Low-rent flowers, frilly cards — each year’s the same,
We’re faced with tokens Love would never praise.
And to endure them’s but a crying shame;
For we have seen the future in a vase.

Winston’s modern bouquets, now in our midst —
Are brave in shape, sleek in texture, bold in hue.
Vivid buds yield classics with a twist,
This V-Day — and your passions — to renew.

Thus current takes on Love’s tradition
Prove modern hearts need modern ammunition.

Winston Flowers, 131 Newbury Street, between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets, Back Bay (800-457-4901 or winstonflowers.com).