A delightfully spent Sunday in the PRESENCE of Summer...

In the PRESENCE of Summer...

the sun yet radiant in this hour nearing sunset

the air sweetly refreshing

greens yet lush and generously abundant

children's laughter faintly heard from doors away

I, in an interlude, a soulful grace of BEING

a quietude filled with the harmonies of songbirds

leaves of the dogwood glisten outside my window

sweet be the savor of the shimmering reflections

the sun holding to its supernal brilliance

strokes of gold and orange adorn the luminous setting sun

feel I a baptism of beauty

a stillness, a silence, a living peace

golden be this twilight hour

the endowments of BREATH and BEING

this a Sunday in the PRESENCE of Summer.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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This Season of Autumn ~ This Sunday Known

the Creator's Will, be it known in expressions of divinity

the beauty, the truth, in an ever present and abiding eternity

time in its timeless embrace of change, evolution, and light

be this the rising of sun, a dawning new, twilight begetting night

mankind in joyful encounter and so we pray

nature in its ever present bounty day by day 

a child born and all in celebration divine

so be this gift of BEING and the grace of time

a life, a soul, to its eternal heavenly place

memories and blessings within heart we place

this season of Autumn,  this Sunday known

by the CREATOR’S WILL, truth and beauty shown

behold the wondrous in each breath that marks our day

blessed be the beauty, the truth, the CREATOR’S WILL, THE WAY.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo:  CREATOR’S WILL, Season of Autumn, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2020.

Sunday it is... ONE

ONE

snow covered ground sparkles bright

from the warming sun and brilliant light

a chilled morning with skies of lambent blue

such be this gift of grace bestowed to you

feel the touch of time and countless days to come

know with faith and joy the blessings of the ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Sunday in January ~ here in Tappan, New York

...all in this moment NOW...

the love that prevails

the sun that warms

the breeze that cools

the embrace that comforts

the word that celebrates

all in this moment NOW

the remembrance that echoes

the time that gifts

the touch that calls

the season to change

the self to BE

all in this moment NOW

a yesterday in commemoration sweet

a tomorrow with blessings to come

a greeting, a smile, a pause

a knowing wise

a spirit awakened, awakened anew

all in this moment NOW.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

… in reverie… ’tis Sunday...

all in this moment NOW.

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This September Day... 🍂

🍂

September's last Sunday

The sun bright, the air pleasantly chilled

The sky a canvas of lambent blue

The quiver of grass green and lush

The dogwood tree in a crimson blush

High drifting clouds in graceful array

Such be the splendor of this September Day.

🍂

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

A Sunday in September...

Outside my Window... in Tappan, New York...

the towering dogwood in blushing tones of crimson

the song bird singing its song ever so sweetly

the scamper of squirrels

the dew touched grass in splendors of green

the sky alight with the promise of the day

the gifts, the gifts, expressions of The Way.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York