She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for... EARTH the pulse, HEART the pulse... each the spell of the other...

EARTH the pulse HEART the pulse... each the spell of the other...

And so...

Abundance BE

Ravage not the land nor sea

Heed the echoed cry and plea

Heard in the crashing wave and thunderous sky

In valleys, plains and mountains high

Hold this Earth in reverent care

Protect our gifts of land, water and air

Take not in abuse a mineral or gem

Behold the wonder of each bloom, leaf and stem

Trees to flourish, 'tis bounty's call

The knowing grace of Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Earth, animals, a you, a me

Nurture wise and abundance be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Earth Day, 2011 ~ Abundance BE

Abundance BE

Ravage not the land nor sea
Heed the echoed cry and plea
Heard in the crashing wave and thunderous sky
In valleys, plains and mountains high
Hold this Earth in reverent care
Protect our gifts of land, water and air
Take not in abuse a mineral or gem
Behold the wonder of each bloom, leaf and stem
Trees to flourish, 'tis bounty's call
The knowing grace of Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Earth, animals, a you, a me
Nurture wise and abundance be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

A Theme Set - Abundance BE

Ravage not the land nor sea
Heed the echoed cry and plea
Heard in the crashing wave and thunderous sky
In valleys, plains and mountains high
Hold this Earth in reverent care
Protect our gifts of land, water and air
Take not in abuse a mineral or gem
Behold the wonder of each bloom, leaf and stem
Trees to flourish, 'tis bounty's call
The knowing grace of Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Earth, animals, a you, a me
Nurture wise and abundance be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


As POET OF THE YEAR, Orangetown, New York
and Member of The Orangetown Environmental Committee
pleased to announce
the presentation of
Abundance BE
In celebration and in acknowledgment of
National Poetry Month, April 2010
Earth Day and Orangetown Recycling Fair
April 24, 2010
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Tappan Zee High School
Orangeburg, New York


In Recognition
LoHud
Rockland Journal News

Orangetown Town Board report
Public Comment
MAY 2, 2010

Here's a recap of Tuesday's Orangetown Town Board
meeting. Supervisor Paul Whalen and board
members Denis Troy, Tom Diviny, Nancy Low-
Hogan and Michael Maturo were present.

PUBLIC COMMENT

• Rose Marie Raccioppi, Orangetown's poet of the
year and a member of the Environmental Committee,
presented her new poem, "Abundance BE," to
acknowledge National Poetry Month and Earth Day.

Staff writer: Akiko Matsuda