- In
- this
- captivating
- collection,
- Stacy
- Stephens
- invites
- readers
- into
- the
- liminal
- space
- between
- dusk
- and
- dawn,
- where
- imagination
- roams
- free
- and
- the
- mundane
- world
- dissolves
- into
- something
- more
- profound."Nocturne"
- explores
- the
- quiet
- magic
- of
- moonlit
- hours
- when
- most
- of
- the
- world
- sleeps
- but
- poets,
- dreamers,
- and
- wanderers
- find
- themselves
- most
- alive.
- From
- "The
- Witching
- Hour"
- to
- "Watching
- Night
- Fall
- Across
- the
- City,"
- Stephens
- crafts
- luminous
- poems
- that
- illuminate
- the
- beauty
- and
- mystery
- of
- night.With
- lyrical
- precision
- and
- evocative
- imagery,
- these
- poems
- traverse
- city
- streets
- bathed
- in
- neon,
- abandoned
- highways
- under
- star-filled
- skies,
- and
- intimate
- spaces
- where
- candles
- flicker
- and
- coffee
- brews
- at
- 3
- a.m.
- Stephens
- creates
- a
- nocturnal
- landscape
- both
- familiar
- and
- otherworldly,
- populated
- by
- moon
- nymphs,
- celestial
- bodies,
- and
- solitary
- figures
- seeking
- connection
- in
- the
- darkness.Like
- Emily
- Dickinson
- "out
- with
- lanterns,
- looking
- for
- myself,"
- Stephens
- uses
- the
- night
- as
- both
- mirror
- and
- window—reflecting
- inner
- truths
- while
- opening
- vistas
- to
- realms
- unseen
- by
- daylight.
- "Nocturne"
- celebrates
- those
- who
- find
- their
- truest
- selves
- when
- the
- moon
- rises
- and
- conventional
- boundaries
- fade
- into shadow.
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