Flowers are fascinating, and their names can be entertaining. I took a drive out to the country on Sunday to visit a friend. She had naked ladies growing in her yard. As I was leaving, she said, “Can I cut you some hurricane lilies?”
“I thought they were naked ladies.”
She may have blushed. “Yes some people call them that.”
When I put “naked ladies” into Google, more name possibilities popped up: Belladonna Lily, Bareroot Red Surprise Lily, Resurrection Lily, August Lily, Red Spider Lily, Lycoris Raidanti.
Let’s have a little fun today with these names. Play with one of them in a small poem. Post in the comments. Reply with encouraging comments to others. Happy Hump Day!
red stamens reach up
Margaret Simon, haiku
resurrected from bare earth
radiant surprise
Reflections on the Teche 
Fun photo and a flower with so many names! I like your poem and how it is “resurrected from bare earth”
Lily blushes
as color rushes
through her spidery
legs, soft and eidery
love the sound of blushes/rushes.
Beautiful sounds, Denise!
Wonderful rhymes!
Denise, I too like your first rhyming couplet.
My offering:
Resurrection Lily dear
Swaying in the gentle breeze.
Showing no signs of fear.
Naked, do you think you will freeze?
-CV
Their beautiful delicate upward-reaching blooms, a particular favorite of mine, struck my sense of fun early this morning, so:
BE WHO YOU ARE
I longed to be a pretty hat
but grew a stem instead
and grow here, lovely, on the ground
instead of on a head.
Ha… your final line made me laugh.
I’m glad! Me, too—always a great way to start the day.
Very playful, indeed!
Be Who You Are is a wonderful title with a snappy twist at the end of the poem.
“instead of on a head” is hilarious.
Thanks, Margaret!
Fun names!
naked ladies,
clothing lost
to a bluster of hurricane wind,
parade their red surprise.
Buffy, clothing lost – red surprise: I see you had fun with this poem.
LOL! This made me laugh out loud in my dark kitchen…coffee may have splattered.
borderline scandalous…ha!
I love all the differently-descriptives: “resurrected”, “blushes/rushes”, and “clothing lost” in the hurricane wind….: )
Love it! Without the photo, it certainly could conjure up some different images – perhaps some red bloomers?
Love all the differently-descriptive phrases: “resurrected from bare earth”, “blushes/rushes”, and “clothing lost” in “hurricane wind.”
Fun exercise, Margaret. Thanks for the challenge.
red surprises
among the browning blossoms
drowning in good-byes—
hello, belladonna!
Belladona indeed, Rose!
“drowning in good-byes” draws me into an unexpected emotion.
Rose, this is lovely. I love the idea of “browning blossoms downing in good-byes” wow. And then the sweet closing that emphasizes these “red surprises”.
Margaret, love the reference to bare earth. Naked ladies is a name for flowers I never heard of so it is intriguing and they are beautiful.