As the days’s news has come...

As the days’s news has come to unfold

one asks what be the purpose of a flower’s story told

be it that Nature and beauty is to ever prevail

beyond the reported overwhelming travail

we to know that it is Creation’s blessings and grace

to be lovingly held in heart’s place.

… and so the Lily…

sweet be this budding bloom of white

petals delicate in the favor of light

chastity, virtue, purity, be its calling claim

this a Lily, blessed be its given name

a bloom from a bouquet, a gift received

this the bequest of beauty conceived

and with a sweet sigh I to behold

its allure and the ancient tales told

unfolding be its endearing gift of grace

such ambrosial splendor within soul I to place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: ...and so the Lily..., CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2020-2021.

The Blessings of a Birth New ~ A Mother's Lullaby ~ Sleep Dear Child

Sleep dear child, this joyous day
Sleep this night, with stars above
Know the light, of God's love
Sleep dear child, you'll find the way
Sleep this night, the day is done
When you wake, you'll greet the sun
Wondrous night, this sky of blue
Brilliant stars, shining new
Rising sun, then night shall be
A new day for our heart's glee
Gone this day, and come the dawn
You will find, a bright new morn.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Sleep Dear Child, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

The Wind and The Willow, Publish America, 2008.

Sculpture, Pietro Canonica, 1869 ~ 1959, Italian,
 Madonna and Child, 1918, Marble.

~ In loving dedication to a cousin new ~

December 30, 2020

Eiley Katherine O'Regan

~

NEW YEAR, 2021

To the NEW YEAR

2021

JOY as ONE

Looking back to days now gone, now past
Looking to the future, days new, days vast
This NOW, what we perceive it to be
A choice ever held by a you, by a me
Many a decision, ours to reach, to make
From the domains of thought and vision we partake
A mind with purity of purpose, intent and direction
Is itself life's questing passion and perfection
Shaper we are of each yesterday and a tomorrow to come
We with the MAKER, our will as JOY as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Image: Janus
Roman Republican Janus coin, c. 225-212 B.C.

In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus; "archway") was the
god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings.
His most prominent remnant in modern culture is his namesake,
the month of January, which begins the New Year.

~ 

DELIVERANCE, I declare

deliverance, a dialogue of the heart

memories and dreams ne'er depart

the blessings of time and loving grace

on journal pages I do place

held in words and sentiments sweet

the yesterday, the today, the tomorrow meet

breath, the first to come in blessed BEING new

the divinity of life gifted onto you

DELIVERANCE, I declare, and know I life's claim

the light, the glory, the joy in God's name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Deliverance, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

Innocence ~ Mother and Child

 CHRIST CHILD... and it was told...

John 1:36 “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

The Grace, the Light, the Salvation

~

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Painting: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Innocence, 1893.

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 Laureate
Orangetown, New York



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

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And as it fell...

as the first snow crystals fell 
they upon the barren tree branches
casting a spell of light
the splendor of the sparkle
the gentleness of the touch
the many faceted reflections
an inviting quietude 
sacred
sacred be the silence heard.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York