Shooting Star - Dodecatheon pulchellum

Bud of twelve gods,

leafless scapes rising up

from a rosette of lance-like leaves

bearing umbers of dark-throated 

magenta flowers with swept back petals

adorned with white collars

and a downward pointing beak

under a yellow crown.

Oh lovely one, 

you are a sight to behold! 

(March 2021)