Orion

... within slumber's chambers...

Orion

night be the journey to vistas vast and far
to cosmic clouds and a brilliant distant star
stellar winds and folds of majestic light
I within slumber's chambers held in Orion's light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula, Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team.

'Tis Treasure Afar

Astronomy Picture of the Day 2011 January 27

in haiku reflection

majestic vista
the beauty of Orion
'tis treasure afar.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Hidden Treasures of M78,Credit: ESO / Igor Chekalin
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Orion

Ominous shadows and wondrous light
The pulsing array of splendor this night
Luminous Orion of brilliant hue
Majestic seas of celestial blue
This illume within the chambers of heart mine
And breathe I the glory the gift of the divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2010 March 2, M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion
Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa

Bequeath Your Presence

Bequeath Your Presence
Within this soul
love’s call though silent
resounds with longing
Within this heart
love’s call though silent
echoes a lament
Within this stillness
the resounding of what once was
Within the emptiness
the fullness of despair
Are these the sensibilities
absent of God’s care
Ravage not
this body and spirit
Ravage not
this faith and trust
Bequeath Your Presence
Cancer no more.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Astronomy Picture of the Day
Orion Deep Field
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061015.html


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