C For Coccineus Poem by Douglas Scotney
C For Coccineus
A palm-sized black O
painted on a not-much bigger piece
of flat metal painted cream
is placed before, behind,
amongst, above or beside
the plant in its prime
in my garden.
On March 23
the O stands before
the 18 red flowers
of Haemanthus C,
from the family Amaryllis,
a nymph in poems Latin and Greek;
a neglected but apt moniker
for a baby she
born downunder
round March 23.
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