Monday, September 2, 2013

LABORS



LABORS ... be they of...

Love
Ability
Belief
Opportunity 
R
esourcefulness 
S
pirit ... hands and hearts in equitable exchange...


This Day in Celebration

Noble be our labors
of body, spirit and mind
The giving, the receiving
libation ever we to find
The gift of toil
blessed be its quest
Purpose, service, exchange
this the grand behest.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Image Credit: Sarcophagus with the Labours of Heracles, National Museum of Rome - Palazzo Altemps. 
Roman artwork from the middle 3rd century CE.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twelve_Labours_Altemps_Inv8642.jpg


2 comments:

Margie said...

Thank you for the gift of your words!
Perfectly penned!

Rose Marie Raccioppi said...

Dearest Margie, Thank You... poetry, our shared 'labor' of love. Our 'word' to prevail.