SPRING... its calling heard... Bloom of Grace

Each word, each assertion, each primordial knowing, 

a blessing calling forth TRUTH

Let us breathe as a seed,

knowing the bloom that is to be.

Let us bloom as a flower,

in its glory of its special season.

Let us discern, decide, deliver,

from the consciousness of care and creation.

In the embrace of AGAPE love.

BEAUTY…

be it known as the seed that knows its destiny

be it the bloom that celebrates its revelation

be it the heart that pulsates with grace

be it the sheltering tree

be it the SOUL that is

Spirit

Omnipresence

Unity

Love

this onto self, this onto others

All in the name, the claim, of GOD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Bloom of Grace, CAR, 

Collectible Clicks, @Rose Marie Raccioppi.

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S P I R I T held ...

 

At this late afternoon hour S P I R I T held ...

in Silence

in Pulse

in Inspiration

in Resolve

in I AM

in TRUTH

... be there Praise and Blessed Peace ...

Bamboo in graceful bow and sway

Holding the sun’s light in brilliant verdant array

In joyous abandon the silence to greet

The chorus of sound as leaf and gentle wind meet

Dancing shadows of supple canes I to behold

Among the lithe and lush leaves touches of gold

Leaves and canes in supple surrender bow

Beauty, strength, gentleness be the bamboo’s vow

'Tis the late afternoon hour of this bight Spring day

The gentle wind, a chime song, birds and canes at play.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Bamboo - Canes at Play, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2024

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LITURGY

Through the winter and into the Spring

Nature and time in its vow does bring

Leaves of green in a winsome array

Fullness in felicity for what shall come our way

The morning dew and rains in libation sweet

The glow and warmth of the rising sun to greet

Within the whispers of the wind secrets be told

The buds, the blooms, in adoration to unfold

A flower to be born, from green its color to reveal

A  destiny of supernal color and beauty beyond conceal

And so herald in the rites of Spring and time 

Blooms, the liturgy, in the name of the divine. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Liturgy, Rhododendron, Photos: CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2022

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First Bloom ~ Spring 2022

 

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

Rainier Maria Rilke

And now this very day

First Bloom

Perceived joy in this moment real

A sense of oneness I shall not conceal

The lilting exuberance, the embracing calm

Life in all its blossoming, its abundance, its wondrous charm

This moment barren of loss, fear, regret or sorrow

Holds the promise of BEING, this hour, this day, a tomorrow

Behold this moment that is known, and we now to share

REJOICE in the MAKER, HE, the light and gift of our care.

This spirit, this soul, this life bequeathed to You, to me

Ever was, ever is and ever shall BE

The flowering Rhododendron in its first bloom of grace

The delight of Spring within heart to place

And as I look to the lambent sky of this day

Blessed be all in the embrace of The Path, The Way.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

First Bloom, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2022.

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From days of Spring of my early years, to this very moment, there be a supernal joy from a budding flower, a dance known within my very soul of BEING.  Yes, I,  a child born of Spring, of ARIES, of passion, in an ever present pulsing call, moment by moment, and so the artist, the poet, the visionary, breath by breath.

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Blooms of the Dogwood Tree

 

joyful tidings greet the rising sun

the song bird song in glory sung

sweet be the delicate white blooms of the dogwood tree

life in pulsing splendor this day gifted onto me

grass touched by the morning dew glistens in the light

the scamper of squirrels, 'tis Spring's delight

the NOW in PRESENCE divine

this breath of life, 'tis yours, 'tis mine

and what may our destiny in God's light be

the giving, the receiving, the bloom, the living alchemy.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Blooms of the Dogwood Tree, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2022.

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In response to this offering a dear friend, 

Ilene Cestaro Langley, 

sent onto to me 

her most favored legend.

Enjoy

https://bowerandbranch.com/blogs/trees/the-legend-of-the-dogwood?

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... a forever Spring...

 

I look to this day of early SPRING... a freshness after the rains, the green of the grass new, the delight of the Forsythia, whose bright yellow flowers bloom before the leaves. Heard are the song bird songs from those perched on the branches of the yet barren Dogwood tree outside my window. A child of ARIES, ever newly awakened by SPRING.

SPRING reminds us that we are to be ever more diligent in our care of SELF... YES, as I have recently celebrated 84 years of age, I have taken fuller responsibility to assure my health, my vitality, my clarity of mind.. simply living according to the calling needs that the intelligence of body brings into awareness. I entertain a 'POETIC' dialogue with BEING... and so live I, Passion, Omnipresence, Evolution, Truth, I AM, Creation, with each breath, with each exchange... the receiving... the giving. Indeed ... 'a forever Spring.'

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

A Bloom There Be

 from branch and bough a bloom there be

beauty to behold from the grace of THEE

petals of pink bear the presence of light

felt is the welcoming warmth of a sun majestically bright

a pause and known be breath divine

the spoils of SPRING, the grace of time 

in this moment all becomes known

creation in beauty of bloom to our hearts shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

Rainier Maria Rilke

Photo: A Bloom There Be, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Peeking Green ~ 2021

This has been a WINTER to its name here in New York and New Jersey. Today, with yet mounds of snow from the last snowstorm, hints of the SPRING to come are joyfully present. Melting snow, peeking green of blooms, brilliant clear sky, the touch of the warming sun, all within the embrace of quietude and this season's cycle of change... so BE the Glory of Creation.

