In acknowledgment of International Women's Day ~ On Being a WOMAN.

On Being a WOMAN

                                Holding to the....... Wonder

                                Aware of the.......... Omnipresent

                                Feeling the............ Marvel

                                Living the.............. Aspiration

                                Fulfilling .............. Need

Words to define what it is to be a woman

Come from the special meaning of who we are

With grace we receive and provide the ultimate giving

With love we nurture

With question we pursue

With pain we give birth and revel in its miracle

With persistence we provide

We are blessed to be

The receiver and giver of life.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Reve de printemps - A Dream of Spring, William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, 1901.

On Being A Woman, Selected Poem, The Wind and the Willow by Rose Marie Raccioppi, Publish America | https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Willow-Rose.../dp/B004XJ4I8E