Outside my window

Outside my window
from where I sit at my desk
the brilliant amber-russet of the leaves of the Dogwood 
hold to the noonday light 
the embracing of the deep green of the pines 
join in the brilliance of the sun.  
    A pause... and felt is 
                       the passion
                           the ascension
                              the unity
                                   the spirit
                                       the exchange

                                           the gift of time, presence and BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

November Moon

Ah, this moon in such radiant brilliance be
Casting light shadowed by the towering oak tree
To the whispering song of gentle winds this night
Be there a shadow dance of branch and leaves alight.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


November Moon, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Moonlight Serenade - YouTube
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