Peeking Green

The days of March yet young

A bit of time for Winter's season done

Peeking green through melted snow

Winds of winter in gentle whispers yet blow

A sounding serenade through barren branches heard

And the coveted song of a nesting songbird

The crisp leaves of Fall's season yet found

With broken twigs upon this awaiting ground

Driving be the rains upon emergent buds of green

Winter giving over to Spring in this moment seen

Felt is the quiver of ground below my feet

Pulsing be Mother Earth as Spring she greets.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photos: Peeking Green, KK. ©Collectible Clicks, 

Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

Thank You KK for capturing blooms awakening 

to the light and joy of SPRING.

This very day…

In my garden flowers in full bloom
With delight now they grace my dinning room
Such splendor and beauty to behold
This be one of Creation’s story told
Delicate petals of color and light
Gathered in loving praise and pure delight
Lush green leaves in majestic array
So be the gifts of Spring this very day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 Rhododendrons, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

When SPRING bears its gift

When SPRING bears its gift, a sweet sigh

Blessings of Creation, rooted, in bloom set free

So too, each life on its destined journey

Through each season of change

Sing in PRAISE and GLORY

For within our hearts, within our souls, a sacred story.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

SPRING bears its gift, photos: CAR, Collectible Clicks, 
©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Dogwood Bloom

Sweet be the libation of Spring

Dogwood in its splendor of bloom

Newly touched be this heart, this soul

A deep sigh

Branches and blooms beholden to the warming sun

Petals of sacred grace

Colors of Creation’s palette 

Root, branch, bough, leaf and bloom

The pulsing, the pulsing, the pulsing.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dogwood Bloom, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Yellow and Violet...

'Tis the Season's story told

Spring beauty to behold

Yellow and violet in joyful array

Creation's gift of grace this very day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 Yellow and Violet, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

This be SPRING...

Rooted, holding to Earth 

Free in its awakening bud and bloom

Behold petals of the Creator's grace

Within the pulse of heart beauty to place

Leaves newly lush and ever so green

This be SPRING within light lovingly seen.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

This be Spring, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Alchemy of Light

Behold this chorus of light
Daffodils in bloom golden bright
Embrace they the warming sun
Creation and Beauty be they one
Delicate petals of color ever so bold
This the Word of Spring be it told 
Daffodils at my door in splendor and praise 
The alchemy of light of early Spring days.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Alchemy of Light, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, @Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

At my door in Tappan, New York

Behold a bloom of Spring this very day
A white jewel in treasured array
A crocus illumed by the Sun divine
Touched be our hearts by beauty sublime.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Photo: Collectible Clicks, CAR, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

S P R I N G... a loving Thank You...

hear the song of the songbird
feel the quiver of grass new
be touched by the golden light of bloom and sun
listen to the silent sounding of budding leaf
behold the beauty, tulips they be
a bouquet of colors, a magical array, gifted onto me
and in their adornment of time and space
the message of creation within heart to place
the delicate expression of bloom to fill our days
the Creator's artistry, passion, power and praise
 hues bold, warm, vibrant, and delicately divine
gifted onto us in this season of grace, the NOW of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Photo: Tulips, Collectible Clicks, CAR, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Peeking Green

Peeking Green

Peeking green through melted snow
Winds of winter in whispers yet blow
A sounding serenade through barren branches heard
And the coveted song of a nesting songbird
The crisp leaves of Fall's season yet found
With broken twigs upon this awaiting ground
Driving rains upon emergent buds of green
Winter giving over to Spring in this moment seen
Felt is the quiver below my feet
Pulsing be Mother Earth as Spring she greets.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Peeking Green, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks,
©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

A Jewel of Golden Yellow

A lens that captures the Gems and Light of Creation… 

Rick Bunting, Photographer  

Thank You… Rose Marie Raccioppi

A Jewel of Golden Yellow

Hear the welcoming call to Spring
Beauty,  bloom, nesting, it does bring
Of brilliant color and light this Warbler be
A jewel of golden yellow, spirit’s alchemy
In flight is felt the grace of gold
Creation’s frolic be the story told
Creation’s frolic be the story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

#RickBunting #Warbler #alchemy #Spring #yellow #jewel #rosemarieraccioppi 

Spoils of Spring ...

"Sunshine, Ragged Robin blooming and the first Monarch of the year........PRICELESS!! "

~ Rick Bunting

Spoils of Spring

Such delicate and bold beauty to behold
And so the spoils of Spring unfold
Our heart held in soaring flight
Touched by the Creator's gifting light
Delicate be these petals in bloom divine
Captured be this moment in the NOW of time
Wings to flutter, to fly, in colors of majestic grace
Behold the grandeur, within your soul to place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

#Monarch #butterfly #spoils #Spring #bloom #Sunshine #RickBunting #rosemarieraccioppi