*Laurie Kolp Poetry*

History of the Easter Egg
by Laurie Kolp

Dying eggs at Easter,
an age-old tradition,
fresh colors of spring,
showing life’s fruition.

Pre-Christian spring jubilees
used colored eggs as symbols of
new life and resurrection,
promises of eternal love.

King Edward 1 of England
in 1290 ordered eggs gold-leafed,
presents for all at Easter
who in the resurrection believed.

Eggs were buried in tombs
by Egyptians and Greeks;
“All life comes from an egg,”
a Roman proverb speaks.

Dying eggs at Easter,
an age-old tradition,
fresh colors of spring,
showing life’s fruition.