This Great Grand Tree

 

Look I, to this Great Grand Tree

my eyes taken skyward

past the strong rooting

past the aging bark

past the broken branches

to the flourishing leaves that be

to the luxuriant green cascading free

to the light of the sky heavenly blue

Great Grand Tree, Great Grand Mother YOU.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

POET Laureate

Orangetown, New York

PHOTO: Great Grand Tree, by CAR, @Collectible Clicks,

Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

Washington Memorial Park, Tappan, New York, May 2025.

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TREE TRUNKS

 

TREE TRUNKS

From mighty roots

They grow.

Time in layers

Configurations

Circling patterns

Enduring strength.

Hear I, untold stories

Whispering tales

Of winds gone by.

I stand in awe

Of years beyond my days.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

 

Photo credit: George Washington Memorial Park, Tappan, NY,

Collectible Clicks. CAR, @Rose Marie Raccioppi, May 2025

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