—
But your lips meet hotly in kisses,	5
Your hair is disheveled,
Your ribbons are flying,
Your skirts are in tatters.

The music you dance to—
It comes from fiddles bewitched.	10