Flower for the Day Daylilies 6-30-21

We have had these daylilies (Hemerocallis) for so long that I  don't really think about them (except when the deer eat their buds). They last for only a day and wither the next night. Daylilies are not  lilies as they grow from roots rather than the bulbs of true lilies. Here are some of this years delights.

The First of My Summer Lovers

Just out of the shower

Wearing only lacy dew

She has arrived early

Voluptuous, steam.

She is no coy one

Her petals spread open

Waiting for mating.

Comfortably naked in the sun

With her soft creamy skin

And dark inner lips

She has come for adulation

Sex and sun.

Confident, she winks

At me with those dark eyes

Saying, come, adore me.

Embarrassed, I have forgotten 

Her name …Misty Maude I believe.

Undulating in the wind

She whispers,

Come closer, closer

Love me, love me.

Quick now, skip the foreplay.

We haven't much time you know.

I'm only passing through,

Just here for one day.

Stan Thawley, 2009

Each time I look at my daylilies I think of you Stan.

xYou left us far too soon.