Photographs by Andrew Wilkinson Poems selected by Linda Arntzenius
Princeton’s Floral Artists Step into Spring Spring is an invitation no living thing can resist—the time of year when creative juices fill green shoots and quicken the imaginations of artists, musicians, lovers, and poets. Here, the artistry of several Princeton area florists Dahlia, Les Fleuristes, Monday Morning, and Viburnum celebrate spring alongside a selection of poems by local poets Vida Chu, Carolyn Foote Edelmann, Sharon Olson and Linda Arntzenius that invite us all to step into spring.
ga r d e n i n g s u i t s In the first row a woman holds up a hand of cards. Iris, crocus, phlox, these are the sure winners. There will have to be a transition period with the new owner. Terrible at bidding but she has great card sense. No sense planting tulips, deer food, but they’ll leave the daffodils. The lilies are bound to be a knockout. The pond is half silt, one quarter leaves. The crocuses are done now. In the second row a man doffs his hat. —Sharon Olson The Poet Sharon Olson’s book The Long Night of Flying was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2006. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Crab Orchard Review, Arroyo Literary Review, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Off the Coast, and Cider Press Review.
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The Florist Dahlia Florals: Adriene Presti, AIFD is the artistic director and owner of Dahlia Florals, 107 Route 31 North, Pennington, NJ 08534; 609.737.0556; dahliaweddings.com
PRINCETON MAGAZINE APRIL 2015
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