T W I L I G H T ...

A beautifully spent Sunday, in reflection, in response, in the warmth of the sun, 
and in gratitude for what has been and what is...
Yes, the hour that has come to be...

TWILIGHT

the setting sun colors in celestial array

soon the twilight hour at this close of day

moments of change from day to night

ever yet the constant beckoning of light

the stars soon to sparkle in vistas above

the night to offer its guiding love

each moment of breath be it known

the receiving the giving in grace shown

the interface of NOW and change anew

blessings of BEING bequeathed to you

day night held as ONE in time

this the expression of the divine 

day begets night in its ardent vesper call

be ONE, be ONE, with the grace of ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

#twilight #vespers #ONE #BEING #time #hour #light #NOW
 #day #night

A Town, in Celebration, in Tribute...

Past/Forward ~ Orangetown in Celebration

National Poetry Month Tribute April 28, 2017

Past... be this the Passion ~ Aspiration ~ Spirit ~ Treasures of breaths long gone ~ held in the memory of BEING.

Forward... be this the Faith, the Omnipresence ~ the Revelation ~ the Wondrous ~ the Aspiration ~ the Resurrection ~ the Deliverance ~ held in what IS.

It is the humanity that calls within the heart of a home, within an artifact is a vision, and intention, within a memory past, brought forward is the NOW.

A Home
Behold its walls
Held be the voices 
The dreams
Echoes of days past.

Held with the heart of a HOME...
the Harvest of a vision
the Oneness of purpose
the Manifest dream
the Eternal in the NOW.

We the keepers
We hold and speak our story
Gathered we are in acknowledgment
In celebration in humanity’s treasured glory 

Orangetown Rich in History
Rich with the treasures of settlements
With the vision of independence
With the knowing of freedom
With the glory of humanity

All that has come forth
All from the many yesterdays

And so in preservation’s name
Orangetown Rich in History makes its claim
Hold to the structures and artifacts of a day from a calendar past 
Welcome with reverence the memories and light they yet cast 
And what we allow to be, to stand
Is our grace and gratitude in knowing command
A history, a humanity, and so we hail
Orangetown Rich in History past/forward to prevail

We the keepers
We hold and speak our story
Embrace be time, humanity’s treasured glory.

Thank You.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate 
Orangetown, New York 

S P R I N G ... feel it with all its...

SPRING...feel it with all its...

               Spirit 
                         Passion
                                   Revelation
                                        Inspiration
                                                  Nurturance
                                                           Grace ... the art of BEING ...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Words in Revelation

Poet Laureate

#SPRING #passion #grace #revelation

S A V O R the Blessings...

S A V O R the Blessings...

          Spring
               Ascension
                    Volition 
                         Omnipresence 
                              Resurrection ... soul's divine grace be known...

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Words in Revelation

#SAVOR #Blessings #poet_laureate #rosemarieraccioppi 

The Child Within Calls...

The child within calls to the T R I B E...

     where Truth rules
          where Revelation is prized
                where I AM is in presence
                      where Beauty is expression
                           where Evolution is life's behest...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Words in Revelation

Image: Emanuel Dimitri Volakis

...and so BE the risen light...

Very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared and they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  
Luke 24:1,3

HE HAS RISEN

This BE in loving grace heard
And known was the TRUTH of HIS WORD
Peace, love and healing did HE bring
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, let us sing
With unerring FAITH within our hearts HE to live
And to this our ardent devotion shall we give.

H A P P Y ~ E A S T E R

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (1825-1905), Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau (The Holy Women at the Sepulcher) 

The Three Marys at the Tomb, Oil on Canvas, 1876.

April 2017 ~ National Poetry Month... Celebration it is...past/forward in poetic dialogue...

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In Acknowledgment of National Poetry Month... I am asked what is my purpose as a Poet Laureate... I answer L I F E... to be known by our gifts, our needs, each letter, each word a journey, be it the Love that serves self and others, the Inspiration that speaks to heart and vision, the Freedom that defines our spirit, the Eternal ever present... Yes, an awakening to L I F E defines my purpose.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York