Honor by Proclamation
Pleased to announce that this evening, April 26, 2022, at the Orangetown Town Board Meeting, a Proclamation will be issued in honor of my 11th year designation as Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York. This in acknowledgment of April, National Poetry Month. The poem brought forward for this commemorative event is here shared and will be read by a member of the Town Board .
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April to celebrate poetry and its place in American culture.
Celebrate National Poem In Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 29, 2022 The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends, post, e-mail, voice mail, enjoy! You are invited to APOGEE Poet, my public poetry blog, peruse, https://apogeepoet.blogspot.com select a favored poem, copy/print, pocket, post and share!
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Dear Residents -
In honor of April being 2022 National Poetry Month,
I leave you with the Orangetown Poet Laureate's words:
With Poet's Pen
With poet's pen this quest to write
Of the eternal now be shadow or light
The dark bears not demise
For the Sun in glory does rise
Within the depths of night, stars in brilliant array
In PRESENCE we greet the dawning of a new day
Let us hold resolve in chambers of our heart
From which love ever bears its supernal start
Let us see our differences with a vision newly clear
Hold to life's blessings of breath and BEING dear
We the deciders, the change makers are to claim
TRUTH, HARMONY, GRACE, PEACE in GOD's name.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
Teresa M. Kenny
Town Supervisor
Town of Orangetown
26 Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, New York 10962
(845) 359-5100 x 2293
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