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Original poem reprinted online here:  " Djinn" by Rae Armantrout Originally read: October 28, 2013 More information about the Poet: Rae Armantrout I'm still not sure what Djinn means to this poem except being ethereal.  And a poem starting with the word "ethereal" or anything that has to do with transparency does show it's hand towards an unveiling.  Here, Djinn is so rooted as a character that I didn't think about the make-up of the character until the end...just how the character relates.       Haunted,  they say, believing      the soft, shifty      dunes are made up      of false promises. The set up is not the false promises -- but who "they" are.  From this point on there is something missing, but states a heavy impact. In this case the idea of 'Haunted" is tied with the descriptors of "soft, shifty dunes" and all together this is more or less a symbol of false promises, but from what perspective?...