Naked Lady Flowers
You had Naked Lady flowers
On your porch.
Bare torsos with a burst of color
In your garden.
With just a spray of water,
They came alive
And danced
To their own song.
Desnudo con alcatraces (Nude with Calla Lilies) -- Diego Rivera
The naked lady is so called because of the plant's pattern of flowering when the foliage has died down. It is also called an amaryllis, belladona lily, Jersey lil, Easter lily, March lily, and amarillo. (However it is not part of the Lilium genus.) To the Victorians it symbolized pride.
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