Awakened to the Rising Sun

The gift of this hour...

Awakened to the rising sun

To the song bird song

To the whispers of the wind

To the flutter of leaves in flight

To the rain in libation’s grace

As I listen yet another part of me hears

As I look yet another part of me sees

As I breathe the whole of me is known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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In Loving Tribute... in heartfelt gratitude... YES, Hail to Our Veterans...

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To Its Vow...

The sky lambent and brilliant with light... Shimmering be the leaves taken by the wind in flight... 

A moment, a pause,
B L E S S I N G... 

     Beauty
          Love
               Eternity
                     Spirit
                          Splendor
                               I AM
                                    Nurturing
                                         Grace .... 
                                             the PRESENCE of NOW... 
                                                the season of Fall 
                                                   holding to its vow...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

This Gift of Time...

Creation's gems of red and gold

Treasures of the season with a story told

Surrender they do to the winds that call

Leaves in a crescendo anew, 'tis Fall

Hold they to the sun's light and grace

Soon a blanket upon ground they place

Below my feet sweet rustle be heard

Feel I, the blessings of God's WORD

For change and light be this gift of time

This season yours, this season mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Dogwood at my Door, 2018 ©Collectible clicks, Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Golden Bounty

The sun held in golden hues of light

Alchemic beauty, harvest, bloom, leaves in flight

Textures, forms, the Creator’s grace

The wondrous of all in Autumn’s embrace

To Old Hook Farm, pure savor found ever anew

'Tis this golden bounty, bounty gifted onto you

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Autumn’s Array

Autumn’s Array

Red ruby gems in Autumn’s array

Leaves in splendor of color this very day

The jewels of season’s grace fall from the tree

Carried by the wind upon walk settled they be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

She to SELF...Wild Winds of Spirit

She to SELF...Wild Winds of Spirit 

Wild winds of spirit

Passions unleashed

She soars to vistas unknown

Lucid dreams of distant galaxies

Worlds in rhythmic motion

Sounds silent, sweet, thunderous

Pulsing, pulsing, pulsing

Within her a vibrant chord

She beckons, she calls deliverance 

She to SELF…she to SELF

FREE …FREE… FREE

Wild winds of spirit.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Efes Antik Kent Nike Heykeli

This relief marks the late Roman period, the 4th and 5th centuries BC. In the right hand is a palm, in the left hand is held a wreath from a bay leaf. The goddess represents speed and power; Nike has the ability to run and fly free. Nike is the embodiment of the concept of victory, the goddess of victory.

According to Hesiodos, she was born of Stylus, the daughter of Pallas and Okeanos. Nike is shown as a young girl with wings, flying feee and gliding from heaven. Nike is also one of the leading names of Athena, ammong the most depicted immortals in sculptures and paintings.