Spring/Printemps

Spring seems to come slowly
to Ferney-Voltaire where
there is still snow on Mount Jura.
The rains were plentiful this week
and cold.

Still, flowers have poked the ground
They shiver but stay put
growing a bit brighter
when the sun comes
out of hiding in the clouds.

Aspargus and strawberries
are in the street market.

Spring in
Ferney-Voltaire:
Are the birds
singing in French also,
delicately announcing
‘amour’ around the corner?
Clouds are
more elegant—can this be?
Passing over my head...
Au revoir!

I have so enjoyed
My journée en France
in the Pays de Gex.
I will never forget
this Spring
ce Printemps
d’espérance.



P.S. I took this photo in Teresinha Rey's beautiful old garden. Primroses are everywhere in the fields in this Swiss/French region.