Flower for the Day Day Lily I 6-7-24

The lilies are still bursting open and for a week we have begun to see the day lilies. Their color is less 

spell binding but is pleasingly subtle. They live for one day.

Here is my favorite day lily poem written by Stan Thawley,

my long time friend and colleague who passed way too soon.

THE FIRST OF MY SUMMER LOVERS

   Just out of the shower

   Wearing only lacy dew

   She has arrived early

   Voluptuous, steamy.

   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