Tappan poet designated as 1st 'Poet of the Year' in Orangetown

Who

Who heeds the words of this poet
Who listens to these echoes of heart
Who feels the yearnings and the fire
Who sees the vision held clear

Is it the wind that whispers its own song
Is it the sun that warms and nourishes
Is it the moon that sheds its light
Is it the star that guides our way
Is it the stranger who extends a hand
Is it the child who gives a knowing smile
Is it the soul in its moment of call
Is it God in all present grace

Who heeds the words of this poet
Who listens to these echoes of heart
Who feels the yearnings and the fire
Who sees the vision held clear.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Laurel Wreath, Pastel, Rosalba Giovanna Carriera, Italian, 1665-1757.

In Grateful Acknowledgment of All Who Choose to Listen

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And may we all find the poet within,
the voice of
JOY, PEACE and GOOD WILL TOWARD ALL .

In loving friendship,
Rose Marie


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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
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The Adoration Of The Magi

A Child born and so known and told
Gifts of frankincense, myrrh and gold
Three Wise Men to distance far
Guided by heaven's shining star
A life of devotion, grace and praise
To fill the unfolding of His days
Let it be ever known, ever heard
Jesus, His life, His love, His Divine WORD.

A Blessed and Merry Christmas to All.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

POET OF THE YEAR
Orangetown, New York
2010


The Adoration Of The Magi, Corrado Giaquinto, Molfetta 1703 - Naples 1766.

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Cloak Undone

Trees in such lavish array
White with hues, tones and shadow gray
Nature's brush strokes all through the night
Illumed by the early morning light
Gentle winds and the warming mid morn sun
Soon the snow cloak of trees undone
Birds in flight impel the cold winter air
And all be known in God's loving care.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

POET OF THE YEAR
Orangetown, New York
2010
So designated by the
Town Board of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York
December 14, 2009

Snow, 2009, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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Holiday Gift
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
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Impressions

impressions on snow
delicate marking I see
all still, all silent.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

this moment a haiku



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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
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It is Happening Right Now

It is happening right now...

Cold be this December winter day
North winds at their windy play
Snow dusting on all I see
The magic of snow flakes falling upon me
Gather we all for blessings, love and cheer
For that special Christmas Day is mighty near.

Much love to ALL,

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Do enjoy the spirited message Charlie Brown brings to all of us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Hv9YmhGpw

Charlie Brown Christmas, Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz

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Holiday Gift
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
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♥
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This Poet's Treasure

This poet's pen with plea in heart
From which words have their start
A tree, a blossom, a water's flow
These the gifts of grace the poet does know
The music, the wind, a songbird heard
The poet so touched and offers a word
The spirits of song, of dance, of music, of art
From the poet's pen ne'er shall they depart
The muse of all to entreat her pleasure
Words of musing, this poet's treasure.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

POET OF THE YEAR
Orangetown, New York
2010


Sarcophagus of the Muses, 150-160 CE, Musée du Louvre
Found on the Ostian Way in Rome, in Vigna Monciatti, in the early eighteenth century Rome
Pentelic marble (Attica), high and low relief, H. 0.92 m; L. 2.06 m; W. 0.68 m
Former collection of Cardinal Albani, then in the Capitol Museum.
Confiscated under Napoleon; in 1815 exchanged for Canova's colossal Napoleon
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

And now the news will be NEWS. Just interviewed by the Journal News, LoHud, Rockland County, NY. On December 24, 2009 a feature story of Rose Marie Raccioppi, POET OF THE YEAR, 2010, Orangetown, will be presented in the Express Section of the LoHud Journal News. This makes for one happy camper - one happy poet!!- ME!

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Holiday Gift
for anyone who enjoys the play of words

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
♥
Special Announcement:
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ISBN-13: 9781604744545
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The Way

Rose Marie Raccioppi

POET OF THE YEAR
2010
Orangetown, New York

So designated by the

Town Board of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York

December 14, 2009

"... But poets, or those who imagine and express this indestructible order, are not only the authors of language and of music, of the dance, and architecture, and statuary, and painting: they are the institutors of laws, and the founders of civil society, and the inventors of the arts of life, and the teachers, who draw into a certain propinquity with the beautiful and the true that partial apprehension of the agencies of the invisible world... Poets, according to the circumstances of the age and nation in which they appeared, were called, in the earlier epochs of the world, legislators, or prophets: a poet essentially comprises and unites both these characters. For he not only beholds intensely the present as it is, and discovers those laws according to which present things ought to be ordered, but he beholds the future in the present, and his thoughts are the germs of the flower and the fruit of latest time..." A Defence of Poetry, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Holiday Gift
for anyone who enjoys the play of words

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
♥
Special Announcement:
Read the Review of The Wind and the Willow
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
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ISBN-13: 9781604744545
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ENJOY
♥