Crystal Light

Crystal Light

A treasure trove of crystal light 

Snow in its opulence of white

Branches donned in the glory of grace 

Upon dogwood and bamboo so magically placed 

Beheld be the gift of nature's beauty divine

Majestic, the quietude, the grandeur of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

...the snow... the stillness... the beauty... 

the dogwood in its magical blooms of snow crystals 

held in fullness upon each branch... 

the soft bend of lithe bamboo

the calm that allows 

all to BE in its blessed grace... 

Photo: Crystal Light, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

@Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2026.

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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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Outside My Window

a canvas to behold

nature in artistry divine

the white of the sky

illumed by the brilliance

of the sun's light

this so magically cast

upon the white blossoms

of the dogwood tree

as the glistening leaves

of the lithe bamboo

hold to tones of green

in reflective splendor

this outside my window

a gallery of glory.

the window open

hear I the serenade

songbirds near and far

feel I the warming sun

my words, echoes

of a heart touched

by nature's canvas

alchemic strokes of light

this hour beheld.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

...this Autumn morning...touches of gold...

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 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 early morn, gifts of this Autumn day
The wind, the song and bamboo canes at play.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Touches of Gold, Photo: Bamboo, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Canes at Play..

Bamboo in graceful bow and sway
Holding the sun’s light in brilliant verdant array
Dancing shadows of supple canes I to behold
Among the lithe and lush leaves touches of gold
A late afternoon, gifts of a summer day
The wind, the robin’s song and bamboo canes at play.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Bamboo - Canes at Play, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Canes bow

Canes bow, to the wind's call sway
Rooted, lithe, in lush luminous array
Touched and moved by wind and light
Leaves shadowed, leaves held bright
Majestic hues held in each leaf seen
Bamboo the towering grace of green.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Bamboo Painting, image courtesy of: www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~kemin/Life.htm


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Graceful Bow and Sway

Bamboo in graceful bow and sway

Holding the sun’s light in brilliant verdant array
Dancing shadows of supple canes I to behold
Among the lithe and lush leaves touches of gold
A late afternoon, gifts of an early summer day
The wind, the robin’s song and bamboo canes at play.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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The Bamboo's Vow

In joyous abandon the silence to greet
The chorus of sound as leaf and wind meet
This season’s winsome array now is heard
The sonorous sway of bamboo, the call of the songbird
Lithe and lush dwellers of my garden green
Holding to the sun’s light dancing shadows seen
Leaves and canes in supple surrender bow
Beauty, strength, gentleness be the bamboo’s vow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Bamboo in my garden, Photograph, ©Collectible Clicks, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2008.