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                      Song for a Water Witch

                      Published by Rebecca Clifford at June 16, 2025
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                      • Nature Poetry
                      • Poetry
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                      • nature poetry
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                      • Rebecca Clifford
                      • water witch
                      Dragonfly sitting on a leaf in foreground, natural green background giving the air of summer mood - TEXT: Song for a Water Witch, Poetry, Rebecca Clifford

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                      can you see them on the air of summer?
                      hint of wing, gentle glimmer
                      a whisper, a suggestion
                      on the wind, a slight inflection,
                      warm delight as day grows dimmer

                      shine sexual sheen in motion
                      gossamer wrapped satin
                      in airy shimmer
                      can you see them?

                      linked scarlet question
                      marks
                      , in perpetuation —
                      as shadows grow slimmer
                      in these last days of summer
                      a final act of passion
                      — can you see them?


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                      Rebecca Clifford
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                      Rebecca Clifford lives and writes on a farm in Southern Ontario, with her long-suffering husband and a disdainful cat of questionable parentage.

                      • Rebecca Clifford
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