The Flaming Cyclamen

By Xah Lee. Date:
cyclamen
Cyclamen
a red flame,
flamboyant skirt,
flaring up for all to see,
her beauty and heat.

--2005-09-18
Bazaar 200202 Gisele Bundchen 12207
2002 Feb cover of Haper's Bazaar mag, showing supermodel Gisele Bündchen in a red red dress

painting Flaming June by Frederic Leighton
Flaming June, by Frederic Leighton (1830 to 1896).