I am the woman at the water’s edge, offering you oranges for the peeling, knife glistening in the sun. This is the scent and tasteof my skin: citon and sweet. Touch me and your life will unfoldbefore you, easily as this skirtbillows then sinks, lapping against my legs, my toesfiltering through the rivers silt. Following the current out to sea, I am the kind of womanwho will come back to hauntyour dreams, move through yourhumid nights the way honeyswirls through a cup of hot tea.Shara McCallum
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In this poem, the poem’s speaker is a woman from a fictional town called Argo. The speaker is a woman of substance and sensuality who is described as being a lover of nature and a woman who can bewitch anyone. The speaker also offers this piece of advice: “I am the woman at the water’s edge,offering you oranges for the peeling,knife glistening in the sun.This is the scent and tasteof my skin: citon and sweet.Touch me and your life will unfoldbefore you, easily as this skirtbillows then sinks,lapping against my legs, my toesfiltering through the rivers silt.Following the current out to sea,I am the kind of womanwho will come back to hauntyour dreams, move through yourhumid nights the way honeyswirls through a cup of hot tea.” The poem is very sensual and it touches on how powerful women can be in all aspects of life.
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