Carrots ~ alchemy be their fate…

Carrots from Old Hook Organic Farm did come
I welcomed them with visions of a soup done
Washed, peeled, cut, and simmered till tender they be
With touches of cinnamon, ginger, and salt from the sea
An orange bright soup so lovingly served
A Thank You for nature’s bounty indeed well deserved
Savory and sweet be this captivating blend
With smiles of appreciation till its very end.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet
Cook of the day.

Photos: Carrots ~ alchemy be their fate, CAR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Eternal be the light

demons of dark, quelled they be
by the glistening light upon the sea
demons of dark hushed be their haunting cry
by the rising sun in the dawning sky
attendant be this light and warmth sublime
an embrace of BEING, the gift of time
sun, moon, stars, in vistas above
eternal be the light, the light of God's abiding love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate 
Orangetown, New York 

Photo: Glittering Light on Water, Joseph A. Shaw, NOAA.

Flame of Breath

every experience, every need, every perception
every thought, every longing, every deception
to KNOW THYSELF from each consideration of life
be it of anticipation, of vision, of glory, of strife
a moment, comes to be both the present and the past
every breath of BEING, a seed upon consciousness cast
heed the sounding of change and each calling desire
quell not the flame of breath that feeds passion’s fire
feel the fire and the flame... 
be there no tame... 
be there no tame...
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Season of C H A N G E

Season of C H A N G E ~ here in Tappan, New York

see I the beckoning utterances of Fall
the touch of amber upon leaves of the dogwood
the now shorter day, the now longer night
summer rains in libation 
summer winds that dance branch and leaves 
the warmth of the dawning day new
such be the season of change 
heed well the Calling, the Harmonies
the Aspirations, the Nurturance
the Grace, the Eternal
within the presence, within BEING
change, the constant ever in expressive call
the glory, the fire, the breath of BEING, the ALL.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

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

F I R E...

FIRE, be it of the voice

passion, lilting sounds of soul

FIRE, be it of the dance

motion, gestures of grace, of power

FIRE, be it of the arts

line, structure, color, beckoning

FIRE, be it of the poet

words, utterances, form, being

FIRE ~ FIRE ~ FIRE

be it 

                                            the Flame

                                            the I AM

                                            the Revelation 

                                            the Eternal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Astronomy Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151110.html

Known from afar

Known From Afar

Radiant, ablaze be this heavenly foray

Spectrum of stars in luminous array

A palette of color, the Creator's Art

From which passion and grace have their start

Constant and changing be each fervent star

The Presence of Creation known from afar

Within this vista of color bright color bold

Be there known this soul's story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula 

Image Credit & Copyright: Mario Zauner

https://apod.nasa.gov/…/image/1904/HorseheadFlame_Zauner_44…

HAUSER - "Live in Zagreb" FULL Classical Concert...

Today's STORM has come to pass. All is laden with the sweetness of the summer rain, and a deep sigh is brought, for we choose to listen... and so it is... PRAISE to HAUSER... His expressive passion, music he plays from heart and holds tenderly within soul. There is a special splendor that he makes known, and blessed we become onto our SELF. 

The grace of the violins
The spirit of the voices that sing 
An orchestration that touches all sensibilities 
And so we rejoice
The MUSE in gifts of divinity and light 
Beholden be our prayer.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

The STORM ~ here in Tappan, New York

As I cast my eyes above to the light

Be there the firmament, a veil of gossamer white

The south winds with haunting echoes be they heard

Lithe bamboo and branches sway to the calling word

Hushed and then resounding be these winds that call

The lament, the plea, to sing the light, blessed be ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Her calling, her calling...

Her calling, her calling...

Torrential rains upon roof be they heard

Thunderous calls be this night’s word

Storming skies dark and shadowed they be 

The dawning, and alas, light anew onto thee

What secrets does Mother Earth yet bare

Heed her call for our grace, for our knowing care

Her bounty, our harvest, with sun and rain, blessed be

Her calling, her calling, from mountain tops, sea to sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

SPROUTING...

A sprouting green upon a counter be it shown

The grace of growth, the emergent seed be known

The ambient air, light and sun call to seed and root divine

Delight of green, blessed be sprouting, sprouting made mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

APOGEE Poet