...a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

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A dawning day new has come

Touched by the warmth of the brilliant sun

The sweet song of the songbird is heard

Feel I the knowing, the calling of THE WORD

Lush, green, and in resplendent array they be

Shimmering leaves upon each towering tree

Azaleas, rhododendrons, in blooms of magenta and white

Holding to the gift of this day in the noon day light

The quiver of new grass gentle below my feet

Here I with earth, with sun, the blessings to greet

Outside the window be these gifts of bloom divine

Blessings to behold for treasures of Creation and time.

Indeed it is so… a beautiful day in the neighborhood…

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Photos, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, APOGEE Acu-Tone™
Sound Sanctuary Reception Room, 

CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2020.

HOLD TO THE GIVINGS

Listen I, to the murmur of the day
The calling, the calling, of THE WAY

Is my love known
Is my love felt
Is the light within seen

Questions in response to this moment in time 
Is there a legacy of spirit held as mine

Are my words held in poetic call 
Heard as a soul calling to the ALL

Life precious, this gift onto you, onto me
Behold I within each breath the grace of THEE

AMEN AMEN be this song of soul
For the blessings of life, pay I willingly the toll

May we each in our own spirited way
Hold to the givings, to the givings, of this day.

AMEN AMEN.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown New York 

May 28, 2020

Memorial Day ~ 2020

A Memorial Day Tribute ~ 2020

So be our prayers of love and praise this Memorial Day

For Our Veterans who have served in their own selfless way

’Tis the vision of freedoms and valor within souls that be

Known be our sons and daughters who have served from sea to sea

The cry of Freedom ever a blessed creed

Held by sacrifice, a vision, and noble deed

Each life that was, NOW lives in God’s embrace sublime

Ever blessed be their souls in soaring grace divine

To Freedoms’ Call hearts in praise be heard

And so the spoils of victory and liberation’s word

No words can explain the wages of war we do spend

But for the freedoms and rights we are to defend

Tears of lament and loss we do shed and share

Let us in heart know, in valor, souls soar high in God’s care

This gift of Life with vision blessed and bold

This the giving within each Veteran’s story told

Light beholden within our heart

From which love and freedom have their primordial start

Endured they battlefields of victory of plight

Through all held they freedom’s light

In homage to sons and daughters, husbands and wives

Hearts of purpose who have given their lives

Our dear ones who once filled our day

Their souls taken to another path, to the eternal way

Be there Peace, Brotherhood, Freedom, in God’s name

And to each Veteran our blessings and acclaim

Memorial Day in word, in song, in tribute, honor be heard

The glory, the blessings, the light of Freedom’s Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

TROVES of TIME... Treasures vaulted within this heart

TROVES of TIME... 

Moments of being, the troves of time

In reflection, thoughts as words line by line

Treasures vaulted within this heart

From which reverie has its start

Garlands of thought ever free

Gifts of life bequeathed onto me

Now and memories of days old

Mark this time, stories yet to be told

What pray tell am I to understand

The God within holds loving command

This moment born ever anew

Troves of time betrothed onto each of you

This moment to BE, and lovingly to share

Known be our hearts. and God's tender care.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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"Mom beholden to the light..."

Respecting Wellness and the protection of 'isolation,' today's visit with my son, was I standing at the closed glass door. As I looked up to the light, standing behind the reflection cast upon the glass, my son took this picture of, "Mom beholden to the light." ...and so it IS...

look I to the sun above

creation in its unconditional love

upon bough, branch and leaf there be

light in reflected glory from the grace of Thee

splendor cast in shadow and light from afar

 the sun, a shimmer, a star.

~Rose Marie Raccioppi

“Once you have tasted flight, 

you will forever walk the earth 

with your eyes turned skyward, 

for there you have been, 

and there you will always long to return.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

...the grace of God's WORD

On this day, the 1st of May 2020, Tappan, New York...

blooms laden with rain 
touched with the morning light
green in an array of hues and tones 
subtle, deep, and bright
the sound of waters 
from roof tops heard
the flutter of wings 
the grace of God's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

photo credit: Sue Nash