Easter Promise

The Submission Page does not upload Arabic alphabet symbols, so I posted my poem in Arabic on the Notes/Photo page above my poem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I gather images of Easter's sign, bouquets of varied thoughts and memories: emerging crocus, budding branch, and vine, the flutter of the robin in the breeze. Symbolic, too, the lily, pure and white, new chicks and bunnies, butterflies galore. The fading, icy sting of winter's night replaced by spring's warm day, long waited for. I contemplate each image and I know the thrill of surging hope that swells my soul. New life, from dormant seed, will rise and show how spring joy resurrects from winter's dole. A new beginning blooms for us and earth- for, Easter promises her gift- rebirth. Written- March 15, 2016 =================================== The translation site from English to Arabic offered this too. waead eyd alfash 'ajmae sur ealamat eyd alfash , baqat min al'afkar waldhikriat almtnwet: zaeafran nashi , farae nashi , wakarimat , rafrfat rubin fi alnasim. yarmiz aydana 'iilaa alzanbiq alnaqii wal'abyad , farakh wa'aranb jadidat , wafarashat wafarashatun. alludughat aljalidiat almutalashiat fi laylat ala' hal mahalah yawm alrbye aldaafi aldhy tal antizarah. 'ana 'ufkir fi kl surat wa'ana 'aelam ladhat andifae al'amal alty tadakhum ruhi. alhayat aljadidat , min budhur kaminat , satartafie watuzhir kayf tabeath farhat alrbye min 'iieanat alshata'. bidayat jadidat tazahar lana walila'ard- li'ana eyd alfash yueiduha bihadiatiha - wiladat jadidatun. February 5, 2021 Contest: Easter- English and Arabic Poetry Contest Sponsor: Line Gauthier