Preserving Flowers

Last week, I met my students at the Henry Street Settlement community garden where we tasted mint, lettuce, basil, and other plants just weeks away from full bloom.

We pressed flowers discarded from the Macy’s flower show between watercolor paper with hammers.

One of my students, through laughter, said, “I don’t feel like a college student!”

When our papers were ready, we wrote.

Then, shared our poems.